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Tamil Lessons

Points

1) General Rules
2) Greetings
3) Simple Words

In this tutorial, Tamil is written in English, but you must know it is Tamil.
You can identify the differences between tamil and english when I type. I f any confusion let me know.

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Reply 1

Sena5

English - Tamil

Greetings

Hello / Hi / Welcome - Vanakam

See you later- Apparama pakalam

Please come inside (for elders)- Ulla vaanga
" (for children) - Ulla va

Thank You - Nandri Vanakam

How are you - I am fine
Yepadi Irikeenga -Nan Nalla Irukain

It has been a while (seeing you/ talking to you)
Romba naal achi (pathu/ pesi)

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Reply 2

Sena5

Family

Mother - Amma
Father - Appa
Younger sister - Thangachi
Older sister - Akka
Younger Brother- Thambi
Older Brother- Anna
Grand mother- Paati
Grand father - Thaatha
Daughter- Magal
Son- Magan
Young Girl- Ponnu
Young Boy- Payyan

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Reply 3

Sena5

Simple Word

Food- Sappadu
Water- Thanni
Inside- Ulla
Outside- Velliya
Sun- Sooriyan/ Veyil
Moon- Chandiran / Nila / Vennila
Yes- Aama
No- Illai
Hot weather- Veyil/ Soodu
Cold weather- Kulir
Morning- Kaalai
Night- Rathri/ Iravu
Today- Innaiku
Tomorrow - Nalaikku
Yesterday- Netu
Everyday- Dhinamum

Reply 4

Sena5

Addressing

Mr = Thiru
Mrs = Thirumathi
Sir- Ayya
Madam= Amma
Young man- Kumaaran
Young Girl - Selvi
Baby or infant- Pappa

Reply 5

Sena5

Learn this for today's lesson!!! :biggrin:

Any doubts, just let me know below!!!

Reply 6

Sazi007

Thank you, err...Nandri Vanakam!

I have a question - are all the words pronounced as they are written?

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Reply 7

Sena5

Original post by Sazi007

Thank you, err...Nandri Vanakam!

I have a question - are all the words pronounced as they are written?

Posted from TSR Mobile

What you read beside what i have typed in english is pronounced in tamil.
Wow, sweet! I think you are learning! Good...
Thank You, in tamil we tell and pronounce it Nandri Vanakam.

You are in the hang of it!!! :biggrin:

Reply 8

Sena5

Tamil Basic

Colour (Niram)
Colours (Nirangal)

Yellow- Manjal
Blue- Neelam
Red- Sivapu
Brown (Colour)- Kaavi (Niram) / Palupu (Niram)
Green- Pachai
Pink- illanjivappu
White- Vellai
Black- Karuppu

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 9

Sena5

Original post by Sazi007

Keep active!!!

Reply 10

Sena5

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Reply 11

Sena5

Hope you enjoyed and are familiar with the lesson!
Hope you enjoy this too! Please give your feed-back below by replying to the post.

Reply 12

Sena5

More stuffs you will find interesting will come up! I see only two have joined and following me. I don't know the others who requested has not joined, but are they following the lessons?

Reply 13

Sena5

Fruits (Palangal)
Fruit - Palam

Ordered according to pictures
Apple- Apple palam
Apricot - Athi palam
Blueberry- avari Nelli
Banana- Vaalai palam
Coconut-Theangai
Custard Apple- Sitha palam
Dates-Per ichai
Durian-Durian palam
Fig-Athi palam
Gooseberry-nelli kaai
Grapes=thiratchai palam
Guava=koiya palam
Jackfruit-palaa palam
Lemon-elumichai palam
Lime-elumichai palam
Mango=maambalam
Longan=longan
Lychee=laichi palam
Mangosteen=Maangis
Mulberry=Mulberry palam
Orange- thodam palam
Papaya=Pappali palam
Pineapple=Annasi palam
Pear=Perikaai
Pomogranate-Maathulam palam
Raisins=Kismis
Sapota=Sapotap palam
Starfruit=Pulichick kaai
Sweetlime, Sweet orange= Saathukudi
Watermelon=Tharpoosani

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Tamil Alphabet
Learning the Tamil alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to write those words. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Tamil language.
Below is a table showing the Tamil alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word.

Reply 17

Sena5

Vowels and consonants. Learn to write with it!

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Reply 18

Sena5

Vowels and consonants.

Reply 19

Hype en Ecosse

Hey buddy, great that you're trying to make contributions to the community like this. If you could please keep all your Tamil-lesson related posts in this one thread, that'd be awesome. :smile: