How to use adjectives in Tamil

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Tamil? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Tamil lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Tamil adjectives.

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Tamil adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Adjectives come before the noun in Tamil just like in English.

Examples

kurukiya iravu

the short night

nīnta iravu

the long night

kulir iravu

the cold night

sūdā iravu

the hot night

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Step 7 : Adjectives in Tamil

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Tamil adjectives periyatu, siriya and palaiyatu (big, small, old). Using the nouns putakam, nārkāli and katavu (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Tamil adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives periyatu, siriya and palaiyatu with the nouns putakam, nārkāli and katavu you can move on to Step 8 (Tamil Verbs).

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