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Lesson 43B2

je...desto (The more..., the more...)

எவ்வளவு...அவ்வளவு

German's je...desto correlative comparative maps almost word-for-word onto Tamil's எவ்வளவு...அவ்வளவு — but each half forces its own verb to the end, doubling the usual subordinate-clause rule.

Grammar Comparison

இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு

எவ்வளவு...அவ்வளவு ≈ je...desto, word order and all

German

Je mehr ich lerne, desto besser verstehe ich. (The more I learn, the better I understand)

Tamil

நான் எவ்வளவு படிக்கிறேனோ, அவ்வளவு நன்றாக புரிந்துகொள்கிறேன். (however-much I-study, that-much well I-understand)

This is a near-perfect structural match. Tamil's எவ்வளவு ('however much') opens the first clause and அவ்வளவு ('that much') opens the second, exactly mirroring je and desto. The one German-specific twist: the je clause is a subordinate clause, so its verb goes all the way to the end (lerne last), while the desto clause is a normal main clause with verb-second order (verstehe second). Build the sentence in Tamil order first, then remember that only the je-half needs its verb pushed further back.

Vocabulary

சொற்கள்

GermanPronunciationTamilEnglish
je mehr, desto besseryay mair, DES-toh BES-erஎவ்வளவு அதிகம், அவ்வளவு நல்லதுevvaḷavu adhigam, avvaḷavu nalladhuthe more, the better
je früher, desto besseryay FRUE-er, DES-toh BES-erஎவ்வளவு சீக்கிரம், அவ்வளவு நல்லதுevvaḷavu sīkkiram, avvaḷavu nalladhuthe earlier, the better
je älter, desto weiseryay EL-ter, DES-toh VY-zerஎவ்வளவு வயதானவரோ, அவ்வளவு புத்திசாலிevvaḷavu vayadhāṉavarō, avvaḷavu buddhisālithe older, the wiser
je länger, desto schwierigeryay LENG-er, DES-toh SHVEE-rig-erஎவ்வளவு நீளமோ, அவ்வளவு கடினம்evvaḷavu nīḷamō, avvaḷavu kaḍiṉamthe longer, the more difficult
je schneller, desto gefährlicheryay SHNEL-er, DES-toh geh-FAIR-likh-erஎவ்வளவு வேகமோ, அவ்வளவு ஆபத்துevvaḷavu vēgamō, avvaḷavu ābaththuthe faster, the more dangerous