COMMON SPOKEN TAMIL
                      MADE EASY
                       Third Edition
                          by
                     T. V. ADIKESAVALU
                       Digital Version
             CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE VELLORE
                        Adi’s Book.
                 COMMON SPOKEN TAMIL
                      MADE EASY
                       Third Edition
                          by
                     T. V. ADIKESAVALU
                       Digital Version
                         2007
     This book was prepared for the staff and students of Christian Medical College Vellore, 
     for use in the Tamil Study Programme. No part may be reproduced without permission of 
                    the General Superintendent.
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                                              Adi’s Book.
                                             CONTENTS
              FOREWORD.                                                                6
              PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.                                               7
              THIRD EDITION: UPDATE.                                                   8
        I.  NOTES FOR PRONUNCIATION & KEY FOR ABBREVIATIONS.                           9
        II.  GRAMMAR LESSONS:
            Lesson No.                                                                 Page.
              1.  Greetings and Forms of Address.                                      10
              2. Pronouns, Interrogative and Demonstrative.                            12
              3. Pronouns, Personal.                                                   15
              4.  The Verb ‘to be’, implied.                                           17
              5. Cardinal Numbers 1 to 10, and
                                Verbs - introduction.                                  19
              6.  Verbs - Positive Imperatives.                                        21
              7.  Verbs - Negative Imperatives, Weak & Strong Verbs, & Medials.        23
              8.  Nouns - forming the plural.                                          28
              9.  Nouns and Personal Pronouns - Accusative (Object) case.              30
              10. Nouns and Personal Pronouns - Genitive (Possessive) Case.            34
              11. Review, (Revision) No.I.                                             38
              12. Verbs - Infinitives.                                                 40
              13. Nouns and Personal Pronouns,  Dative Case, ‘to’ or ‘for’
                                  &  Verbs - Defective.                                43
              14. Verbs - defective (continued).                                       47
              15. Cardinal Numbers 11 to 1000  &  Time.                                50
              16. Verbs - Present tense, Positive.                                     54
              17. Adjectives and Adverbs.                                              58
              18. Post-Positions.                                                      61
              19. Nouns - Locative Case,  'at' or 'in'.                                64
              20. Post positions, (Continued).                                         67
              21. Verbs - Future Tense, Positive,  and Ordinal Numbers.                70
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               22. Verbs - Present and Past, Negative,                                      Page.
                                  and Potential Form to express 'may'                      75
               23. The Vegetable Shop,   And   Review (Revision) No.II                     79
               24. Verbs – Future tense, Negative.                                         82
               25. Nouns & Pronouns, Instrumental, ‘by means of’ or ‘with’,
                     Verbs – to express  ‘should’,‘should not’, ‘must’ and ‘must not’      87
               26. Nouns & Pronouns, Instrumental case accompaniment/association,
                     Verbs – to express ‘need,…need not’                                   92
               27. Nouns & Pronouns – ablative case, ‘from’,
                     Verbs – to express ‘can’ or ‘able to’ &‘cannot’ or ‘not able to’      97
               28. Nouns & Pronouns – locative case (continued from Lesson 19)             102
               29. Nouns & Pronouns, complete declensions                                  107
               30. Verbs, Past Tense, strong verbs, with ‘thth’ as medial                  110
               31. Verbs, Past Tense, strong verbs, with ’thth’ as medial (continued)      114
               32. Verbs, Past Tense, weak verbs, with ‘dh’ as medial                      117
               33. Verbs, Past Tense, weak and strong, with ‘ndh’ as medial                120
               34. Verbs, Past Tense, weak and strong, with ‘ndh’ as medial (continued)    123
               35. Verbs, Past Tense, weak verbs, with ‘in’ as medial                      126
               36. Verbs, Past Tense, weak verbs, with ‘in’ as medial (continued)          130
               37. Verbs, Past Tense, weak verbs, with ‘tt’ as medial                      133
               38. Review (Revision) No.III                                                137
               39. Verbs – Past Participles                                                140
               40. Verbs – Perfect & Imperfect tenses                                      144
               41. Verbs – conditional form ‘if’ & ‘if not’.                               148
               42. To express ‘even if’ & ‘even if not’                                    153
               43. Verbs –Participles – present, past & future forms.                      157
               44. Comparison and Reflective verbs.                                        161
               45. Intensive verbs & Causal verbs.                                         166
               46. Composite Nouns, Participle Nouns & Verbal Nouns.                       170
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