Tamil Fast - Lesson 1: Greetings, Basic Courtesy & Essentials Transcript

Theme Topic: Greetings, Basic Courtesy & Essentials Format: Spaced Repetition Audio Script

Narrator: Welcome to Tamil Fast, Lesson 1. This audio program is designed to help you speak and understand Tamil naturally from your very first day. Sit back, relax, and listen carefully to the following Tamil conversation. You don’t need to memorize anything. Just listen.

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Narrator: Now let’s break down the conversation step by step. First, listen to the traditional Tamil greeting meaning ‘Hello’ or ‘Greetings’.

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Narrator: Listen again as the speaker repeats it.

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Narrator: Let’s listen to the end of the word first. ‘Kam’.

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Narrator: Now the middle and end. ‘Nakkam’.

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Narrator: Now the whole word. Say ‘Hello’.

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Narrator: Here is how you say ‘Excuse me’ or ‘Pardon me’ in Tamil.

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Narrator: In spoken Tamil, people usually say ‘Mannikkanum’. Listen carefully.

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Narrator: Listen to the end: ‘Kanum’.

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Narrator: Now try saying ‘Excuse me’.

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Narrator: Do you remember how to say ‘Hello’?

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Narrator: Now, here is the word for ‘English’ in Tamil.

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Narrator: Listen to the ending: ‘Lam’.

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Narrator: Now say ‘English’.

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Narrator: Now listen to the question form meaning ‘Do you know?’ or ‘Is it known?’.

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Narrator: Listen to the end: ‘Ma’.

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Narrator: Say ‘Do you know?’

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Narrator: How do you ask: ‘Do you know English?’

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Narrator: To add ‘to you’, listen to this word:

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Narrator: Repeat ‘to you’.

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Narrator: Now ask a Tamil speaker: ‘Do you know English?’

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Narrator: How do you say ‘Excuse me’?

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Narrator: Now here is the word for ‘No’ in Tamil.

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Narrator: Say ‘No’.

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Narrator: Listen to the word for ‘To me’.

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Narrator: Say ‘To me’.

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Narrator: The statement form for ‘known’ or ‘I know’ is ‘Theriyum’.

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Narrator: Say ‘I know’.

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Narrator: How do you say ‘I know’ or ‘To me it is known’?

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Narrator: Here is the word for the Tamil language. Listen carefully to the ending sound.

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Narrator: Say ‘Tamil’.

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Narrator: How do you say ‘I know Tamil’?

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Narrator: Now listen to the word for ‘a little’.

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Narrator: Say ‘a little’.

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Narrator: Now try saying: ‘I know a little Tamil’.

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Narrator: Listen to the word for ‘Yes’.

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Narrator: Say ‘Yes’.

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Narrator: Now let’s learn how to ask someone ‘How are you?’.

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Narrator: First, the word for ‘How’.

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Narrator: Now the second part, meaning ‘are you’.

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Narrator: Put them together. Ask ‘How are you?’

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Narrator: Here is how you answer ‘I am fine’.

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Narrator: The word for ‘I’ is ‘Naan’.

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Narrator: The word for ‘well’ or ‘good’ is ‘nalla’.

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Narrator: The ending ‘irukken’ means ‘I am’.

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Narrator: Say ‘I am fine’.

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Narrator: Here is how you say ‘Thank you’.

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Narrator: Say ‘Thank you’.

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Narrator: Say ‘Hello’.

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Narrator: Say ‘Excuse me’.

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Narrator: Ask ‘Do you know English?’

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Narrator: Answer ‘No, I only know Tamil’.

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Narrator: Say ‘I know a little Tamil’.

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Narrator: Ask ‘How are you?’

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Narrator: Answer ‘I am fine, thank you’.

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Narrator: Listen to our opening conversation once more. You should now understand every word effortlessly.

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Narrator: Congratulations! You have completed Tamil Fast, Lesson 1. Daily practice builds fluency fast. See you in Lesson 2!