Present Tense Verbs
വർത്തമാനകാല ക്രിയകൾ
French verbs shift shape for nearly every subject, sorted into families by their ending. Malayalam verbs use one unchanging present-tense form no matter who's acting.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
One verb, several spoken and written forms
parler: je parle, tu parles, il parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils parlent
സംസാരിക്കുന്നു — used unchanged for every subject: ഞാൻ, നീ, അവൻ, ഞങ്ങൾ, അവർ
A single French verb like parler takes up to several distinct forms depending on the subject — some sound alike, but nous and vous forms are clearly different in speech too. Malayalam's സംസാരിക്കുന്നു (speaks) never changes at all, regardless of who's doing the speaking — the subject pronoun alone carries that information.
Verb families: -er, -ir, -re each conjugate differently
parler (-er), finir (-ir), vendre (-re) — three different conjugation patterns, told apart by the infinitive's ending
no equivalent verb classes — every verb takes the same present-tense suffix regardless of its root
French verbs fall into families based on their infinitive ending, and each family conjugates by its own pattern — knowing a verb is an -er verb tells you which endings to expect. Malayalam has no equivalent classification: every verb, no matter what its root looks like, takes the same -unnu-type present-tense ending.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- സംസാരിക്കുകsamsaarikkuka
- English
- to speak
- Malayalam
- ഞാൻ സംസാരിക്കുന്നുnjan samsaarikkunnu
- English
- I speak
- Malayalam
- ഞങ്ങൾ സംസാരിക്കുന്നുnjangal samsaarikkunnu
- English
- we speak
- Malayalam
- തീർക്കുകtheerkkuka
- English
- to finish
- Malayalam
- ഞാൻ തീർക്കുന്നുnjan theerkkunnu
- English
- I finish
- Malayalam
- വിൽക്കുകvilkkuka
- English
- to sell
- Malayalam
- ഞാൻ വിൽക്കുന്നുnjan vilkkunnu
- English
- I sell
- Malayalam
- കഴിക്കുകkazhikkuka
- English
- to eat
- Malayalam
- ഞാൻ കഴിക്കുന്നുnjan kazhikkunnu
- English
- I eat
- Malayalam
- അവർ സംസാരിക്കുന്നുavar samsaarikkunnu
- English
- they speak