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How do you perform conjunction of noun-noun phrases ('X and Y') in Tamil?
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By adding உம் to each of the constituents being conjoined.
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How do you perform conjunction of post-positions, adverbs, and infinitive and adverbial participles?
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By adding உம் to each of the constituents being conjoined, however, the words/phrases conjoined must be of the same part of speech (e.g., can't have a noun and a post-position conjoined with உம், etc.)
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What does X அல்லது Y mean?
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X or Y (but not both)
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What does இல்லாவிட்டால் (sp. இல்லாட்டா) (the negative conditional of இரு) mean?
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Otherwise
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What does X-ஆவது/ஓ Y-ஆவது/ஓ mean?
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X or Y (but not both)
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What does ஆனால் mean?
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But
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What does அதனால் mean?
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So, because of that.
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What does ஏனென்றால் (sp. ஏண்ணா) mean?
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Because, for the reasons of
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