ഈ താളിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ വായന നടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
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| Auxiliary Verbs. | Their government. | Their uses to express or to form |
Examples. |
| 1. irikka (=be) |
Past adv. participle |
1. Perfects * 2. Passives |
párttirikkunnu (=have dwelt). ayachchirunnu (=was sent). |
| 2. uṇṭu, uḷḷa, uḷḷu (=be) |
Pres. adv. participle Past adv. participle +iṭṭu Future adv. participle |
Progressives Perfects Obligation etc. |
varunnuṇṭu (=am coming). kaṇṭiṭṭuṇṭu (=have seen, saw). varuvánuḷḷa (=which is to come). |
| 3. iṭuka (=place) |
Past adv. participle |
1. Expletive 2. Perfect |
póyíṭunnu [=(I) go, am going]. vanniṭṭuṇṭu [=has come]. |
| cheyka (=make, do) |
Infinitive |
To connect verbs |
eṭukkayum vekkayum cheyyunnu [=(I) lift up and put down]. |
* So the correspondig English tenses are called. A literal translation of the Malayálam would be
'the Incomplete Past'. The action is viewed as still going on.
