Dogri to Tamil: a group plan must say whether the reader belongs to we
The Dogri plural does not settle membership
Sawhney lists ass as a Dogri first-person plural pronoun. A statement using it identifies a group associated with the speaker, but the listed form does not itself provide Tamil’s inclusive–exclusive distinction. Before translating a plan, establish whether the person receiving the message is among the people expected to act.
Tamil Virtual Academy explains the modern distinction between நாம் and நாங்கள் in relation to inclusion of the addressee. This is not simply a difference between a small and a large group. The same number of participants can be described differently depending on whether the reader belongs to that group.
For an original Dogri message meaning we will prepare the meal, compare the speaker assigning work to themselves and their household with the speaker proposing a joint activity that includes the visitor reading it. A Tamil choice that includes the visitor can turn a report into an implied request for their participation. The food and future action can remain correct while the social commitment changes.
A quoted promise can change its audience
The distinction becomes particularly useful when a Dogri speaker repeats somebody else’s promise. We inside the reported promise refers to the original speaker’s group, not automatically to the people currently reading the translation. Recover the original participants before selecting the Tamil expression.
For an original report meaning the organizers said that we will arrange transport, decide whether we belongs to the quoted organizers or the person now reporting the arrangement. Those are different commitments. Retaining quotation boundaries and the original speaker reference helps prevent the Tamil result from recruiting the wrong people.
The Academy’s explanation relates inclusive reference to speaker-plus-addressee and contrasts it with a speaker’s group excluding the addressee. Apply that relationship to each actual speech situation. A group may include one person being discussed while excluding the current listener; naming that person elsewhere does not make the listener part of the promise.
Respectful you answers a different question
Sawhney separately describes Dogri tuss used respectfully to elders, alongside more familiar address. Tamil Virtual Academy describes தாங்கள் as a modern respectful second-person form that can address a highly respected individual. Plural-looking social address must therefore not be treated as evidence that the reader is a whole group.
For a Dogri invitation addressed respectfully to one elder, distinguish who is addressed from who is included in the proposed activity. The target can respect a single listener while separately specifying whether that listener belongs to we. Combining those decisions into one general formality choice risks changing either the audience or the expected participants.
The central issue in this direction is membership at the moment of speaking. Dogri person and respectful-address forms provide useful evidence, but Tamil requires its own choice about inclusion. In an invitation, household arrangement or reported promise, keep the speaker, addressee and other participants distinct. A correct participant count alone cannot show that the target assigns the task to the same people.
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