My goal

This site is for myself before anybody else - Sri Lankan Muslim Tamil is my cultural identity. It's the first language I learned, and I find it a shame that I can't speak it anymore.

Yo puedo hablar espanol casi como un latino but I can't speak my own mother tongue?! !Que ridiculo!

So I'm going to try and change that while I'm here in Sri Lanka. You're welcome to go along for the ride, or give me tips/corrections if you are from this part of the world.

DISCLAIMER: this is not pure Tamil. I'm not trying to learn that. I'm trying to learn what my parents spoke as children. That's all.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

More Pronouns

ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS (as in "This kid is talented" not as in "This is awesome")
indha - this
andha - that
ongada - your
enda - my
avarda - his
avada - her
engada - our
avangada - their

"FOR" PRONOUNS: these don't exist in English. It's like saying, "For me is hunger" instead of "I'm hungry."
ongalku - for you
enakku - for me
avarku - for him
avaku - for her
engalku - for us
avangalku - for them

These pronouns go with feelings like:
pasi - hunger
Thukam - sleepiness
Venam - wanting
Vaana - not wanting
Vekkam - shyness
Aasay - liking
Podhum - satiation ("enakku podhum" means "this is enough")
podhaa - insatiation ("enakku podhaa" means "this isn't enough")
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