just a recap..

following are general rules in Tamil grammer....

Tamil grammer is based on the time it takes to say it.

kuril is the short form as "a" in "as"
nedil is the long form as "a" in "ass"


a kuril sound takes one second and a nedil sound takes two seconds.


Asai is equivalent to next big unit to letter, but smaller than a word. one asai can be just one vowel, or, one consonent, or consonent+vowel, or consonent+vowel+consonent. a vowel does not follow another vowel. similarly a consonent does not follow a consonent. (consonent+vowel is uyirmei) . here, it is better to understand that there are three forms, vowel - uyir, consonent - mei and consonent+vowel - uyirmei. the third one should not be confused with consonent.

(interesting note: uyir (vowel) means soul. mei (consonent) means body).

word should not start with a consonent (it starts with uyirmei..)

so, interestingly, my name (Prema) is grammetically wrong in tamil. my name is a sanskrit one, it is not a tamil one. whenever any foreign words are imported to tamil, either they have to be translated to their meaning, or they have to be modified according to tamil grammer rules, so my name has to be Pirema (as I don't fancy translating it to love and keeping it as my name). and there are some uyirmei which cannot come as the first letter of a name or a word... for example "Ra" or "La" (there are three "la"s and two "ra"s btw)... so, if there is a name Lakshmi then it has to be modified to Ilakshmi in order to make that to follow the rules of grammer.. (and that sh is not a tamil sound, so it has to become ch...etc..) no wonder nobody wants to name their child in tamil these days...


right where were we, Asai;

naer asai - one nedil or one kuril followed (or not) by a consonent.
nirai asai - two kurils followed (or not) by a consonent.



based on how the kurils and nedils are (in sequence), and based on how many asais form a word, words are defined as

one Asai words...

naal - near asai
malar - nirai asai


two asai words...

thaema - naer + naer
pulima - nirai + naer
koovilam - naer + nirai
karuvilam - nirai + nirai


three asai words...


thaemaangaai - naer + naer + naer
pulimaangaai - nirai + naer + naer
koovilangaai - naer + nirai + naer
karuvilangaai - nirai + nirai + naer

thaemaangani - naer + naer + nirai
pulimaangani - nirai + naer + nirai
koovilangani - naer + nirai + nirai
karuvilangani - nirai + nirai + nirai



now...


venpaa rules..

all the fellows starting with naer are X category and others are Y category ( repeat them again..)


one Asai words...

naal - near asai - X
malar - nirai asai - Y


two asai words...

thaema - naer + naer - X
pulima - nirai + naer - Y
koovilam - naer + nirai - X
karuvilam - nirai + nirai - Y


three asai words...


thaemaangaai - naer + naer + naer - X
pulimaangaai - nirai + naer + naer - Y
koovilangaai - naer + nirai + naer - X
karuvilangaai - nirai + nirai + naer - Y

thaemaangani - naer + naer + nirai - X
pulimaangani - nirai + naer + nirai - Y
koovilangani - naer + nirai + nirai - X
karuvilangani - nirai + nirai + nirai - Y



here is the rule...

Naal has to be followed by thaema
Malar has to be followedd by pulima
Theama has to be followed by any Y
Pulima has to be followed by any Y
Koovilam has to be followed by any X
karuvilam has to be followed by any X

Thaemangaai has to be followed by any X
Pulimaangaai has to be followed by any X
Koovilangaai has to be followed by any X
Karuvilangaai has to be folloed by any X

I do not remember the rest, I will have to refer a book...

I assume

Thaemaangani has to be followed by any Y
Pulimaangani has to be followed by any Y
Karuvilangani has to be followed by any Y
Koovilangani has to be followed by any Y


I will post the rest later...





Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 02/07/2005 01:43PM by prema1.