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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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