Clothing & Colors
உடைகள் மற்றும் நிறங்கள்
Colors in German are adjectives, so they lean on the adjective-ending logic you'll formalize later — but as vocabulary, the colors and clothing items themselves are simple, high-frequency words worth learning now.
Grammar Comparison
இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு
Colors are adjectives — expect them to take endings later
ein rotes Hemd (a red shirt) — rot takes the -es ending, exactly like gut in ein gutes Kind
சிவப்பு சட்டை (a red shirt) — சிவப்பு never changes
Color words (rot, blau, grün) behave exactly like any other German adjective — invariant in Tamil, but taking an ending in German that depends on the noun's gender and case, following the same der/ein pattern you'll formalize in A2's adjective-endings lesson. For now, just learn the base color words; the endings will click once you've built that lesson's full pattern.
Vocabulary
சொற்கள்
| German | Pronunciation | Tamil | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| rot, blau, grün, gelb | roht, blow, gruen, gelp | சிவப்பு, நீலம், பச்சை, மஞ்சள்sivappu, nīlam, pachai, mañjaḷ | red, blue, green, yellow |
| schwarz, weiß | shvahrts, vys | கருப்பு, வெள்ளைkaruppu, veḷḷai | black, white |
| das Hemd | dahs hemt | சட்டைsaṭṭai | shirt |
| die Hose | dee HOH-zeh | பேண்ட்pant | pants |
| die Schuhe | dee SHOO-eh | காலணிkālaṇi | shoes |