Colloquial Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners

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

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study and class use, the course offers you 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.

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Overview

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

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study and class use, the course offers you 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.

Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack. Recorded by native Tamil speakers, this material is designed to help improve pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780415187886
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 6/1/2002
  • Language: Tamil
  • Series: Colloquial Series
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 328
  • Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Table of Contents

Introductions
1. My Name Is Murugan
2. I'm Going Home
3. What Would You Like?
4. Hello, This Is Smith
5. Excuse Me for Coming Late
6. Shall We Go to Mahabalipuram?
7. Where Are You Going?
8. When Did You Come to India?
9. The Clothes You Are Wearing
10. Yesterday I Went to a Wedding
11. Shouldn't You Come to See Me?
12. I'm from Jaffna
13. How Do I Get to This Place?
14. What Are You Laughing at?
15. I Can Be in Tamil Nadu for Just a Couple of Days
16. A Famous Book in Tamil
Appendix 1: The Tamil Alphabet
2. The Tamil Writing System
Grammatical Exercises
Key to Exercises
Tamil-English Glossary
English-Tamil Glossary
Index of Grammatical Terms
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