A grammar of the common dialect of the Tamul language, tr. by G.W. Mahon |
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A Grammar of the Common Dialect of the Tamil Language Called [koduntami] Costantino Giuseppe Beschi Affichage d'extraits - 1971 |
A Grammar of the Common Dialect of the Tamil Language Called [koduntami] Costantino Giuseppe Beschi Affichage d'extraits - 1971 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
ablative absolute according accusative added adduced Adjectives adverb appellative nouns barbarous becomes beginning certainly comes conjugated dative declined defective verb diphthong double the following elegant dialect elegantly equivalent express feminine Finally forasmuch genitive give Grammar Grandonic Hence high dialect imperative implies infinitive joined last consonant Latin lative Manapar manner masculine means mode moon Moreover negative gerund nominative noun substantive Nouns which end observed participle future particle person and number phrase pluperfect Plural præterite precedes preposition principal noun pronounced Pronouns properly proposition rendered Rule Sanscrit sense sentence short signifies Singular speak subjunctive syllable syncope taken Tamul Language Tamulians tense thee thing third person neuter tive verbal Vocative vowel vulgar dialect whence Wherefore wish to say write written دو இருக்கிறது கிறது க்கிறது செய் செய்கிறது து நீ ந்தேன் படுகிறது மி ரு ພໍ យំ សំ
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Page 136 - I shall here enumerate in order. 1st day, 2nd day, 3rd day, 4th day, 5th day, 6th day, 7th day, - 8th day, 9th day, - 10th day, llth day, - 12th day, 13th day, - 14th day.
Page 64 - He that will not hear the church, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.
Page 5 - I will give the power of each letter below. From these letters they form others, which may more truly be called syllables than letters, since they are forms in which vowels are joined to a consonant. For the Tamulians do not- after the excellent plan of Europeans place the vowel after the consonant to form syllables ; but of the consonant and vowel united they form a third figure.
Page iii - Author of the following Grammar, was a Native of Italy, and from an early age was dedicated to the service of the Church. He was educated at Rome, and in due time became a Professed Brother of the Order of Jesuits. His great natural endowments, and extraordinary facility in the attainment of languages, soon pointed him out as a fit person to be employed in the Indian Mission : and in " holy obedience " to his vows, he embarked for the East, and arrived at Goa in the year 1707.
Page 13 - ... it. But in the middle of a sentence, 1. If after a word ending in a consonant, another follows beginning with a vowel, they change the form of the final consonant and connect with it the form of the following vowel. Thus they do not write...
Page v - Hindostani and Persian. The two latter he is stated to have acquired in the short space of three months, for the express purpose of obtaining an interview with Chunda...
Page 13 - The Tamulians not only do not distinguish their sentences by any stops, but they do not, either separate the words from one another ; but even to the end of every period they write all so united together, that the whole seems but one word; and a...
Page 29 - Nouns are often used in the singular for the plural number: thus upjiiQ^eair ten horses ; uurQwajei>tr& all trees ; ueosjA more dishes, &c. But the Nominative having been given according to these Rules, 42. the Plural number may be declined still more easily than the singular : for no change being made from the Nominative, the terminations of cases which I have...
Page iv - Turkish slippers covered his feet ; in his hand he carried a long cane, which aided him in displaying a mysterious ring, composed of five metals, which he wore upon his finger. His earrings, of rubies and pearls, were beautiful and costly. When he travelled, his palanquin was preceded by a man bearing an umbrella of purple silk, surmounted by a golden ball; at each side, ran men with magnificent fans of peacock's feathers ; the holy man reclined in the midst of all this...