Learning Tamil, My experiences: continued

[Shakthiprabha.]

Please tell me how to say these phrases in Tamil.

to stand - nil

(pure tamizh = colloquial tamil)

I stood = naan nindrEn = naan ninnEn
You stood = nee nindraay = nee ninne
You (respetive) stood = neengaL nindreergaL =neenga nineega
He stood = avan nindraan = avan ninnaan
She stood = avaL nindraaL = ava ninnaa
He/She(respetive) stood = avargaL nindraargaL = avanga ninnaanga

We stood = naam nindRom = naama ninnOm
They stood = avargaL nindraargaL = avanga ninnaanga

I will stand = naan niRpEn.= naan nippEn
You will stand = nee niRpaay = nee nippE
You (respective) will stand = neengaL nirpeergaL = neenga nippeenga

He will stand = avan nirpaan = avan nipaan
She will stand = avaL niRpaaL = ava nipaa
He/She (respective) will stand = avarvaL niRpaargaL = avanga nipaanga.

We will stand = naam niRpom = naama nippom
They will stand = avargaL niRpaargaL = avanga nipaanga

akkaa, rajraj, Raghu etc..

oru naaL naan nalla thamizh pEsuvEn! naan thamizh katRukkondavudan, naan ellaa thamizhargaLukku thamizh mattumE pEsuvEn. At least to to those who understand Tamil.(I do not know how to say this last sentence in Tamil)

ur sentence translated in pure tamizh and then in C- tamizh

pure tamizh
________

oru naaL naan nandraaga tamizh pEsuvEn. Nana tamizh katrukkondavudan, ellaa thamizhargaLudanum thamizh mattumE pesuvEn. kuRainthapatcham thamizh purinthavargaLudan thamizh mattumE pesuvEn.

c. tamizh
__________

oru naal naan nalla thamizh pesuven. thamizh kathukitta piragu, ella thamizh karanga kittaiyum thamizh mattum thaan pesuven. kuranjathu thamizh purinjavanga kitta mattumavathu thamizh thaan pesuven.



good luck.

[skanthan]

Okay akka! akka! akka! Let's stick with the common Tamil that is spoken and understood by everyone!!!!!

[Shakthiprabha.]

done skan.

[skanthan]

Hi akka,

It looks like the Tamil which I had been learning from Shanthi is kind of a mixed Tamil with words from colloquial Tamil mixed with words from Pure Tamil, Sanskrit and some slang etc.. I rememberr hearing from her and others that there is different ways of saying the same thing in Tamil. ie: For understand, there is theriyum. theriyagiRadhu, puriyum, puriyagiRadhu etc, etc, etc.. I would get sooo confused hearing these different words. Because, I do not know which words to use or what is the commonly used terms. Sorry if I sounded like I blew my fuse on you last post!

[rajraj]

skanthan: To start with learn pure Tamil that is taught with a text book. If you learn both pure(formal) and colloquial Tamil at the same time you will be confused. When you become very proficient in conversational Tamil (pure) you can start learning colloquial Tamil.

Shakthi: Why don't we save colloquial Tamil for later?

[skanthan]

seri, rajraj! Conversational Tamil is good. enakku katRukodungaL!

[stranger]

"kaRukodutthu!" does not make sense, SN!

"enakku kaRRu kodungaL (or) enakku kaRRu thaarungaL, please?" would be polite!

nanRi, vaNakkam!

[skanthan]

"kaRukodutthu!" does not make sense, SN!

"enakku kaRRu kodungaL (or) enakku kaRRu thaarungaL, please?" would be polite!

nanRi, vaNakkam!

seri. nanRi, stranger. If AJ and Raveen from old FH had seen this thread and my sincerity in learning Tamil, I think that they would not doubt me.

Please

The word in Tamil for "please" is "thayavuseydhu"!

[skanthan]

I remember when I first became interested in Tamil... It was seeing Tamil dances, hearing Tamil songs and music, hearing Tamil spoken, seeing Tamil scripts all on the TV that first sparked my interest in Tamil back in 1992. In later years, I saw these on Internet and in the Ganesh temple. That time, I already had full blown interest in Hindu culture and religion which since then, I adopted. By 1995, I had full interest in Tamil. In 1996, I got in contact with various Tamil speakers and they put me in contact with other Tamil speakers and over the next few years, I obtained various Tamil language materials ie: Tamil alphabet books, Tamil magazines, Tamil newspapers, books etc... Since then, Tamil language and culture has become a very important part of my life.

thamizh vaazhga, vaaLarga thamizh!

What does "pongu thamizh" mean?

[ssanjinika]

skanthan,
Just out of curiosity..what is your mother tongue? You dont need to answer if you dont wantto.I would totally understand.
I assume you are not a tamilian and to see a person who has not been involved with tamil from childhood get so involved with learning it is awesome.