ഈ താളിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ വായന നടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
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Ex: (kaṇ) kaṇṭu (= saw); (chá) chattu (= died); (vá) vannu
(= came); ventu (= burned); nontu (= was pained, fasted);
(nilkka) ninnu (= stood); (ezhunnílkka) ezhunnír̥r̥u (= got up
and stood); (puku) pukku (= entered); (miku) mikku (= in-
creased) obsolete; (taku) takku (=became fit) obsolete.
125. Give an example of the past tense with the per-
sonal terminations.
| Gender | 3rd Person | 2nd Person | 1st Person | ||
| Singular | Mas. | kaṇṭán | (= he, she, it, saw) | kaṇṭáya ( = thou sawest) |
kaṇṭén (= I saw) |
| Fem. | kaṇṭaḷ | ||||
| Neut. | kaṇṭatu | ||||
| Gender | 3rd Person | 2nd Person | 1st Person | ||
| Plural | Mas. | kaṇṭár | (= they saw) | kaṇṭír ( = you saw) |
kaṇṭóm (= we saw) |
| Fem. | |||||
| Neut. | kaṇṭava | ||||
This is found only in poetry, at present 'kaṇṭu' (=saw),
póyi' (=went) etc. are used for all genders, numbers
and persons.
