Colloquial Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Tamil is easy to use and completely up to date!

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.

What makes Colloquial Tamil your best choice in personal language learning?

  • Emphasis on authentic conversational language
  • Clear explanations on how to pronounce and write the language
  • Helpful grammar notes and reference grammar
  • Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Tamil-English and English-Tamil)
  • Lively illustrations and fascinating cultural insights throughout

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.

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.

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Colloquial Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Tamil is easy to use and completely up to date!

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.

What makes Colloquial Tamil your best choice in personal language learning?

  • Emphasis on authentic conversational language
  • Clear explanations on how to pronounce and write the language
  • Helpful grammar notes and reference grammar
  • Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Tamil-English and English-Tamil)
  • Lively illustrations and fascinating cultural insights throughout

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.

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.

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Colloquial Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners

by E. Annamalai, R.E. Asher
Colloquial Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners

by E. Annamalai, R.E. Asher

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Colloquial Tamil is easy to use and completely up to date!

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.

What makes Colloquial Tamil your best choice in personal language learning?

  • Emphasis on authentic conversational language
  • Clear explanations on how to pronounce and write the language
  • Helpful grammar notes and reference grammar
  • Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Tamil-English and English-Tamil)
  • Lively illustrations and fascinating cultural insights throughout

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.

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781317304777
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/27/2015
Series: Colloquial Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 14 MB
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About the Author

E. Annamalai, Asher R.E.

Table of Contents

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 Ωppaa=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 TamiΩnaaTTule re=∂u naaÒdaan irukka mu∂iyum I can be in Tamil Nadu for just a couple of days 16 TamiΩle 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

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