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(puu) (tii) (nii) (naan)

'flower' 'fire' 'you - singular' 'I'

(kaNNu) 'Eye'

(pala) (palaa) (kelee)

'many' 'jack fruit' 'branch'

(pillee)

'child'

(tolle) 'trouble'

(padu) (paadu)

'lie down' 'sing'

(paaddu) 'song' (kattu) (kaadu) 'scream' 'ear' 'god' (3 syllables) 'husband' (3 syllables) 'marriage' (3 syllables) 'snacks' (4 syllables)

(kadavuL) (kaNavan) (kalyaaNam) .


,

(palahaaram)

(cuppiramaNiyan) 'proper name' (6 syllables)


, ,

Pronunciation of nasal consonants , , , , 'pandu' 'anbu' and . 'ball' 'love'

'toNmai ~ toNme' 'ancient' 'vanmai ~ vanme' 'skillful' . 'na~ 'avan ~ ava~' ' 'I' 'he' 'tambi' 'tangai ~ tange' 'younger brother' 'younger sister'

'maram ~ mara~' . 'kaN ~ kaNNu' 'eye'

'tree'

'pazham ~ pazha~' 'fruit'

'maN ~ maNNu' 'soil/sand' Pronunciation of Stop Consonants

(angee ~ ange) 'there' (ingee ~ inge) 'here' (engee ~ enge) 'where' and : (paxal) 'day'

(maxan ~ maxa~) 'son' (maxaL ~ maxa) 'daughter' (uurxaL) (naayxaL) 'towns' 'dogs'

(kappal) (kaDal) (pakkam ~ pakka~)

'ship' 'ocean' 'side'

(tuukkam ~ tuukka~) 'sleep'

(anjcu) 'cotton' (nanjcu) 'poison' (anjcu) 'proper name'

(toosai ~ doose) (aasai ~ aase) (maasam ~ maasa~) (cakkaram ~ cakkara~) (cani or sani) (cevvaay or sevvaay) (cani) 'Saturday' (cevvaay ~ ceevvaa) 'Tuesday' (paccai ~ pacce) 'green' (eccil) 'salaiva'

'dosa' 'desire' 'month' 'wheel' 'Saturday' 'Tuesday'

(tuNdu) 'towel' (karaNDi) 'spoon' (naDu) 'crab' (paDam ~ paDa~) 'picture' (ooDam ~ ooDa~) 'boat' (naaDu) 'country'

(Tamaaram ~ Tamaara~) 'a drum' (Tii) 'tea' (Taim) 'time' (paTTu) 'silk' (puuTTu) 'lock' (kaaTTu) 'show'

(pandu) 'ball' (inda) 'this - adjective' (anda) 'that-adjective' (adu) 'that (thing)'

(paadai ~ paade) 'route/way' (moodu) 'dash/strike'

(tamizh) 'Tamil' (taNNiir ~ taNNi) 'water' (tingaL ~ tinga) 'Monday' (pattu) 'ten' (kattu) 'scream' (ezhuttu) 'letter/script' (tambi) 'younger brother' (tirumbu) 'turn' (eNbadu) 'eighty' (kooba~) 'anger' (abaaya~) 'danger' (caaba~) 'curse'

(paDi) 'study' (pazha~) 'fruit' (paNa~) 'money' (appaa) 'father' (tappu) 'mistake' (tuppu) 'spit'

(adu) 'that (thing)' (aamaam) 'yes' (idu) 'this (thing)' (ii) 'fly' (ulaxa~) 'world' (uur) 'town/village' (edu) 'which (thing)' (eezhu) 'seven' (aiyoo) 'alas' - interjection (oru) 'one (adjective)' (ooDu) 'run' (akkaa) 'elder sister' (paccai ~ pacca) 'green' (paTTu) 'silk' (eNNai ~ eNNe) 'oil' ( (pattu) 'ten' (munnuuRu) 'three hundred' (appaa) 'father' (ammaa) 'mother' (koyyaa) 'kovva fruit' (palli) 'lizard' (cevvaay ~ sevvaa) 'Tuesday' (taLLu) 'push' (munnaal ~ munnaale) 'in front of' Nasal + Stop (angee ~ anga) 'there' )

(panjcu) 'cottorn' (tuNDu) 'towel' (pandu) 'ball' (tambi) 'younger brother' (eNbadu ~ embLadu) 'eighty' (anbu) 'love'

: (kalkattaa) 'Calcutta' (karnaaDaha~) 'Karnataka' (iDli) 'Idly' (minsaara~) 'electricity' (inRaikku ~ iNNekki) 'today' (eda\d rku ~ edukku) 'for what' (kalvi) 'education' (kashTa~) 'difficulty' (pustaha~) 'book' (pal) 'tooth' vs. (kal) 'stone' vs. (pala) 'many' vs. (viDu) 'leave' vs. (vidi) 'fate' vs. (paal) 'milk' (kaal) 'leg' (palaa) 'jack fruit' (viiDu) 'house' (viidi) 'street'

(koDu) 'give' vs. kootu (kooDu) 'line' (toDu) 'touch' vs. (cuDu) 'shoot/fry' vs. (muDi) 'hair/tie' vs. (tooDu) 'earring' (cuuDu) 'heat' (muuDi) 'lid' (paakku) 'betal nut'

(paaxu) 'sugar syrup' vs.

(pasai) 'crease' vs. (kuDai) 'umbrellaa' vs. (kaadu) 'ear' vs. (kaRai) 'stain' vs. (mazhai) vs. (vaLai) vs.

(paccai) 'green' (kuTTai) 'small pond' (kaattu) 'wind' (karai) 'bank of a river' (malai) 'mountain' 'net' (mana~) 'mind'

(maNa~) 'fragrance' vs.

greetings is that so? Yes no ok, yes (consent) Common Nouns Teacher English River Iron Fly (noun) Height, Tallness (native) Town Inside, interior Eye

Store Stone Mosquito Forest Leg God, deity Statue Friend State of being well Tamil Street Cow Fruit Song Childhood Milk Boy name Book Flower Round mark on the forehead or cheeks (for beauty, auspiciousness, protection from evil eye) Happiness, Joy

Wife Tree Table Language Teacher House Outside Place Names Madurai - city Proper names Valli Murugan John Mary Srinivasan short name for Srinivasan Kinship terms and other address forms mother father younger brother Chidambaram - city Palani

older brother younger sister older sister grandfather grandmother Mother's brother, uncle Sir, polite form of address Bodyparts Neck, throat Arm Eye Leg Ear plaited hair, matted lock of hair Head Forehead Tooth Sole of the foot Hair Nose Finger, Mouth (pl.)

Pronouns and other deictics my your - intimate your polite he (distal)- polite he (proximal)- polite ~ ~ he (distal)- impolite/intimate he (proximal)- impolite/intimate she (distal)- impolite/intimate she (proximal)- impolite/intimate It, This (proximate), n. It, That (distal), n. This, adj. That, adj. This way/manner That way/manner This much That much This many (countable) That many (countable) Now (this time) Then (that time)

Question words Who What Which (noun), Which source Which (adjecthive) Where How many (countable) How When How much Why Adjectives Beautiful ~ A little, small amount Small Mischievous Good A lot, A large quantity of (countable) Verbs tell, say, utter ( Come ( , ) , ) Big A lot, very much

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