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| I. Tamil Online Overview | II. Introduction (Home) | |||||||
| The Tamil online textbook is made up of an introductory section & | About Tamil: the language & its speakers | |||||||
| six units. The introduction contains a number of lessons, information | ||||||||
| about the Tamil language & culture, & links to other parts of the site. | About Tamil literature | |||||||
| The six units are broken down into six lessons. Each lesson contains a | ||||||||
| dialogue, grammar lesson, cultural lesson, & an exercise. Each dialogue | The Tamil alphabet: Alphabet chart, writing Tamil letters, practice exercises | |||||||
| is made up of a movie clip & its transcript (both written & spoken Tamil). | ||||||||
| In addition, each unit has two readings, two diagnostic tests, a glossary | Tamil words & their pronunciation | |||||||
| with all the necessary vocabulary for the unit, & supplemental conversations. | ||||||||
| This overview is designed to allow you to navigate through the site with ease. | About Tamil grammar: introduction & links to all grammar lessons (units 1-6) | |||||||
| Enjoy! | ||||||||
| III. The units | ||||||||
| Unit 1 | Dialogue name | Grammar | Culture | Readings | Supplemental | |||
| Lesson 1 | வணக்கம் | Forming simple sentences | Greetings | |||||
| (Greetings) | ||||||||
| Lesson 2 | தமிழ் ஆசிரியர் | Question words | Expressing politeness | |||||
| (Tamil teacher) | with pronouns | |||||||
| Lesson 3 | நான் தமிழ் | Yes-No questions | ஆ with a negative | |||||
| (I am Tamil) | (suffix ஆ) | connotation | ||||||
| Lesson 4 | அழகான வீடு | Using case suffixes | External Sandhi: | Reading 1: | ||||
| (Beautiful house) | writing conventions | நீங்கள் மதுரையா? | ||||||
| (Are you from Madurai?) | ||||||||
| Lesson 5 | இது சாமி | Case continued & | Minimal pairs & | Diagnostic Test 1 | ||||
| (This is a deity) | post-positions | using oblique forms | Diagnostic Test 2 | |||||
| Lesson 6 | சிதம்பரம் சீனு | Forming adjectives | Nick names | Reading 2: | Glossary 1 | |||
| (Chidambaram Chinu (nick name)) | & adverbs | எங்கள் வீடு (Our house) | Conversations | |||||
| Unit 2 | Dialogue | Grammar | Culture | Readings | Supplemental | |||
| Lesson 1 | வாங்க வாங்க | Imperative mood | Politeness & | |||||
| (Come Come!) | the imperative | |||||||
| Lesson 2 | தடல் புடல் | Infinitive & | Using idioms | |||||
| (Extravagant, grand) | Imperative Negation | |||||||
| Lesson 3 | போதும் போதும் | Using எல்லாம் | Being & treating a guest | |||||
| (Enough Enough!) | ||||||||
| Lesson 4 | மாம்பழம் என்ன விலை? | Cardinal Numbers | Bargaining | Reading 1: | ||||
| (What is the price of mangoes?) | கருமி (Miser) | |||||||
| Lesson 5 | ஆட்டோ! ஆட்டோ! | Ordinal Numbers | Kinship terminologies | Diagnostic Test 1 | ||||
| (Auto(rickshaw)! Auto!) | Diagnostic Test 2 | |||||||
| Lesson 6 | சினிமாவுக்குப் போகலாமா? | Modal auxiliaries, part I: | Telling time | Reading 2: | ||||
| (Shall we go to the cinema?) | -கூடாது, -அட்டும், -லாம் | ஒரு லட்சம் பணம் | Glossary 2 | |||||
| (One lakh of money) | Conversations | |||||||
| Unit 3 | Dialogue | Grammar | Culture | Readings | Supplemental | |||
| Lesson 1 | ஒரு பிடி பிடிக்கலாம் | Future tense | Where are you headed?: | |||||
| (unclear on the exact meaning of this) | for 'rational' subjects | Some Tamil superstitions | ||||||
| Lesson 2 | மகாபலிபுரம் போலாமா? | Future tense | EMPTY | |||||
| (Shall we go to Mahapalipuram?) | for neuter subjects | |||||||
| Lesson 3 | உங்களுக்கு வழி தெரியுமா? | Defective verbs: verbs | Giving & underst&ing | |||||
| (Do you know the way?) | that require dative subjects | directions | ||||||
| Lesson 4 | நீ சின்னப் பையன். | Modals, part 2: | Ceremonies & rituals | Reading 1: | ||||
| நான் பெரிய ஆள். | வேண்டும், முடிi | எங்கள் குடும்பம் | ||||||
| (You are a small boy. I am an old man). | (Our family) | |||||||
