AvP
In Thamil, there is a special way to describe a series of actions taking place. The final action is written as usual, using whichever verb forms that are appropriate. For each of the actions preceding the final action, the verbs are changed into their AvP (adverbial participle) form.
- AvP
- The AvP of a verb is formed by adding
- -c to the past tense stem of the verb (classes 1-2, 4-7)
- -, to the verb (class 3)
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Ex:
- mtd; Kl;ilfis thq;fp rikj;J jl;by; Nghl;L cdf;F nfhLf;fpwhd; = "He has bought and cooked eggs and has put them on a plate and gives them to you"
- ehq;fs; efupy; Rw;wp ele;J tUfpNwhk; = "We will walk around in the city and then come"
- negative AvP
- The negative AvP of a verb is formed by replacing the final -m from the infinitive with -Mky;
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For ,U, however, the negative AvP is ,y;yhky;.