027 DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.

62. The demonstrative pronouns are അവൻ, അവൾ, അത, that man, &c. ഇവൻ, ഇവൾ, ഇത, this man, &c. they are declined like അവൻ, considered as a personal pronoun.
The letters ആ and ൟ prefixed to any noun of whatever number, gender or case, are used as demonstratives: ആ answering to that and those; ൟ to this and these: the letter എ answering to which, is sometimes used in the same way.
ആ മനുഷ്യൻ, that man. ആ മനുഷ്യർ, these men.
ൟ സ്ത്രീ, this woman. ൟ സ്ത്രീകൾ, these women.
It is to be observed that in many native writings these letters when prefixed to nouns, are changed into അ and ഇ, and the first letter of the noun is double ; thus for ആ കാലം, or ൟ കാലം, the people write അക്കാലം, ഇക്കാലം.
Though these forms may be tolerated in poetic works, they ought not to be otherwise adopted, as they are calculated to cause ambiguity, and a false pronounciation: but when ആ or ൟ is prefixed to the particle പ്രകാരം, the short vowel must be used; as,
നീ അപ്രകാരം ചെയ്യെണം,
You must do so; or, in that manner.
അവൻ ഇപ്രകാരം ചെയ്തു.
He did so; or, in this manner.