CONTENTS.
PART I.
GRAMMAR and SYNTAX.
The Alphabet and Pronunciation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 7
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Vowels ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 8
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Consonants ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 9
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Syllabics ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 11
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Conventional Characters ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 13
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Phonetic Pronunciation of Tamil ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 14
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Rules of Euphony ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 17
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The Sounds of the Tamil Alphabet ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 18
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Vowels with Vowels ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 19
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Vowels with Consonants ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 20
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Consonants with Vowels ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 21
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Consonants with Consonants ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 21
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The Parts of Speech ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 25
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Articles ... ... ... ... ... ... 25
Nouns ... ... ... ... ... ... 25
Gender and Number ... ... ... ... ... 25
Declension ... ... ... ... ... ... 27
Pronouns ... ... ... ... ... ... 29
Personal ... ... ... ... ... ... 29
Demonstrative ... ... ... ... ... 32
Interrogative ... ... ... ... ... 34
Reflexive ... ... ... ... ... ... .34
Distributive... ... ... ... ... ... 34
Adjectives ... ... ... ... ... ... 35
Derivative Nouns ... ... ... ... ... 36
Numerals ... ... ... ... ... ... 88
Cardinals ... ... ... ... ... ... 38
Ordinals ... ... ... ... ... ... 40
Fractions ... ... ... ... .... ... 41
Verbs 41
Tenses ... ... ... ... ... ... 41
The Negative ... ... ... ... ••• 44
Models ... ... ... ... ... ... 47