"All" / Listing Subjects / "Or"

"All" / listing subjects / "Or"

"All"

For the English word "all", there are two words. One word is used for people, and one word is used for non-people things.

"All"
vy;NyhUk;	everyone
vy;yhk;	everything

To translate the word "all" when it is used as an adjective in English, insert one of the two words above after the things/people it describes. Ex:

me;j khLfs; vy;yhk; J}q;Fk; = "All of those cattle will sleep."
Foe;ijfs; vy;NyhUk; ,d;W tpisahLthu;fs; = "All of the kids will play today."

Listing Subjects

When the subject of a sentence is a compound subject, 2 things or people are referred to. To refer to many things at the same time, you put the words in a list.

Forming a list

Separate each item with a comma, then place "vy;NyhUk;"/"vy;yhk;" at the end.
Separate each item with a comma, then insert "kw;Wk;" before the last word.

other meanings of -ck;

The suffix -ck; can also be used to mean "even" or "also". Ex:

mtu;fSk; jkpo; gbf;fpwhu;fsh? = "Do they too read Thamil?"
me;j rpd;d ngz;Zk; gbf;fpwhs; = "Even that litte girl reads."

"Or"

To use the word "or" in the subject of the sentence is easy. To do that, just insert the word "my;yJ" between the two words. Ex:

re;jpud; my;yJ Nfhghy; rikg;ghd; = "Chanthiran or Gopal will cook."

It is probably more proper to use "my;yJ" in a compound sentence, especially if the 2 subjects take differently verb suffixes. Ex:

mts; elg;ghs;> my;yJ mtd; elg;ghd;. = "She will walk, or he will walk."

"my;yJ" can also be used with verbs. Ex:

mtu;fs; elg;ghu;fs; my;yJ xLthu;fs; = "They will walk or run."