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sukeshini Tuesday 28th of March 2006 10:30:47 PM
Begin - Hi,
I am intrested in learning Tamil a south India language.
How do I begin learning through this site?

Thank You
Sukeshini

Santheepan Tuesday 28th of March 2006 11:39:32 PM
- If you teach me Hindi I will teach you Tamil

veelakhu Wednesday 29th of March 2006 10:12:06 AM
- Vanakkum, =hello

epaddi irukeenga?, = how are you?

Of course these are the english transliteration of the tamil words. Are you interested in learning the tamil alphabet as well, or just some phrases?

Maybe santheepan can verify but I think the following are correct.

engae = where, enna = what, eppadi = how, eppozhudhu = when, etu = which what why and how, ammaan = yes, ille =no,
nandri = thanks,

Here are a couple of sites,

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/

http://www.duke.edu/~skc9/tamilclass/

Hope to see you around! :)

ari_princess Wednesday 29th of March 2006 03:24:25 PM
Tamil - enna aachu unnaku?
enna (means what)
aachu (means happened)
unnaku (means you)
Naan Unnai Khadalikkeren = I love you
I don't know Tamil but,
I have a online friends ,been friends for 2 years.
He lives in Chennai -Tamil Nadu India.
If you'll have any questions about the language later, please feel free to forword them to me & I'll email him for help.I'm happy to help if I can.
Sorry he doesn't have time to join phrasebase & help..what a lose.

veelakhu Wednesday 29th of March 2006 08:07:51 PM
- The 'Duke University' website, (lessons 1-25), are a nice tool for learning sentence structure. In tamil the verb ending changes based on who is doing the action, I, you, we, it, them, etc.. Also the nouns ending changes based on rather it is a direct object or subject. Seems any language is complicated that way, but it seems tamil is not overly difficult, if one spends some time to learn those intricacies. :) I have also been learnig to write in the tamil alpabet. Talking with native tamils it seems there is proper tamil, and colliquill tamil. Most people speak the more relaxed colliquill, with alot of english mixed right in. :) Veelakhu

boricol Wednesday 29th of March 2006 11:07:55 PM
Spoken Tamil - Im raising my hand again esp. when Ive got NO reply to my earlier posts!. Awaiting someone to teach me Tamil. Will help with English and Hindi too.

Any takers ??

Santheepan Thursday 30th of March 2006 12:08:53 AM
- Mine is Jaffna Tamil. I am working in Delhi right now. I would like to seriously learn conversational Hindi. But it has to be systematic. If you can commit enough time for this & u have skype then I will pay back by teaching you Tamil.

veelakhu Thursday 30th of March 2006 03:42:56 AM
- Anyone have any ideas of what we can do in this thread to help each other learn tamil?

What is the tamil word for friend???

veelakhu Friday 31st of March 2006 03:52:05 AM
- Subjects, I , you, he, she, it; along with the verb look, (or see) which in tamil is ‘paar’

Subject......Sentence........suj/rootverb.....conjugation.......sub/conjugated
I=naan.......I look..........naan paar.........paar+kireen.....naan paarkireen
You=nee......You look.........nee paar........paar+kiray..........nee paarkiray
he=avan..........he looks.......avan paar.......paar+kiran........avan paarkiran
she=aval........she looks......aval paar........paar+kiral........aval paarkiral
it=adu.........it looks........adu paar.........paar+kiradu........adu paarkiradu

The subject precedes the verb and then the present tense conjugation is added. As you can see the ‘kir’ or ‘kkir’ indicates present tense.

The verb can then be replaced with the same rules applying i.e. Touch in english is Toou in tamil so

I touch= naan tooukireen
You touch= nee tooukiray
He touches= avan tooukiran
She touches= aval tooukiral
It touches= adu tooukiradu

This is right out of the Duke University Learning Tamil Website.
Hope this helps, lol, Veelakhu :)

Phrasebase Archive
	sukeshini	Tuesday 28th of March 2006 10:30:47 PM
	Begin - Hi, I am intrested in learning Tamil a south India language. How do I begin learning through this site? Thank You Sukeshini
	Santheepan	Tuesday 28th of March 2006 11:39:32 PM
	- If you teach me Hindi I will teach you Tamil
	veelakhu	Wednesday 29th of March 2006 10:12:06 AM
	- Vanakkum, =hello epaddi irukeenga?, = how are you? Of course these are the english transliteration of the tamil words. Are you interested in learning the tamil alphabet as well, or just some phrases? Maybe santheepan can verify but I think the following are correct. engae = where, enna = what, eppadi = how, eppozhudhu = when, etu = which what why and how, ammaan = yes, ille =no, nandri = thanks, Here are a couple of sites, http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/ http://www.duke.edu/~skc9/tamilclass/ Hope to see you around! :)
	ari_princess	Wednesday 29th of March 2006 03:24:25 PM
	Tamil - enna aachu unnaku? enna (means what) aachu (means happened) unnaku (means you) Naan Unnai Khadalikkeren = I love you I don't know Tamil but, I have a online friends ,been friends for 2 years. He lives in Chennai -Tamil Nadu India. If you'll have any questions about the language later, please feel free to forword them to me & I'll email him for help.I'm happy to help if I can. Sorry he doesn't have time to join phrasebase & help..what a lose.
	veelakhu	Wednesday 29th of March 2006 08:07:51 PM
	- The 'Duke University' website, (lessons 1-25), are a nice tool for learning sentence structure. In tamil the verb ending changes based on who is doing the action, I, you, we, it, them, etc.. Also the nouns ending changes based on rather it is a direct object or subject. Seems any language is complicated that way, but it seems tamil is not overly difficult, if one spends some time to learn those intricacies. :) I have also been learnig to write in the tamil alpabet. Talking with native tamils it seems there is proper tamil, and colliquill tamil. Most people speak the more relaxed colliquill, with alot of english mixed right in. :) Veelakhu
	boricol	Wednesday 29th of March 2006 11:07:55 PM
	Spoken Tamil - Im raising my hand again esp. when Ive got NO reply to my earlier posts!. Awaiting someone to teach me Tamil. Will help with English and Hindi too. Any takers ??
	Santheepan	Thursday 30th of March 2006 12:08:53 AM
	- Mine is Jaffna Tamil. I am working in Delhi right now. I would like to seriously learn conversational Hindi. But it has to be systematic. If you can commit enough time for this & u have skype then I will pay back by teaching you Tamil.
	veelakhu	Thursday 30th of March 2006 03:42:56 AM
	- Anyone have any ideas of what we can do in this thread to help each other learn tamil? What is the tamil word for friend???
	veelakhu	Friday 31st of March 2006 03:52:05 AM
	- Subjects, I , you, he, she, it; along with the verb look, (or see) which in tamil is ‘paar’ Subject......Sentence........suj/rootverb.....conjugation.......sub/conjugated I=naan.......I look..........naan paar.........paar+kireen.....naan paarkireen You=nee......You look.........nee paar........paar+kiray..........nee paarkiray he=avan..........he looks.......avan paar.......paar+kiran........avan paarkiran she=aval........she looks......aval paar........paar+kiral........aval paarkiral it=adu.........it looks........adu paar.........paar+kiradu........adu paarkiradu The subject precedes the verb and then the present tense conjugation is added. As you can see the ‘kir’ or ‘kkir’ indicates present tense. The verb can then be replaced with the same rules applying i.e. Touch in english is Toou in tamil so I touch= naan tooukireen You touch= nee tooukiray He touches= avan tooukiran She touches= aval tooukiral It touches= adu tooukiradu This is right out of the Duke University Learning Tamil Website. Hope this helps, lol, Veelakhu :)