-Ç-C¢√®Ωç 24 ÂÆ°dç-•®Ω’ 2006 Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛ 2

Kavitha: You've been out too long. Where
have you been?
(F´¤ î√™«-ÊÆ°æ¤ •ßª’-ô’-Ø√o´¤. áéπ\-úø’-Ø√o-
Nç-ûª-ÊÆ°æ¤?)
Sabitha: I am returning from the Cinema. I
have been there to book tickets for
us.
(
ÆœE-´÷-£æ…-™¸-Èé-∞«x†’. öÀÈé\ô’x •’é˙ îËߪ’-
ú≈-EéÀ)
Kavitha: Have you got them? For what show
on what day?
(üÌJ-é¬ßª÷/ ûÁî √a¢√? à show
à ÅûªE ü¿í∫_-®Ω’†o úø•’s 鬮Ω’ é̆-™‰-†çûª ûªèπ◊\´.
®ÓV?)
Sabitha: Of course I have. With great difficul-
ty I was able to get two seats for the
matinee the day after tomorrow. The
queue was too long.
(ûËéπ-§Ú-´-ô¢Ë’çöÀ? ÅA éπ≠dçæ -O’ü¿ á©’xçúÕ
matinee éÀ È®çúø’ tickets üÌJ-鬮·.
Queue ´’K §Òúø’í¬_ ÖçC)
Kavitha: For the matinee? In these dog
days? I think it'll be too hot for us to
go out. The sun could scorch us.
(matinee é¬? Ñ ´’çúø’ ¢ËÆæ-N-™ Ø√?
Åçûª áçúø™ ´’†ç ¢Á∞¡x™‰ç ņ’-èπ◊ç-ô’-
Ø√oØË. áçúø ´’†-Lo ´÷úËa-ßÁ·îª’a)
Scorch (≤ƒ\î˝) = ´÷úËa-ߪ’úøç.
In the scorching sun = ´÷úËa áçúø™ 
Sabitha: I thought so too, but ...
( iv) Hari is too fat for us to carry.
؈÷ Å™«ØË Å†’-èπ◊Ø√o, é¬F ...)
Kavitha: Why didn't you think of the first
show? We shall have had a pleasant
time.
(†’´¤y first show í∫’Jç* áçü¿’-é¬-™-*ç-
îª-™‰ü¿’? î√™« £æ…®·í¬ ÖçúËC éπü∆?
Pleasant = Ç£æ…x-ü¿-éπ-®Ω-¢Á’i†
Sabitha: It's such a lengthy movie, you know.
If it is the first show, it will be too late
in the night for us to return home
safely.
(ÅC î√™« °ü¿l ÆœE´÷. First show
Å®·ûË ÉçöÀéÀ AJ-T-®√-´úøç Ç©-Ææu-´’-´¤-
ûª’çC. ÅC ´’†èπ◊ ´’ç*C (Íé~´’-éπ®Ωç)
é¬ü¿’)
Kavitha: We can't bear the heat. How about
giving away the tickets to others?
tickets
(Ç áçúø ¶µºJç-‰ç. Ç ÉçÈé-´-J-
éπØ√o ÉîËaÊÆh?)
Sabitha: That'd be foolish. I've taken a lot of
trouble to get the tickets. Don't
worry. It's an AC hall.
(ÅC °œ*a-°æE. Ç tickets ûË´-ú≈-EéÀ î√™«
v¨¡´’°æ-ú≈f†’. àç °∂æ®Ω-¢√-™‰-ü¿’™‰. Ç hall,
AC hall)
Kavitha: OK. It's too good a movie to miss.
(Å™«Íí. ´’†ç ´ü¿’-©’-éÓ-™‰†çûª ´’ç*
ÆœE´÷ ÅC)
Very, too èπ◊ Ö†o ûËú≈ Éçûª-èπ◊-´·çü¿’ ûÁ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊Ø√oç
éπü∆. very Åçõ‰ áèπ◊\´, î√™«– Åçü¿’-´©x îÁúø’
éπ©-í∫-éπ-§Ú-´îª’a. Too Åçõ‰ ÅA, Åçü¿’-´©x îÁúË
ï®Ω’-í∫’-ûª’çC.
a) Ramana is too good - ®Ω´’ù ÅA ´’ç*.