| Lesson 5 | என்ன அங்கே ஒரே ரகளை? | Comparative & superlative | Sibling rivalry | Diagnostic Test 1 | ||||
| (What is the commotion out there?) | constructions | Diagnostic Test 2 | ||||||
| Lesson 6 | நானே கொடுக்கிறேன் | Past & present negation | Using proverbs & idioms | Reading 2: | ||||
| (I will pay.) | இல்லை | குமுதம் ('Kumudam' | Glossary 3 | |||||
| (name of magazine)) | Conversations | |||||||
| Unit 4 | Dialogue | Grammar | Culture | Readings | Supplemental | |||
| Lesson 1 | வெலெயெச் சொல்லுங்க | Present tense | Vocative expressions & | |||||
| (Say the price!) | address terms | |||||||
| Lesson 2 | காப்பி கீப்பி குடிக்கலாமா? | Reduplication of words & | Secret Language Game | |||||
| Shall we drink coffee or something? | phrases | |||||||
| Lesson 3 | இந்தத் துணி உங்களுக்கு | Dative case & 'distribution' | Tamil dialects | |||||
| ஜோராக இருக்கிறது. | ||||||||
| (These clothes are fantastic on you!) | ||||||||
| Lesson 4 | அமெரிக்காவுக்கு அனுப்பணும் | Conjunction & disjunction | Conducting Prayers | Reading 1: | ||||
| (Need to send to America) | EMPTY | |||||||
| Lesson 5 | ஊத்திவிடாதே | Tamil clitics: | Kids Language Game | |||||
| (Don't spill (it)!) | உம், ஆவது, ஓ | Diagnostic Test 1 | ||||||
| Lesson 6 | நினைத்துக்கொண்டேயிருந்தேன் | The quotative marker: | Beginning & ending | Reading 2: | Diagnostic Test 2 | |||
| (Thinking (of you)) | என்று | a conversation | வீட்டுக்கு வீடு வாசல்படி | |||||
| (idiom: Every house | Glossary 4 | |||||||
| has a doorstep) | Conversations | |||||||
| Unit 5 | Dialogue | Grammar | Culture | Readings | Supplemental | |||
| Lesson 1 | நீங்கள் எதையோ மறைக்கிறீர்கள். | Past tense | Talking between | |||||
| (You are hiding something) | the lines | |||||||
| Lesson 2 | படிப்பை முடித்துவிட்டு | The conditional & the | Name of letters & their | |||||
| (Diploma) | concessive | idiomatic meanings | ||||||
| Lesson 3 | உங்கள் வேலையை செய்யுங்கள் | Using உம், ஆவது, ஓ | Metaphorical uses of | |||||
| (Do your work). | with question words | certain verbs | ||||||
| Lesson 4 | கண்ணாடியைக் காணாமல் | The adverbial participle | Scolding & yelling | Reading 1: | ||||
| அடித்துவிட்டேன் | (AVP) | மகாத்மா காந்திக்கு ஜே | ||||||
| (I lost my glasses) | (Long live Mahatma Gandhi!) | |||||||
| Lesson 5 | வெயில் அடிக்கமாட்டேங்குது! | Using செய் & வை | How to do arithmetic | Diagnostic Test 1 | ||||
| (The sun doesn't shine!) | as causative verbs | in Tamil | Diagnostic Test 2 | |||||
| Lesson 6 | முடி வெட்டு | இரு as aspectual verb: | Tamil eloquence & | Reading 2: | ||||
| (Cutting hair) | perfective.htmlect | political rhetoric | சிங்கமும் நரியும் | Glossary 5 | ||||
| (The tiger & the fox) | Conversations | |||||||
| Unit 6 | Dialogue | Grammar | Culture | Readings | Supplemental | |||
| Lesson 1 | காலையில் என்ன சாப்பிட்டாய்? | The auxiliary verb கொள் | Hesitation forms | |||||
| (What did you eat this morning?) | & its various uses | in Tamil | ||||||
| Lesson 2 | சும்மா தொண தொணண்ணு} | கொண்டிரு & the | Verbs of bodily action & | |||||
| பேசிக்கிட்டே இருக்காதீங்க | continuous.htmlect | their connotations | ||||||
| (Don't just be blabbering!) | ||||||||
| Lesson 3 | இன்னும் என்னென்ன | விடு as an aspectual | The influence of | |||||
| நடக்கப்போகிறதோ?! | auxiliary verb | Sanskrit on Tamil | ||||||
| (What else is going to happen?!) | ||||||||
| Lesson 4 | கைமாத்தாக வாங்கின பணத்தை | Adjectival Participle (AJP) | Borrowing & lending | Reading 1: | ||||
| (The money that was borrowed) | & Verbal noun | money | வீட்டைவிட்டுச் சென்ற | |||||
| Lesson 5 | வெள்ளை சட்டையையே | The multiple meanings | The influence of English | கணவன் (The husband | ||||
| போட்டுக்கொள். | & uses of என் | on Tamil | who left the house) | Diagnostic Test 1 | ||||
| (Put on a white shirt) | Diagnostic Test 2 | |||||||
| Lesson 6 | காலையில் கல்யாணம் | Expressing time | Tamil Hindu weddings | |||||
| (Morning wedding) | relations review | Glossary 6 | ||||||
| Conversations | ||||||||
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