r/LearningTamil

இது எனது முதல் நாவல்.

தயவுசெய்து உங்கள் கருத்துக்களையும், ஆலோசனைகளையும் வழங்கவும்.

I already know most of the alphabets but find it really hard to put them together and pronounce the word right. I need practice, but where and how?

Writing is for later. I wanna read fluently, atleast half the level of my English reading.

Please help.

Just wanting to check these distinctions at school

subject = பாடம்

does discipline/field = துறை - that's what GT gives, but I think of a port/harbour when I think of this

வகுப்பு = the class, and does it also refer to the other students in that class?

and then is the lesson itself also பாடம்?

what is year/grade?

thanks

This clip contains just two sentences. I think the following transcription is accurate but I'm not sure:

>Girl: அம்மா, இந்த book-க்கு அட்டை போட்டு கொடுமா?
Mother: அட்டைதானா? போட்டுருவோம்.

1️⃣ I'm not sure about "அட்டைதானா?" The subtitle given in the video is actually this:

>Mother: அட்டைதான போட்டுருவோம்.

But I can't make sense of this. I can't understand the word "அட்டைதான". I think the word here must be "அட்டைதானா?" The mother is asking a question and the meaning is "Just a cover?" But I'm not sure 🙁.

2️⃣ The word "போட்டுருவோம்" is colloquial for "போட்டுவிடுவோம்", right?

3️⃣ Is the following English translation accurate?

>Girl: Mother, can you put a cover for this book and give? (Can you wrap this book?)
Mother: Just a cover? We'll definitely put. (We'll get it done.)

Thanks!

I’m married to a Tamilian and I’m eager to learn Tamil, at least to comprehend the language. I’ve picked up a few words, but I’m struggling to form sentences. Unfortunately, I don’t have any friends who can practice with me. I’ve tried using apps like Quizlet to memorize basic words, but that approach hasn’t been very effective. Is there any proven method that has worked for others?

My primary focus is learning how to read Tamil and expanding my vocabulary. What would be the best way to go about it? Looking at online options.

aside from just conversing with someone else in Tamil. I’d say my Tamil is fairly decent, and I can text in Tamil just fine with both formal and casual Tamil, but speaking has been hard. ik what I want to say, but it comes out very stilted and awkward, like I can’t get my mouth around the words properly. the only thing that has worked for me so far is singing along to Tamil songs with very casual Tanglish lyrics (Golden Sparrow, for example, works well), and then practicing a fake convo with myself right after. the words flow more naturally, and the emotion I want to convey is also there, and I sound like a native speaker. are there any other exercises or specific things y’all did to improve pronunciation?

I'm trying to identify a Tamil TV serial I watched in Sri Lanka sometime between 1995 and 1999 (though it could have originally aired anytime between the late 1980s and early 2000s).

What I remember:

• It was a finite serial, probably less than 30 episodes.
• It focused mainly on a single relationship rather than a family or ensemble cast.
• The setting was realistic and semi-urban/rural, not glamorous.
• The production style felt similar to Sri Lankan teledramas of the period.
• There was a cheerful, very talkative young woman and a quieter, more reserved man.
• One memorable scene involved the woman striking up a conversation with the man on a bus while he was minding his own business.
• Another scene involved the man being taken to a small hospital (possibly rural Tamil Nadu) where a doctor friend informs him that a deceased woman is "her" (possibly mentioning her name).
• My impression is that the hospital scene and the bus scene were connected through flashbacks, and that the woman from the bus may have been the deceased woman.
• The story seemed to revolve around a past relationship, separation, and regret/loss.

I don't remember any actors, channel, or title. It was definitely not a flashy family soap like Chithi, Metti Oli, Kolangal, etc.

Does this ring a bell for anyone who watched Tamil serials on DD Madras/DD Podhigai, Sun TV, Raj TV, or serials that were rebroadcast in Sri Lanka during the 1990s?

Any suggestions are appreciated. Even obscure or forgotten limited-run serials are welcome.

Hello, I just found out that I will be a father, baby expected early next year. I am a second generation Tamil immigrant in the UK, lost my fluency when I was a child and have been trying to regain it in recent years.

I want to get fluent through the rest of the year so I can talk to the baby in Tamil when they come. Strongly want the baby to be bilingual. Anyone on here up for weekly calls in Tamil to help me improve my fluency?

I'm a native Telugu speaking person, would love to learn Tamil. Very important, not professionally but need to converse with people and, should feel good as native, when talking with my tamil frnds.

How to start learning Tamil, where shall I start

I need just to converse and talk, and do good in tamil places, incase I settle in Tamil Nadu too, would like to read, write, speak.

Please give me good resources and place to learn good tamil.

And way of learning approach, like how to start ??

~ to resemble nasalization like போகனு~ம் , அவ~ன், பழொ~ம்,மரமு~ம்

' before to represent voiced letters which wouldn't normally occur with the rules (inspired by a comment from a deleted user)(can also be used for written tamil)

அ'ப்'பா - Abba , ப'த்மா - Pad(h)ma, 'கௌரி - Gowri

" To represent voicelessness where it wouldn't naturally occur (can also be used for written tamil)

ப்ரஸாந்"த் , கார்த்தி'க்

^ to represent the a sound in colloquial tamil அவள்

அவ^ , இவங்க^

° to represent kutt(r)iyalugaram (optional)

கண்ணு°,பல்லு°, ஒன்னு°