Exercise: Reader Lessons 46-
48
Consult transliteration table
I. Give Tamil equivalents for the
following sentences:
1. By the time I arrived at the train station
(äÙ´ ÂýÜ ¼ÕÙÁ¿£), my friend, not seeing me, had gone to my house alone
in a horsecart (Þ»ÕÙÀ ÂýÜ).
2. It is essential that you find Kannan and
bring him here by eight o'clock. ´ýà ½ÕÜ (S): find; î¥Ü¡×´Ôýà Âç
(W): bring (a person)
3. I have never met a Tamilian with blue eyes.
¶ÿ»Õ (S): meet
4. I never study Tamil after ten
o'clock.
II. Give two Tamil equivalents for each of the
following sentences, one using ꬓ and another using the "indirect"
discourse construction (part. noun + È´)
1. Kamala said that she would return from Delhi
on Wednesday.
2. We promised to pay back (i.e., give
back) the money we borrowed (ÂÔõÞ) from Arumukan (Èìå´¨) on
Friday.
3. You told me that you would go with me
tomorrow to talk with our teacher about (our) exam.