B1 · Intermediário Capítulo 33

Relative Participles

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Transform verbs into descriptive tools to build complex, fluid sentences in Malayalam.

  • Identify the formation of relative participles from verb roots.
  • Attach participles to nouns to create descriptive phrases.
  • Construct complex sentences using adjectival clauses.
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O que você vai aprender

Learning how to use verbs as adjectives to describe nouns. This is a core feature of Malayalam complex sentences.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Use adjectival participles to modify nouns in everyday conversation.

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Focus on the suffix

Always check for -a or -unna before the noun.
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Vocabulário-chave (5)

കഴിക്കുന്ന (kazhikkunna) the one who is eating വന്ന (vanna) the one who came പഠിച്ച (padhicha) the one who studied പുസ്തകം (pusthakam) book മനുഷ്യൻ (manushyan) human/person

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Describing a Friend

Review Summary

  • Verb (past/present/future stem) + a/unna

Erros comuns

You cannot use the finite verb form 'kandu'. It must be the relative form 'kanda'.

Wrong: ഞാൻ കണ്ടു സിനിമ.
Correto: ഞാൻ കണ്ട സിനിമ.

Do not include the pronoun inside the relative clause phrase.

Wrong: അവൻ വരുന്നു ആൾ.
Correto: വരുന്ന ആൾ.

Ensure the verb stem is correctly shortened to the participle form.

Wrong: പഠിച്ചുക പുസ്തകം.
Correto: പഠിച്ച പുസ്തകം.

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The Adjectival Participle

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Prática rápida (4)

Which is the present participle?

Which is present?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ഓടുന്ന
Present participle ends in -unna.

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Fill in the correct participle.

ഞാൻ ___ (വാങ്ങുക) പുസ്തകം.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: വാങ്ങിയ
Past participle is required.

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Choose the correct form.

ഓടുന്ന കുതിര - Is this correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Yes
It is the correct present participle.

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Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

അവൻ കഴിച്ച ഭക്ഷണം -> അവൻ കഴിക്കുന്നു ഭക്ഷണം

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: അവൻ കഴിച്ച ഭക്ഷണം
The participle form is correct.

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Perguntas comuns (2)

It is the adjectival participle in Malayalam.
Add -aatha to the verb root.
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