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The Tamil grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Tamil and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
To ask questions, use the following:
What?: என்ன? [enna?] ![]() |
Who?: யார்? [yār?] ![]() |
How?: எப்படி? [eppati?] ![]() |
Why?: ஏன்? [En?] ![]() |
Where?: எங்கே? [engE?] ![]() |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
Never: ஒரு போதும் இல்லை [oru pOdhum illai] ![]() |
Rarely: அபூர்வமாக [apoorvamāka] ![]() |
Sometimes: சிலசமயம் [silasamayam] ![]() |
Usually: வழக்கமாக [vazhakkamāka] ![]() |
Always: எப்பொழுதும் [eppozhudhum] ![]() |
Very: மிகவும் [mikavum] ![]() |
Most commonly used pronouns in Tamil:
I: நான் [nān] ![]() |
You: நீ [nee] ![]() |
He: அவன் [avan] ![]() |
She: அவள் [avaL] ![]() |
We: நாங்கள் [nāngaL] ![]() |
They: அவர்கள் [avarkaL] ![]() |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
My: என்னுடைய [ennutaiya] ![]() |
Your: உன்னுடைய [unnutaiya] ![]() |
His: அவனுடைய [avanutaiya ] ![]() |
Her: அவளுடைய [avaLutaiya ] ![]() |
Our: எங்களுடைய [engaLutaiya ] ![]() |
Their: அவர்களுடைய [avarkaLutaiya ] ![]() |
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
Some extra grammatical structures:
The above Tamil grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Tamil vocabulary to obtain some popular Tamil phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |