Demonstrative Pronouns: dieser, diese, dieses
സൂചക സർവ്വനാമങ്ങൾ: ഈ, ആ
"This/that" pointing words decline exactly like der/die/das from the last lesson — once you know the definite article table, you already know this one too.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
dieser declines exactly like der — a 'der-word'
dieser Mann (this man, masc.) / diese Frau (this woman, fem.) / dieses Kind (this child, neut.) — same endings as der/die/das
ഈ മനുഷ്യൻ / ഈ സ്ത്രീ / ഈ കുട്ടി (ഈ never changes, regardless of gender)
German groups dieser ('this') and jener ('that') into a class called 'der-words' precisely because they take the same gender/case endings as the definite article you already memorized — swap der for dies-er, die for dies-e, das for dies-es, and the rest of the pattern carries over untouched. Malayalam's demonstrative ഈ/ആ never changes at all, so the whole concept of a pointing-word taking an ending is new — but at least you're not learning a new ending pattern, just applying the one from your very first grammar lesson to a new word.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- ഈ മനുഷ്യൻee manushyan
- English
- this man
- Malayalam
- ഈ സ്ത്രീee sthree
- English
- this woman
- Malayalam
- ഈ കുട്ടിee kutty
- English
- this child
- Malayalam
- ഈ മനുഷ്യർee manushyar
- English
- these men (plural)
- Malayalam
- ആ ദിവസംaa divasam
- English
- that day (more formal/literary)