(Åçü¿’-´©x Åûª-EéÀ éπL-ÍíC éÃúË)
b) Aruna: Son, how about the girl you saw the
other day? Is she to your liking?
´’†ç ¢Á·†o îª÷Æœ† Å´÷t®· N≠æߪ’ç àçöÀ?
Fèπ◊ †*açü∆?
Pranav: Mom, don't you think she is too tall
for me?
´’K §Òúø’-í∫-E-°œç-îª-™‰ü∆ Fèπ◊? (Åçõ‰– Ø√ áûª’hèπ◊
ûªT-†çûª/ Ø√ ÅçûªØ√o/ Ø√éπçõ‰ áûªhØ√o 鬴a)
c) The car is very expensive -
¶«í¬ êK-üÁjçC. (Å®·Ø√ ´’†ç é̆-´îª’a)
d) The car is too expensive -
car ´’K êK-üÁjçC.
(Åçü¿’-´©x é̆ç/ é̆-™‰†çûª üµ¿®Ω)
ÉC too èπ◊ Ö†o Å®√n™x, ¢√úø’-éπ™x äéπöÀ.
Look at the following sentences.
a) The patient is too weak to walk -
®ÓT †úø-´-™‰†çûª •©-£‘«†çí¬ ÖçC.
b) The amount with him is too little to buy a
car -
c) He is walking too slow to catch the train -
Train
Åçü¿’-éÓ-™‰†çûª Eü∆†çí¬ †úø’-Ææ’h-Ø√oúø’.
d) He is driving too carelessly to be safe.
Íé~´’ç-鬆çûª E®Ωxéπ~uçí¬ †úÕ-°œÆæ’hØ√oúø’.
-Ççí∫x-¶µ«-≠æ-ù 218
The car is too expensive
°j sentences ™ too ¢√úøéπç í∫´’-Eç-îªçúÕ.
... too + adjective (sentences a & b) + infinitive
adverb (sentences c & d)
[a) Adjective Åçõ‰ í∫’®Ω’hçC éπü∆. í∫’ù«Lo ûÁLÊ°
´÷ô©’.
b) Adverbs Åçõ‰ adjectives ûÁLÊ° í∫’ù«©’ à
¢Ë’®Ωèπ◊ ᙫ ÖØ√o®· ÅE; verb ûÁLÊ° °æ†’©’
ᙫ, á°æ¤púø’ ïJ-í¬®· ÅE ûÁLÊ° ´÷ô©’.
c) Infinitive Åçõ‰ to & 1st regular doing word.
eg: to go, to see, to sit, etc - Åçõ‰ ¢Á∞Ïxç-ü¿’èπ◊/
¢Á∞¡x-ö«-EéÀ/ ¢Á∞¡xôç; îª÷ÊÆç-ü¿’èπ◊/ îª÷úø-ö«-EéÀ/
îª÷úøôç; èπÿ®Ω’a-ØËç-ü¿’èπ◊/ èπÿ®Óa-´-ú≈-EéÀ/ èπÿ®Óa-
´úøç, etc.]
°j† É*a† v°æA sentence ™ v°æA-ü∆-EéÃ, ûÁ©’-í∫’™–
™‰†çûª, 鬆çûª – ÅE negative ´≤Úhç-C-éπü∆. ÅC
too v°æûËu-éπûª.
too + adjective/ adverb + infinitive= Ç adjec-
tive/ adverb ´©x 鬢√Lq† °æE ï®Ω-í∫-ü¿ØÓ, †≠ædç
Öçô’ç-ü¿ØÓ Å®Ωnç.
i) He is too poor to continue studies.
¢√úø’ îªü¿’´¤ é̆-≤ƒ-Tç-îª-™‰-†çûª Ê°ü¿¢√úø’.
ii) She is too proud to listen to advice.
Ç¢Á’ Éûª-®Ω’© Ææ©-£æ…†’ N†-†çûª í∫Jy.
iii) She cooks too badly to eat.
