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Lesson 50.3B2

Science & Technology

அறிவியல் மற்றும் தொழில்நுட்பம்

Scientific German writes in dense Nominalstil almost by default — this is the topic where unpacking a compressed noun phrase back into a clause becomes essential rather than optional.

Grammar Comparison

இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு

Scientific writing is Nominalstil at its densest

German

die Entwicklung neuer Impfstoffe zur Bekämpfung der Krankheit (the development of new vaccines for combating the disease — nested noun phrases, zero plain verbs)

Tamil

நோயை எதிர்த்துப் போராடுவதற்கான புதிய தடுப்பூசிகளின் வளர்ச்சி (a similarly nested chain, built in Tamil's reverse order)

Apply the same reading strategy from the Nominalstil and genitive-chains lessons directly here: start from the innermost concept (der Krankheit, 'the disease') and work outward, rebuilding the sentence as a chain of clauses (developing vaccines, in order to fight the disease) rather than trying to hold the whole noun phrase in your head at once. Scientific abstracts are the single densest real-world source of that pattern you studied in the grammar spine.

Vocabulary

சொற்கள்

GermanPronunciationTamilEnglish
die Forschungdee FOR-shoongஆராய்ச்சிārāychiresearch
die Entwicklungdee ent-VIK-loongவளர்ச்சிvaḷarchidevelopment
die Technologiedee tekh-noh-loh-GEEதொழில்நுட்பம்thoḻilnuṭpamtechnology
die Erfindungdee air-FIN-doongகண்டுபிடிப்புkaṇḍupiḍippuinvention
künstliche IntelligenzKUENST-likh-eh in-tel-ee-GENTSசெயற்கை நுண்ணறிவுseyaṟkai nuṇṇaṟivuartificial intelligence
die Studiedee SHTOO-dee-ehஆய்வுāyvustudy