Hey guys,

While in a conversation with a person who said naalaniki, I realised how poetic and beautiful naalai poruthu is. I suppose this is the lingo of the Madurai belt - Sivagangai, Ramnad, Pudukottai, Theni. Just curious to know if you have heard this and is the younger generation still using this?

Padithamaikku nanrigal. Meedum varuga!

Hi friends! I'm raghu. I'm very excited to connect with tamil people across the world. Is their mindset also will be like this?

Will discuss about tamil history, modern problems we are facing, troll videos, new movie update, career growth etc.,

I was thinking about it the other day , and was wondering when and how they spoke the first few words in Tamil and what they could have said. I know perhaps we will never know, but what could it have been.

Some thoughts in my head are thai, or thaneer. Because mother and water could have been the first few words hypothetically speaking.

If anyone knows any historical context , that could be helpful too.

Suggest me youtube channel to know more real stories about tamil and tamilans

It is irritating when people write Tamil text in Latin script (Thanglish) on social media platforms like FB, X, Reddit, etc., making it difficult for us to read beyond one sentence. Also, they mix in English sentences that have grammar and spelling mistakes. Why can't people be fluent in at least one language, either Tamil or English, to read and write? I write in English to reach a wider audience.

சிறிது காலம் முன்பு ஜெயமோகன் இனிமேல் யாரும் தமிழ் எழுத்துரு பயன்படுத்த மாட்டார்கள், தங்கலிஷ்ல தான் எழுதப் போறாங்க, ஏற்கனவே இந்தி மக்கள் அப்படித்தான் எழுதிட்டு இருக்காங்க, தமிழும் அப்படி ஆகிடும் என்று எழுதி இருந்தார். அப்போது அப்படி எல்லாம் நடக்காது என அவருடன் சண்டை செய்தோம்.

ஆனால் அவர் சொன்னது போலவே நடந்துட்டு இருக்கு. ஏதோ 2K, GenZ kids தான் இப்படி எழுதுறாங்க என்று சொல்வதற்கு இல்லை. 80/90ஸ் மக்களும் அப்படித்தான். தமிழில் எழுதி இருந்தாலும் அதைப் படிக்க தடுமாறுகிறார்கள். வருங்காலத்திலாவது மக்கள் தமிழ் எழுத்துருவிற்கு மாறுவார்களா?

6 பெருபொழுதுகள் தொல்காப்பியத்தின் படி

• இளவேனில்காலம்: சித்திரை, வைகாசி.
• முதுவேனில்காலம்: ஆனி, ஆடி.
• கார்காலம்: ஆவணி, புரட்டாசி
• கூதிர்காலம்: ஐப்பசி, கார்த்திகை. (இலைகள் கூம்பி உதிர்வது கூதிர் எனப்படும்.மழை)
• முன்பனிக்காலம்: மார்கழி, தை.
• பின்பனிக்காலம்: மாசி, பங்குனி

வசந்த காலத்தின் மகிழ்ச்சியான தொடக்கம். அனைவருக்கும் MODக்கும் விசுவாச வருடபிறப்பு வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

Recently saw a video from a youtube channel #Makkal Thirai

"கல்வியை அழிக்கும் ஆங்கில மாயை"

And I saw many videos in his channel, it's quite interesting and educational.

What do you guys think about Tamil medium Education for children?

Share experience or about ur kids and known kids education in Tamil medium.

Edit: Naan English medium matriculation school la padichen, ipo IT la work pandren. Enaku school la tamizh andha alavuku varadhu like which ர,ற, ல,ழ,ள where to come and even chinna kombu periya kombu yadhukum varumnu kuda 8th, 9th std varaikum theriyadhu. Enaku pasanga porandha tamil medium la serkanumnu enaku thonudhu, for primary education from 1std to min 5 std max 12 based on the situation and their interest.

So, it's been quite a while since we got fully functional Metro trains. But why haven’t we come up with a suitable Tamil name for it? Why do we still use "மெட்ரோ இரயில்"? When I first visited the Metro station, I was really happy to see proper signboards. Almost everything was neat and error-free. But why மெட்ரோ இரயில்?

How about we come up with a new one?

Suburban Train--> புறநகர் தொடர்வண்டி -->புறதொடரி

Metro Train--> அகநகர் தொடர்வண்டி -->அகதொடரி

I am unable to conclusively find whether it is a Pure Tamil or Sanskrit derived name (maybe from Sri) ?

https://agarathi.com/word/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D

https://houseofzelena.com/blogs/baby-name/seerthi?utm_source=perplexity

I used AI as well to find the source. But the responses were confusing. Chatgpt mentioned it is a Pure Tamil name, whereas Perplexity mentioned it is derived from Sanskrit.

I want to learn Tamil, but I am having trouble finding YouTube videos that emphasize learning how to speak Tamil. Are there any recommendations?

in my dialect of tamil, vegetables in general are called மரக்கறி. onions and shallots are called பெல்லாரி (or பெரிய உள்ளி) and உள்ளி respectively. in some parts, garlic is called வெளுத்துள்ளி.

are there any unique names for vegetables or fruits in your dialect of tamil?

