In this lesson nouns common to both the statuses (இருதிணை) are dealt with. Kinship terms, I person pronoun, second person pronoun and specific words like எல்லாம், தாம் and தான் are common to both the statuses.

Non-human wods do not have gender - making suffixes They are common to both the numbers. Hence they are called பால்பகா அஃறிணைப் பெயர்கள்.

There are twelve common nouns in Tamil. தான், யான், நான் , and நீ are singular nouns common to both the statuses (இருதிணை) and all the three genders. (ஆண்பால், பெண்பால், ஒன்றன்பால்)

தாம் is common to the plurals of both human and non-human beings.

எல்லாம் occurs in both the statues (இருதிணை) and in all the three places as pluralitic expressions.

யான் and நான் are singular I person pronouns. and நீ (II person) யாம் and நாம் (I person) and எல்லீர், நீயீர், நீவிர் and நீர் (II person) are plural pronouns common to both the statuses.

Verbal nouns are of two types. namely the name of a work or job (தொழிற் பெயர்) and the person stated by his action (வினையாலணையும் பெயர்). Examples are வருதல் and
படித்தவர்.

Certain common nouns pertaining to human beings are known by the number as in ஒருவன், ஒருத்தி and ஒருவர். Gender-generic nouns are commons to both the genders as in ஊமை, நொண்டி and நோயாளி.

Thus this lesson presents genderless non-human nouns-words common to both the statues, gender-geneirc nouns and place-genenic nouns. Number-generic non-human nouns also occur as common nouns.

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