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| azhagan | Tuesday 04th of January 2005 03:08:51 AM |
| Learning Thamizh - vanakkam to all!
i would greatly appreciate the help of any fellow thamizhan in learning and improving my grasp of thamizh, which, i am really sad to say, is fast becoming a dead language in the south african tamil community. it hasn't been spoken as a first language for at least 2-3 generations now, and many young children have never even heard a thamizh conversation in their lives. this has much to do with the fact that english is a convenient and widely understood lingua franca used among all SA's many cultural and ethnic groups, and the way thamizh is taught in schools is in a stilted literary way, not as a natural or colloquial language (for eg, i recall being able to count and list vegetables and months of the year after four years of thamizh pAdasAlai, but was incapable of stringing a simple sentence together!) i am determined to revive the speaking of thamizh in my country, even if it has to start with me and my own family - and i hope some of our learned members may be able to help me to this end. many thanks. azhagan | |
| skirankumar | Tuesday 29th of March 2005 06:00:51 PM |
| yes I will ... - Hi, I wil teach u tamil . I am also good in Telegu.I f u want I can also tell u telegu. | |
| shyamsanthanam | Sunday 01st of May 2005 07:57:52 AM |
| - Hello Azhagan
I am a great lover of Thamizh too. I just joined this site and hope to observe your obviously keen effort flowering. Best Wishes. | |
| the revolutionary | Monday 30th of May 2005 10:58:30 AM |
| language patron - vanakkam!
i am from india and i am a tamil brahmin and so tamil is actually my mother tongue but learnt hindia and english at school.............but i would love to learn tamil.....hope u can help me out fellow tamilian!!!!!!!!! | |
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