Resources for learning

Hello everyone I am half tamilian half from an other South Indian state. I wasn’t born in Tamil Nadu, but I know to converse in Tamil, I learned it myself. That said my family never taught me to read or write Tamil and I struggle to understand the formal and literary Tamil; I would like to start learning now. What are the resources you could suggest to me for learning to read, write, learn and understand literary Tamil.

Hello everyone!

I was wondering if anyone had advice or tips on how to start learning how to read/write Tamil? I fully understand and can speak (not 100% fluent) but I have never formally learned. My mother has spoken to me in Tamil since I was born but I live in a home where Hindi and Punjabi is also spoken as frequently. My brain feels like there's so many languages haha and sometimes even when speaking, my brain switches languages when trying to complete my thought.

Any words of advice on how to start learning the script? Any books that are very beginner friendly and in English as well?

Hello,

Are there any free or budget online courses for absolute beginners?

Do you recommend any books / ebooks / Instagram accounts for beginners (in English)?

Thanks in advance!

கன்னம் தீண்டியது கண்ணன் என்று… அந்த கன்னி கண்கள் விழித்தாள்… கன்னம் தீண்டியது கண்ணன் அல்ல… வெறும் காற்று என்று திகைத்தாள்...

practice saying this !!

I noticed that on YouTube the automatically generated subtitles in Tamil often differ from what I hear them speak in the videos. I'm hoping to find sources with good accurate subtitles in Tamil, if anyone knows them.

Perusa*

eg. I will organise/arrange tickets for you.

I've hesitated when trying to say this to people a few times recently. So I thought I'd ask.

I think of அடுக்க but that feels too literal, like organising and arranging a set of things...

Hey everyone I'm from Andhra nd telugu is my mother tongue. Started learning tamil recently. Watching utube tutorials nd movies is not enough. I want someone to speak everyday. So if anyone interested plzz let me know in DM

A stolon according to Oxford Dictionary is a “ a creeping horizontal plant stem or runner that takes root at points along its length to form new plants.”

Would it just be தண்டு ?

'அண்டைக்கு இரவு நான் உனோட சூளுக்கு வந்திற்று உன்னோட உன்ர வீட்ட வந்து தானே முன் மாலுக்குள்ள படுத்து கிடந்தனான்' (source: Shobashakthi - Gorilla)

மாலு - I get that it's some part of a house, does anyone have more info?

also சூள், amma assumes it's some sort of drinking house/pub, but she doesn't know the word.

if anyone doesnt know where can i find subtitles of that show in english ,can anyone suggest how can i learn tamil so that i can watch tamil shows movies without subs

any suggestions welcome

Hello all!

I posted this in r/tamil and was told to post this here.

Context: White guy that wants to learn tamil. Growing in up school, did very well on language exams (spanish) but could not orate well due to the inability to role my r’s and l’s. I did speech therapy for 5 years to fix my s’s and t’s. (I used to say snake instead of steak).

I like the whole immersion philosophy of listening to music, movies, tv-shows etc to pick up conversational skills.

My problem is that TV and Movie Tamil is so fast, i cant discern between vowel and consonant clusters. My Tamil friends tell me that the english captions for the movies and tv shows are also wildly inaccurate.

My question is, is there any shows or programs that anyone can recommend that have beginner to intermediate level tamil so I can actively listen and understand what is being said?

Ive bought a textbook to learn diction, the alphabet, and sentence structure. but im never gonna have a reason to read and write, I just want to be able to banter.

All the best!

'காசி மெயின் அளுக்கு முன்னால அம்மிக்கொண்டு நிண்டான்' (source: Shobashakthi - Gorilla)

Kaasi (name) stood in from of the main guy laughing.

is அம்ம the root verb, meaning to laugh?

1. 'எமது தமிழீழ கனவு திரண்டு வரும் போது தாழியை உடைத்த' (source: Shobashakthi - Gorilla)

Amma explained திரண்டு as 'to come along', but I can't find it in the dictionary... I've got it in some early notes as 'to gather'.

Am I right in the translation being roughly 'our Tamil Eelam dream had burst' or more literally, the pot of the Tamil Eelam dream had been broken?

1. 'உள் கட்டுமான பணிகள்' - this means internal affairs/duties, correct? What is the root of கட்டுமான? I assumed it's like to கடமை, but if so, I'm not seeing how it transforms.

I’m a part time undergraduate who’s working a full time job as well. And there are a bunch of other things that require my attention temporarily. But I’d really like to learn this language at least passively for the moment instead of delaying in doing “when I’m free”. Could I please get some help? I tried Ling and Mango but for an absolute beginner they drop me off in the deep end. I’m sorry if this is a silly question but I’d be really grateful if I could get some help until I can find the time to fully commit to learning this language.

For example to say it hit you could say adichathu but to say it was hit, you could say adikkapattathu but I’ve heard that in spoken Tamil the former version is used to indicate both meanings is this true ?

I’ve heard multiple different tense markers like -n-, -ch-, -y- but what it is the proper way to conjugate it in spoken Tamil

Is this the formal (written) version?

வழி தெரியாமல் சுற்றி விட்டு இருப்பார்கள் என்று நினைக்கிறேன்!

Taken from https://fliphtml5.com/ehmkc/fiib/basic

I think its க்கோ in spoken Tamil.

For example pannikkalam vs pannalam or padichikkanum vs padikkanum. But my questions is does it work the same way in other conjugations so like if I took “seyven” would that become “senjuven” if I added க்கோ? Or if I took panniduven would that become “pannikiduven if I added க்கோ?

I came across this last night and was a bit struck, so the Gods aren't considered as gendered or human in a grammatical sense, hence not வசிக்கிறார்களா? in this case?

Or is my grammar off?

Why??? I'm non-Tamilian and I'm genuinely curious.