A†-™‰-†çûª ü∆®Ω’-ùçí¬ ´çúø’-ûª’ç-ü∆¢Á’.
iv) She knows too little to teach others.
Éûª-®Ω’-©èπ◊ ¶Cµç-îª-™‰-†çûª ûªèπ◊\´ ûÁ©’-≤ƒ-¢Á’èπ◊.
Now study the following sentences from
the conversation at the beginning of the
lesson.
1) The Queue was too long.
èπÿu ´’K §Òúø’í¬_ ÖçC. (؈’ ûªy®Ωí¬ ®√™‰-†çûª)
2) I think it will be too hot (for us) to go out.
3) It will be too late in the night (for us) to
return home safely.
4) It is too good a movie to miss.
Sentence No (2): ... it will be too hot for us to
go out.
´’†ç •ßª’öÀéÀ ¢Á∞¡x-™‰-†çûª áçúøí¬ Öçô’çC.
Sentence No (3): It will be too late in the night
for us to return home safely.
´’†ç Íé~´’çí¬ ÉçöÀéÀ AJT ®√™‰-†çûª Ç©Ææuç
鬴a ®√vA-°æ‹ô.
Éçûª-èπ◊-´·çü¿’ ´’†ç îª÷Æœ† sentences èπÿ, sen-
tences (2) and (3) éÀ ûËú≈: - for us ÅØËC extra.
i) He is too foolish to understand this.
ÉC Å®Ωnç îËÆæ’-éÓ-™‰-†çûª ÅN-¢ËéÀ ¢√úø’.
ii) He is too clever for us to cheat.
´’†ç ¢Á÷Ææç îËߪ’-™‰-†çûª ûÁL-N-í∫-©-¢√-úø-ûªúø’.
Sentence (i) ™ infinitive ´·çü¿’ for ... ™‰éπ-§Ú-
´ôç îª÷úøçúÕ. Sentence (ii) ™ infinitive
´·çü¿’ for us ÖçC.
iii) Hari is too fat to walk fast.
¢Ëí∫çí¬ †úø-´-™‰-†çûª ™«´¤. (Infinitive
for ...™‰ü¿’)
´’†ç ¢Á÷ߪ’-™‰-†çûª ™«´-ûª†’.
(Infinitive
´·çü¿’ for ... ÖçC)
v) ´’†ç B®Ωa-™‰-†çûª Ææ´’Ææu ÅC
It is too difficult a problem for us to solve/
The problem is too difficult for us to solve.
vi) ´’†ç îª÷úø-™‰-†çûª <éπ-öÀí¬ ÖçC
It is too dark for us to see.
vii) ؈’ é̆-™‰-†çûª üµ¿®Ω.
The car is too expensive for me to buy.
viii) Ç¢Á’ éπç®∏Ωç N†-™‰-†çûª ûªèπ◊\´ ≤ƒn®·™ ÖçC
Her voice is too low for him to hear.
ix) °œ©x©’ Å®Ωnç îËÆæ’-éÓ-™‰-†çûª éπ≠d-¢æ Á’i† N≠æߪ’ç
This is too difficult for children to understand.
x) dress
Ñ Ç¢Á’ ¢ËÆæ’-éÓ-™‰-†çûª §ƒûªC
This dress is too old for her to wear.
xi) ÉC Ç ´%ü¿’l¥úø’ ¢Á÷ߪ’™‰-†çûª •®Ω’´¤
This is too heavy for the old man to carry.
Ñ N≠æߪ’ç ÉçéÓ ®Ωéπçí¬ Å®Ωnç îËÆæ’-éÓ-´îª’a.
ûÁ©’-í∫’™– ÉC ؈’ ¢Á÷ߪ’-™‰-†çûª •®Ω’´¤ Åçõ‰ =
ÉC î√™« •®Ω’´¤, ؈’ ¢Á÷ߪ’-™‰†’– ÅE éπü∆.
English ™ èπÿú≈ ÅçûË.
a) It is very heavy; I cannot carry it.
It is too heavy for me to carry.
b) The movie is very good; We cannot miss it.
The movie is good for us to miss.
c) The chapter is very important; Nobody can
ignore it.
