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Introduction to Tamil Language Pronunciation

in this very first video let us see the pronunciation of the word Tamil as the native speakers say it and that is Tamil Tamil the letter R ah is unique to the language and it is very different from the Z sound of English ten millions are impressed when a non-native speaker pronounced at right let me use the letters Z H a here after for the purpose of transliteration for the sound rah let's see a couple of short phrases Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu does the state of Tamil Nadu Tamaran Tamaran Tamilian comer Mori and that translates to Tamil language make a small effort and you'll be impressed how often the Raj Houston thumber wanna come wanna come this is a widely used word among chameleons and it has a few other meaning such as hello welcome ratings though you also hear the word hello in day to day modern conversation in written formal context only vanakkam is used and never the English hello try to breathe with wanna come instead of hello when you meet someone or when you speak to someone over phone and you'll be appreciated it can also be used to a group of people and it's a polite way of saying hello how are you a prayer kind yep a dear care it's informal way of asking how are you and it can be asked to a child personally inner to you who you know well anyone close relatives with whom you can be informal well yeah pretty king that is formal it is used in formal writing informal addressing Childers and two persons of respectable social standing you're pretty king and this is also being used when you talk to more than one person regardless of formal or informal terms since it is the plural form I'm fine na na la here can gnaw on a liar can a lark he can also say na la here okay welcome come one manga one longer this is very commonly used as a gesture of welcome and it has said twice with a cheerful tone to show enthusiasm like one longer please come in manga come Banga Banga please come in take a seat sit down ocarina ocarina book Kirill that a singular and no Karger that is plural please eat Sapna Sapna Sapna when Sapna is singular and informal suffered anger is plural and formal let me take my leave boy to her a poet Lorraine this literally translates to ongoing and I will come back interestingly it's considered ominous to say I'm going as it can be of the meaning that you are going to leave forever so it's always nicer to say the above which implies he will come back at some point of time however you could say I'm going when you've already suggested where you're heading to now Bora let me take my leave now Kalam Brian no calamba right now kalimera this literally translates to I'm getting ready colloquially and contextually this also means I am leaving one can also say Colombia Colombia