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Ex: anparil vanpum munpum uḷḷa ní (=thou art the most power-
ful and chief of generous beings); Bhaṭṭatiri ennum Sómátiri
ennum Akkittiri ennum ingngane uḷḷa pérukaḷ (=the names
Bhaṭṭatiri etc., lit. the names which are in this fashion, say-
ing Bhaṭṭatiri etc.)
THE RESPECTIVE USES
(OR SENSES) OF THE INFLECTED FORMS
AND OF THE INDECLINABLES.
SYNTAX OF NOUNS.
252. What are the uses of the nominative case?
The nominative case has two uses, one not dependent,
and the other dependent; the former is when it stands
as the nominative with which a verb agrees.
253. What is agreement?
Agreement is similarity in person, gender, and number—
this takes place,
l. Between the subject and the predicate.
Ex: avan sundaran (= he is a handsome man); avaḷ sundari
(= she is a handsome woman); here as in 'avan sundaran' the
subject 'avan' (=he) is masculine 3rd pers., sing. and the pre-
dicate 'sundaran' (= a handsome man) is also masculine, 3rd
pers., sing.; there is said to be agreement (or concord) between
them. So in the other sentences it may be shewn that the
subject and predicate thus agree in gender and number.