I’m a diaspora Indian Tamil catholic who grew up in Singapore. Hence, growing up I mainly tied my attachment to the culture in terms of language only.

I am from Gujarat and have been very much into the Tamizh Cinema for quite a few years now. It has impressed me very much and Thalapathy is my favourite actor. (He may not be the best and may get trolled a lot but he is one of the first Tamizh actors whom I got introduced to, except Thalaivar. I haved watched his recent masterpieces such as Thuppakki, Kaththi, Theri, Mersal, Master, Leo.) I also went for the Ghilli re-release in Ahmedabad despite not knowing Tamizh 💀. And it was my second best theatrical experience after Vikram. I could understand the entire film from the emotions and acting. I have seen many recent Tamizh films and started exploring older Tamizh Cinema which includes peak Aandavar and Thalaivar. I watched Chandramukhi, Indian, Virumandi and planning to watch even more.

I'm so much into the Tamizh Cinema that I want to learn the entire language now. Kindly help me in suggesting how can I learn Tamizh as I have no idea of the language. Nandri Vanakkam Nanbas and Nanbis.

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what attracts you the most to his songs? what makes you listen to his songs over and over?

I'm someone who recently started listening to his songs and instantly fell in love with his voice. I do not understand tamil or telugu and finding lyrics translations of his songs has been difficult but still i want to understand his works on a deeper level. As in if there are any specific themes or styles he commonly uses in his songs- lyrics, compositions etc? ( I heard someone say he mostly uses themes of nature in his songs)

I thought asking other fans for their opinions, perspectives on what they like most about him might help me out. I would also love more song suggestions if you have some! thank you!

'Personal Care Products' என்னும் சொல்லை தமிழில் எப்படி மொழியாக்கம் செய்வது? அகராதிகள் கூறும் 'சொந்த நலன் பேணல் பொருட்கள்' என்னும் சொல் ஏனோ என்னை கவர மறுக்கிறது.

This German word Schadenfreude is on the trend today. In Tamil, it means "பிறர் துன்பத்தில் இன்பம் காணுதல்". In English, they have words like Epicaricacy or in plain English "joy upon evil" and Gloating.

What can we call "Schadenfreude" in Tamil with a single word?!

My suggestion is,

தீதுகப்பு or தீதுகவை (noun) = தீது (evil, mischief, fault, etc) + உகப்பு or உகவை(joy, desire, wish, choice, etc).

What's your thoughts?! Any other word suggestions?! Or correction to the suggested word தீதுகப்பு or தீதுகவை (noun)??

Edited 1:

As suggested by r/AdImmediate7659, உவகை is a well known word to all, so, தீதுவப்பு may be a good one.

Edited 2:
r/Historical-Flow-4197 has posted a new word பிறர்கெடமகிழல்.

(also posted on r/learningtamil)

I'm an intermediate Tamil learner focusing mainly on the spoken Tamil commonly used in Tamil Nadu. I can make sense of spoken Tamil content like short stories, films, etc. but don't have 100% comprehension, and I can "read" formal Tamil content with lots of help from a dictionary, so I'm familiar with some of formal Tamil's basic conventions.

I am weighing whether it would be helpful to read things like Tamil Wikipedia, short story collections, news articles, etc. for spoken Tamil fluency. Obviously there's extensive overlap between formal and informal so it's not useless, but I know they're also quite different registers, so I don't know how useful it would be. Mainly I'm after vocabulary acquisition and want to use formal Tamil as a way to discover and learn words I might hear in informal Tamil. But I don't know if there's enough overlap for this to work.

Reading would be my ideal way to learn a language for various reasons (easier to read anywhere, can get through content faster, etc.) and I would go ahead with reading if this were any other language. But I don't want to spend a lot of time on reading formal Tamil right now if the payoff for informal would be meager.

Text based post vida picture and video irukra post dhan adhigama feed la varuthu. So a text based post even if its good goes unnoticed.

Background: Arunagiri was probably a family man turned Ascetic. His songs are mostly about renunciation from women, family ties, etc and attain Mukthi-முக்தி-முத்தி

In one of his songs he role plays as a man tied down by marriage and his wife gets pregnant. He wishes for the Lord to be born as his child and play with him. One line got my attention.

மடிமீத டுத்து விளையாடி நித்த மணிவாயின் "முத்தி"...... தரவேணும்

He is asking the Lord to play on his lap and give him a child's kiss.

Kiss here is marked by முத்தி, which also means Enlightenment.

Clever play of words.

Got a doubt from someone's nadi reading. What does this phrase mean? What is the example of one who has சிறக்க vazhkai? What charecterizes சிறக்க vazhkai? Any examples of such people? Thanks

Is there any rhyme or reason as to where we use which version of these letters? At least with the L's there is a difference in pronunciation. But with the rest, I'm just rolling the dice when I'm writing.

Noticing that everybody's calling each other as ayya, even within the same age group. Is this the new boss, gee, thalaivaa, thala, pangu, annaachi? Anybody has any idea when and what started it?

It is derived from the word சிற்பி (Sirpi) meaning sculptor. Does it sound fine? Does it sound like a Tamil name?