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How do you form the past tense for class 1 verbs?
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Verb-த்-PNG
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For class 1 verbs, what does the combination of ய் and the past tense marker result in, in spoken Tamil?
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ஞ்ச், e.g. என்ன செய்தீர்கள்? (written)
என்ன செஞ்சீங்க? (spoken) |
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What suffix do the class 1 verbs கொள் 'have/reflexive auxiliary form' and ஆள் 'rule' take?
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ண்ட்
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How do you form the past tense for class 2 verbs?
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Verb-ந்த்-PNG
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For class 2 verbs, what does the combination of இ, எ, or ஐ with the past tense marker result in, in spoken Tamil?
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ஞ்ச், e.g. அது எனக்கு தெரிந்தது.
அது எனக்கு தெரிஞ்சது. |
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How do you form the past tense for class 3 verbs?
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Verb-இன்-PNG
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For class 3 verbs that end in a vowel, how is the tense suffix added?
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Rather than insert a glide, that vowel is dropped.
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For class 3 verbs what does the past tense marker often reduce to in spoken Tamil?
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ன்
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For class 3 verbs, what is the past tense marker in the neuter?
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In the neuter, the past tense marker is not இன்-அது but is இ-ய்-அது.
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What is the past tense of the class 3 verb சொல் (sp. சொல்லு)?
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சொல்லின்-PNG is not the correct form, rather, the correct form is சொன்ன்-PNG.
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What is the past tense of the class 3 verb போ?
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Rather than போயின்-PNG, the correct form is போன்-PNG.
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In spoken Tamil, for the class 3 verb போ, what is used to form the past tense for neuter subjects?
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In spoken Tamil போனது cannot be used for the neuter. Rather போச்சி is used.
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How do you form the past tense for class 4 verbs?
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To form the past tense the உ is dropped and the ட் or ற் is doubled. The PNG suffix is then added.
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In spoken Tamil, how do you form the past tense of the class 4 verb பெறு?
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பெத்த் + PNG suffix (the ற்ற் has undergone the shift to த்த்)
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How do you form the past tense for class 5 verbs?
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They are very irregular and include
நில் (stand) -> நின்ற்- (written) நின்ன்- (spoken) வில் (sell) -> விற்ற்- (spoken) வித்த்- (written) கல் (learn) -> கற்ற்- (written) கத்த்- (spoken) கேள் (ask/listen) -> கேட்ட்- (written) கேட்ட்- (spoken) |
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How do you form the past tense for class 6 verbs?
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Verb-த்த்-PNG
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In class 6 verbs what does the past tense marker change into in இ or ய் ending verbs?
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ச்ச்
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How do you form the past tense for class 7 verbs?
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Verb-ந்த்-PNG
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