Ñ chapter î√™« ´·êuç. á´®Ω’èπÿú≈ ü∆Eo
ÖÊ°-éÀ~ç-îª-™‰®Ω’.
The chapter is too important for anybody to
ignore it.
d) The problem is very serious; We cannot
neglect it.
Ææ´’Ææu î√™« Bv´çí¬ ÖçC; ´’†ç °æöÀdç--
éÓ-èπ◊çú≈ Öçúø™‰ç.
The problem is too serious for us to neglect.
e) The room is very big; The table is very
small.
í∫üË¢Á÷ î√™« °ü¿lC, table ´÷vûªç î√™« *†oC.
(Åçûª °ü¿l í∫CéÀ ûªí∫-†çûª *†oC)
The table is too small for the big room/
The room is too big for the small table.
f) Prakash: Are you attending the party
tomorrow?
†’´¤y Í®°æ¤ party éÀ ¢Á∞¡Ÿûª’-Ø√o¢√?
Subhash: I am too busy.
؈’ î√™« BJ-éπ-™‰-èπ◊çú≈ ÖØ√o –
§ƒKdéÀ ¢Á∞¡x-™‰-†çûª
Ééπ\úø Subhash's reply í∫´’-Eç-îªçúÕ. I am
too busy ÅE ´÷vûª¢Ë’ Åçô’-Ø√oúø’ – Åçõ‰, I
´·çü¿’
am too busy to attend ÅE. Ñ too †’ °j
dialogue ™™« ¢√úøû√ç. ÉC èπÿú≈ îª÷úøçúÕ.
g) Sankar: I'll carry this
box and you carry
that.
ØËF-°õ„d BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«†’.
†’´yC BÆæ’éÓ.
Vishnu: Oh, that's
too heavy.
M. SURESAN
ÅC ´’K •®Ω’´¤ – Åçõ‰
؈’ ¢Á÷ߪ’™‰-†çûª ÅE.
Vishnu's response èπ◊ Å®Ωnç– That's too
heavy for me to carry ÅE.
h) Prabhakar: Why don't you send Ganesh
for talks?
Ωa-©èπ◊ í∫ù‰-≠ˇ-ØÁç-ü¿’èπ◊ °æç°æ-èπÿ-úøü¿’?
Sudhakar: He is too innocent.
Åûªúø’ ´’K Å´÷-ߪ’-èπ◊úø’ – Ωa©’
é̆-≤ƒ-Tç-îª-™‰-†çûª.
Éçé¬ Núø-´’-®Ω* îÁ§ƒp-©çõ‰, He is too innocent
to participate in talks/ to handle talks
Åûªúø’ ûÁL-Ní¬ ´÷ö«x-úø-™‰-†çûª/ Ææ´÷-Rç--éÓ-™‰-
†çûª Å´÷-ߪ’-èπ◊úø’.
i) Gowtham: How do I look in this shirt?
ØËF shirt ™ ᙫ éπE-°œ-Ææ’h-Ø√o†’?/
Ñ shirt ᙫ ÖçC?)
Viswam: Isn't that too big for you?
ÅC Fèπ◊ ´’K °ü¿l-Cí¬/ ´ü¿’-©’í¬
™‰ü¿÷?
É™« 'too' - question form ™ èπÿú≈ ¢√úøû√ç.
j) Bhaskar: Is the curry too hot?
Ñ èπÿ®Ω ´’K 鬮Ωçí¬ Öçü∆?
hot - ´÷´‚©’ Å®Ωnç, ¢ËúÕ. Ééπ\úø Å®Ωnç, ÉçéÓöÀ
– 鬮Ωç – A†™‰ç.
Bhavan: So it is, and the sambar is too
salty.
Å´¤†’ – ≤ƒç¶«®Óx Ö°æ¤p ´’K áèπ◊\´
– A†™‰ç
ÉO too Ö°æßÁ÷-í¬©’. É™« 'too' ¢√úø-éπçûÓ ´’†ç
îÁ§ƒp©†’èπ◊†o N≠æ-ߪ÷©’ î√™« short sen-
tences ™ simple í¬ îÁ°æp-´îª’a. conversation
Åçü¿çí¬ Öçô’çC.

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