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½Ü padi `study' Inf.: ½Ü¡´ padikka, AVP: ½Ü«ß padiccu `having studied'

Note: All verbs with stems that end in Í, É, or ² of the strong type (with ¡Þ± kkr present and ¤¤ pp future) will have the past in ««. Otherwise, they are just like verbs with ¢¢ tt pasts.

There is also a verb Ð×¹ ode that is intransitive, and belongs to Class IIb. Intransitive verbs of this sort take only neuter subjects, i.e. Ð×¹²Åâ odeyradu `it breaks (of its own accord, volition.' Such verbs thus only display the present, past, and future neuter singular:



Vasu Renganathan
Sat Nov 2 21:16:08 EST 1996