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Lesson 50.5B2
Culture & the Arts
സംസ്കാരവും കലയും
Talking about art and culture is where extended participial constructions from this level show up constantly in reviews and criticism.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
Reviews lean on participial phrases to pack in description
German
der viel diskutierte Roman (the much-discussed novel — a participial construction from the extended-participles lesson)
Malayalam
അധികം ചർച്ച ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ട നോവൽ (much-discussed novel — a participle also placed before the noun)
Art and book reviews are one of the most natural places to encounter extended participial constructions outside of formal law or bureaucracy — critics love compressing a judgment (viel diskutiert, 'much discussed') directly onto the noun it describes, exactly the front-loaded structure that already matches Malayalam's own participle-before-noun habit.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
die Kunstdee koonst
- Malayalam
- കലkala
- English
- art
der Romandair roh-MAHN
- Malayalam
- നോവൽnovel
- English
- novel
die Ausstellungdee OWS-shtel-oong
- Malayalam
- പ്രദർശനംpradharshanam
- English
- exhibition
die Kritikdee kree-TEEK
- Malayalam
- വിമർശനംvimarshanam
- English
- critique / review
der Künstler / die Künstlerindair KUENST-ler / dee KUENST-ler-in
- Malayalam
- കലാകാരൻ/കലാകാരിkalaakaaran/kalaakaari
- English
- artist