- A-ஆய் / A-ஆக – ‘such that [it] be A’
- When -ஆய் or -ஆக is suffixed to a noun (or a phrase ending in a noun), the noun or noun phrase takes on an adverbial function. If A is a single noun, it often corresponds to simple adverbs in English:
- E.g. கவனமாய்(ப்) படி – read such that it be attentive = ‘read attentively’
- E.g. அழகாய்(ப்) பாடு – sing such that it be beautiful= ‘sing beautifully’
- This construction may also correspond to a variety of other adverbial phrases in English:
- E.g. பெண்ணாய்(ப்) பிற – be born such that it be woman =’be born as a woman’
- E.g. ____ வழியாக – ‘via____’ (literally “such that ____ be the route”).
- Formally, -ஆய் is the adverbial participle and -ஆக is the infinitive of the weak verb ஆகு ‘become’.
- When -ஆய் or -ஆக is suffixed to a noun (or a phrase ending in a noun), the noun or noun phrase takes on an adverbial function. If A is a single noun, it often corresponds to simple adverbs in English:
Common Adverbs:
- உடனே, உடனடியாக- immediately
- நிச்சயமாக – definitely, undoubtedly