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Lesson 4
Lesson 4
Learning the Tamil Pronouns is very important because its structure is used in every
day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the
Tamil language. But first we need to know what the role of Pronouns is in the structure
of the grammar in Tamil.
Tamil pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons
spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative
pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which
the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject).
English Pronouns Tamil Pronouns
I naan - நான்
you nee/neengal - நீ/நீங்கள்
he avan - அவன்
she aval - அவள்
we naangal - நாங்கள்
they avarkal/avaikal - அவர்கள்/அவைகள்
me yenakku - எனக்கு
you unakku/ungalukku - உனக்கு/உங்களுக்கு
him avanukku - அவனுக்கு
her avalukku - அவளுக்கு
us yengalukku - எங்களுக்கு
them avarkalukku/avaikalukku
- அவர்களுக்கு/அவைகளுக்கு
my yenathu - எனது
your unathu/unkalathu - உனது/உங்களது
his avanin - அவனின்
her avalin - அவளின்
our yenkalin - எங்களின்
their avarkalin/avaikalin - அவர்களின்/அவைகளின்