MALAYALIM LANGUAGE. 163
3rd. When താൻ used for the second person singular; or if the
second person singular be addressed, the pronouns that may be required
in the sentence having reference to it must be in the same form of the
pronoun and in such cases as the sentence may require; as,
താൻ ഇവിടെ വരുമ്പൊൾ തന്റെ പുസ്തകം കൂടെ കൊ
ണ്ടുവരെണം.
When you come, bring your Book also.
അവർ ഇന്നലെ തന്നെ അന്വെഷിച്ചു.
They looked for you yesterday.
ഇവിടെ തനിക്ക ഒന്നും തരികയില്ല.
I will not give you any thing.
In this case the adverb ഇവിടെ, is put for the personal pronoun ഞാൻ.
ഇവിടെ here, and അവിടെ there, are thus very frequently used among
the higher classes, as honorary words, for the first and second person sin-
gular of the personal pronoun.
4th. If the nominative case be in the third person singular, or plural,
and have pronouns in the sentence referring to it, such pronouns ought to
be rendered by താൻ, or തങ്ങൾ in the case required; as,
അവൻ തന്റെ ഭൃത്യന്മാരിൽ രണ്ടുപെരെ പറഞ്ഞയച്ചു.
He sent two of his (own) servants.
Had this sentence been, അവന്റെ ഭൃത്യന്മാരിൽ രണ്ടുപെരെ
പറഞ്ഞയച്ചു; it would mean that he sent two of his (i. e. of some other
persons) servants.
ആയാൾ തന്റെ സ്നെഹിതന്മാരുടെ വാക്കിനാൽ ധൈ
ൎയ്യപ്പെട്ടു.
That person was encouraged by the word of his friends
അവർ തങ്ങളുടെതല്ലാത്ത പറമ്പിൽ പൊയി.
They went into a field that was not theirs.
ഒടിപൊയ ജനങ്ങൾ തങ്ങളെ ഒടിച്ചവരുടെ നെരെ തി
രികെ ചെന്നു.
The people who fled turned back upon their pursuers.
5th. In compound sentences where several nominatives occur, the
above rule holds good in such parts of the sentence that have reference
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