Noun Gender
பெயர்ச்சொல் பால்
Polish has no word for 'a' or 'the' at all — nouns stand completely on their own, the same as in Tamil. What Polish does have is three genders shaping almost every adjective and pronoun, working on a different principle than Tamil's own gender system.
Grammar Comparison
இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு
No Articles — Just Like Tamil
dom
வீடு
Tamil never needs a separate word for 'a' or 'the' — வீடு simply means 'house', and context tells you whether a specific or general house is meant. Polish works exactly the same way: dom on its own covers both 'a house' and 'the house', with no article to insert. This is one habit that transfers directly — resist any urge to invent a Polish word for 'the'.
Three Genders by Ending — a Different System Than Tamil's
dom (m), kobieta (f), okno (n)
வீடு, பெண், ஜன்னல்
Tamil classifies nouns by whether they're rational (people, deities) or irrational (animals, objects), with masculine/feminine only distinguished for rational singular nouns, and this shows up mainly in pronouns and verb agreement, not in the noun's own spelling. Polish gender works on an entirely different, unrelated principle: every noun — person, animal, or object — is masculine, feminine, or neuter, and a noun's own ending is usually your best clue (consonant-ending nouns are typically masculine, -a is typically feminine, -o or -e is typically neuter). Treat this as a new system to learn on its own terms, not a relabeling of Tamil's rational/irrational split.
Vocabulary
சொற்கள்
- Tamil
- வீடுvīṭu
- English
- house
- Tamil
- பூனைpūṉai
- English
- cat
- Tamil
- நாய்nāy
- English
- dog
- Tamil
- பெண்peṇ
- English
- woman
- Tamil
- புத்தகம்puththakam
- English
- book
- Tamil
- பள்ளிpaḷḷi
- English
- school
- Tamil
- ஜன்னல்jaṉṉal
- English
- window
- Tamil
- குழந்தைkuḻandhai
- English
- child
- Tamil
- சூரியன்sūriyaṉ
- English
- sun
- Tamil
- அவன் / அது (ஆண்பால்)avaṉ / adhu
- English
- he / it (m)
- Tamil
- அவள் / அது (பெண்பால்)avaḷ / adhu
- English
- she / it (f)
- Tamil
- அது (பலிங்கம்)adhu
- English
- it (n)