A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

l l. Avan manitanai vaikira:n.

"He scolds the man."

12a. Karro:n ennai pa:rkira:n.

b. Pa:rkira:n ennai karro:n.

"The teacher sees me."

Questions

A. Isolate the Tamil morphemes, entering them in the spaces below. The

parentheses indicate words that are not found in the data. Enter what you

would predict to be the correct Tamil forms.

1. Verb
   Tamil form English gloss

a. "buy"

b. "die"

C. "see"

d. "fall"

e. "scold"

f. present tense morpheme

2. Nouns
   Subject form Object form English gloss

a. "man"

b. ( ) "teacher"

C. ( 1 "fish"

d. ( ) "monk"

3. Pronouns
   Subject form (free) Subject form (bound) English gloss

a. "I"

b. "you"

C. "he"