A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language, Termed Shen Tamil

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 edition. Excerpt: ...--veG"9eaou-_ SECTION THE THlR'l), . OF THE l.'FINlTlVl3. XXXVII. Of the infinitive mood we have treated in N0. 70 and 133 of the other grammar: "I shall here add a few remarks. First, tln this dialect, the same verb has, in the infinitive, several terminations: as, rs: --e s, t5;_.L: /J; =9;L9.I-.e, =9/1.9.1.'./I-/'; [5l'_'J?.-'-', gs-13[, _1s=ri7@t_/;' Getuut, G'awe=, G1=?t.u5t_1; enmr, 5'.'e:1'r5, arre:: ?7u.;; wage, q.n', [9o../; Gena, Guam, (ea'@1_1;; %i=s, %;is@'.s; Gr5fl, [ise, @r5rre@e, When an infinitive, differing from the usual form, terminates in single as; as, e: sr: $7e, @5515, gage, it does not, double a following rough letter, as it would in other cases. Ex:1mplc_: act;-.1-c: .;'r7;$e:: '.7.'Es: is G5 w!;cn9@tQ @6676'-Y-'I'_F'31a.'Q).'_a6t.t71_/'Q-'('j (5, @@'m-attftfl-_, er-(R), r_t; en. "Consider before you resolve on a aseig/zt_7 action, To resolve and say, we wilt consider ltereq/Zer, is an error. Another poet has C4s@m''e.1@,5Q'i7c), /D_,65i zJIT2'.'@ 6 ("'__/fTas@o1[e;;ei1@pe1 69@aJ@o if1__//Teg es Gliasgmeg/m@t'.'7e?6wjamGr5fl&@ 6 6a'6@w_1en@_,66'.9 Sbthglliyfifilfitfegfi Gm If there be attght worthy to be done--do charity. If there" be aught that should. be avoz'ded---aroid anger. If there be aught that should be regarded--regard virtue. / there be aught that should be 0_bserved--0bseroe rites. Secondly. VVe stated, in the other grammar, that the infinitive may be used for the imperative, but thatit expresses entreaty, rather than command, Pavan'anti in his Nannitl, after...