Tamil Fast - Lesson 2: Expressing Desires, Actions & Possession Transcript

Theme Topic: Expressing Desires, Actions & Possession Format: Interactive Classroom Audio Script

Narrator: Welcome to Tamil Fast, Lesson 2. I’m your teacher, and in this interactive lesson, we will construct Tamil sentences step by step using simple building blocks. Remember: never try to memorize, never take notes. Just relax, listen, and speak out loud when prompted before the students answer.

Narrator: Our first building block is the word for ‘want’ or ‘needed’. In Tamil, it is ‘Venum’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Now, the word for ‘water’ is ‘Thanneer’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 1, how do you say ‘I want water’ by putting ‘Water’ and ‘Want’ together?

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Teacher (Repeated 2x):

Narrator: If you do not want something, you change ‘Venum’ to ‘Vendaam’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, how do you say ‘I don’t want water’?

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: The word for ‘food’ or ‘a meal’ is ‘Saappaadu’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I want food’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I don’t want food’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: In Tamil, ‘Tea’ and ‘Coffee’ are widely used. ‘Tea’ is ‘Tea’.

Teacher (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I want tea’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: To specify ‘to me’, we say ‘Enakku’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I want food’ using ‘Enakku’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: The polite word for ‘to you’ is ‘Ungalukku’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: To ask ‘Do you want tea?’, say ‘Ungalukku tea venuma?’

Teacher (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, ask Student 2: ‘Do you want water?’

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 2, answer: ‘No, I want tea’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Now let’s add time. ‘Now’ is ‘Ippo’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: ‘Today’ is ‘Inniku’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: ‘Tomorrow’ is ‘Naalaikku’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I want water now’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I want food today’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I don’t want tea now’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: In Tamil, ‘I have’ is expressed as ‘To me, it exists’. ‘Irukku’ means ‘exists’ or ‘is there’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I have’ literally ‘To me it exists’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I have water’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: The word for ‘does not exist’ or ‘don’t have’ is ‘Illai’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I don’t have food’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, ask ‘Do you have tea?’

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: The verb for ‘to eat’ is ‘Saapidu’. ‘I am eating’ is ‘Saapiduren’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: The subject pronoun ‘I’ is ‘Naan’.

Teacher (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I am eating food’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: The infinitive ‘to eat’ is ‘Saapida’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I want to eat food now’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: ‘I am drinking’ is ‘Kudikkiren’, and ‘to drink’ is ‘Kudikka’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I am drinking water now’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I want to drink tea now’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: The verb ‘to speak’ is ‘Pesa’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I want to speak Tamil’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I know how to speak Tamil’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Now let’s learn the verb ‘to go’. In Tamil, ‘to go’ is ‘Poga’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: ‘I am going’ is ‘Pogaren’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I want to go there’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I am going now’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Now let’s add two more essential actions: ‘to come’ and ‘to give’.

Narrator: ‘To come’ is ‘Vara’, and ‘I am coming’ is ‘Vararen’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I am coming here now’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: ‘To give’ is ‘Thara’. ‘Please give me’ is ‘Enakku thanga’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘Please give me water now’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: ‘Here’ is ‘Inge’, and ‘There’ is ‘Ange’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Teacher

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘Water is here’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘Food is there’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: The question word for ‘What’ is ‘Enna’.

Teacher (Repeated 4x):

Narrator: Student 2, ask ‘What do you want?’

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, answer: ‘I want tea now’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Let’s review our sentence building blocks together.

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I want to eat food today’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 2, say ‘I want to drink water here now’.

Student 2 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Student 1, say ‘I know how to speak Tamil’.

Student 1 (Repeated 3x):

Narrator: Brilliant work! You have built a strong framework for expressing desires, actions, possession, time, and location in Tamil naturally. Join us for Lesson 3!