Colloquial Tamil

<p><em>Colloquial Tamil </em>is easy to use and completely up to date!</p><p>Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to spoken Tamil. While emphasis is placed on colloquial spoken Tamil, you are given a useful introduction to formal speech and the written language as well. </p><p>What makes <em>Colloquial Tamil</em> your best choice in personal language learning?</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Emphasis on authentic conversational language</li> <p> </p> <li>Clear explanations on how to pronounce and write the language</li> <p> </p> <li>Helpful grammar notes and reference grammar</li> <p> </p> <li>Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Tamil-English and English-Tamil)</li> <p> </p> <li>Lively illustrations and fascinating cultural insights throughout</li> </ul><p>By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Tamil in a broad range of everyday situations.</p><p>Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills. </p> Introduction, 1 en peeru Murugan My name is Murugan 2 naan viiTTukku pooreen I’m going home 3 enna vee=um? What would you like? 4 haloo, naan Smith peesureen Hello, this is Smith 5 mannikka=um, taamadamaa Varradukku I am sorry that I am late. (Lit: Excuse me for coming late) 6 Mahaabalipuram poovamaa? Shall we go to Mahabalipuram? 7 niinga enge pooriinga? Where are you going? 8 niinga eppa Indiyaavukku vandiinga? When did you come to India? 9 niinga pooTTurukkira ?ras The clothes you are wearing 10 neettu oru kalyaa=attukku pooyirundeen Yesterday I went to a wedding 11 nii enne paakka varakkuu?aadaa Shouldn’t you come to see me? 12 end2e uuru Yaa 2 ?ppaa=am I’m from Jaffna 13 inda e?attukku ep?i pooradu? How do I get to this place? 14 enna sirikkiree? What are you laughing at? 15 naan Tami?naaTTule re=?u naaÒdaan irukka mu?iyum I can be in Tamil Nadu for just a couple of days 16 Tami?le oru siranda nuulu A famous book in Tamil The Tamil alphabet Grammatical summary Key to exercises Tamil–English glossary English–Tamil glossary Index of grammatical terms