No. 466 in Tamil
அ
The Tamil letter "அ" represents the short vowel sound "a" as in "come."
In a sentence
அவன் ஒரு புத்தகம் வாசித்தான்.
He read a book.
In this sentence, 'அ' is part of the pronoun 'அவன்', referring to a third person singular male in a familiar context.
அந்த மரம் மிகவும் உயரமாக உள்ளது.
That tree is very tall.
Here, 'அ' is the initial part of the demonstrative 'அந்த', which is used to specify a particular object at a farther distance.
அழகான பூக்கள் தோட்டத்தில் உள்கின்றன.
Beautiful flowers are in the garden.
In this example, 'அ' is the beginning of the adjective 'அழகான', which means 'beautiful', used to describe the noun 'flowers'.
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