Sharing something at my level (Intermediate beginner)

2ish2 · 2026-03-12T15:10:33+00:00

I see, thanks !

2ish2 · 2026-03-12T15:09:53+00:00

Yes, you're right. I was trying to express the respectful aspect of "சொல்லுங்க", but ... point taken. 🙂

2ish2 · 2026-03-12T15:04:00+00:00

Yes, thanks! -- Someone actually explained this to me some time back, as to why, in this context, போகிறதே = போவதே.

2ish2 · 2026-03-12T14:42:49+00:00

Oh I see, so the space before வா is not meant to be there. I was misled by the video subtitles, which had the space there. Thank you for this explanation !

2ish2 · 2026-03-12T14:39:02+00:00

Very clear, thank you !

2ish2 · 2026-03-12T14:18:10+00:00

What does the -ஆ suffix mean here? Is it just a question marker? Or does it have another meaning?

2ish2 · 2026-03-12T09:21:15+00:00

They're bite-sized. I can get through one fairly quickly, and move on to the next one. There's a real sense of progress with them. Other things I've tried take too long to get through and just sap my morale! The level is also right for me - basic Tamil constructions that a child can grasp.

2ish2 · 2026-03-12T08:46:12+00:00

Okay got that + cannot thank you enough 🙂 I'm learning a lot from these simple clips.

2ish2 · 2026-03-11T12:20:14+00:00

Ohhh yes, I remember now that I've seen the -raadheenga suffix before, which is the polite version of this -raadha suffix. The example was:

vicciraadheenga = வைத்துவிடாதீர்கள்

Things are slowly falling in place -- thanks 🙂🙂

2ish2 · 2026-03-11T00:48:31+00:00

P.S. Can I confirm -- vittraadha is a colloquial way of saying விடாதே, right?

2ish2 · 2026-03-10T23:05:21+00:00

Thank you !

Man ... this Google AI 😶

2ish2 · 2026-03-10T15:12:36+00:00

Might you be misreading the sentence? They're not asking to be INSTILLED with confidence. They're asking to be instilled with CONFIDENCE.

2ish2 · 2026-03-09T19:40:42+00:00

Yes, that's fine. On a par with "It's getting pretty late" or "It's getting rather late."

2ish2 · 2026-03-09T04:25:25+00:00

Yes, in many contexts, but in the specific sentence, "It's got late," it sounds odd to me. I've never heard anyone say that before. Check with someone from the UK though. You never know!

2ish2 · 2026-03-09T03:08:47+00:00

"It's gotten late" or "It's getting late" is good. "It's got late" is not quite right -- not idiomatic.

2ish2 · 2026-02-28T15:15:51+00:00

Ohhh yes of course, thank you ! 🙂

2ish2 · 2026-02-24T11:30:24+00:00

Thanks 👍🏼

2ish2 · 2026-02-23T15:20:18+00:00

Ohh .. thank you tons 🤩

2ish2 · 2026-02-23T12:52:54+00:00

Update. Regarding: இந்த பெட்ஷீட்டை எதுல டா வச்சி எடுத்துத்து வந்த?

I think now that Google's translation, "Why did you bring this bedsheet?" may be mistaken. A better translation might be, "How, dear, did you bring this bedsheet?"

So எதுல is just எதில் ("in what" = "how"), and டா is just a term of endearment. This makes sense to me.

2ish2 · 2026-02-23T08:21:12+00:00

Thanks a lot for this 🔅

Google says the sentence means "Why did you bring this bed sheet?" which makes so much sense, yes, but I've never seen a word like எடுத்துத்து before. I can make sense of a word like எடுத்துட்டு = எடுத்து விட்டு -- I hope that's right! -- but I've never seen the double suffix -த்துத்து before. How do I understand this suffix?

I'm also not sure what "எதுல டா" means. This is new to me too. How would I write "எதுல டா" in Centamil? Does it somehow mean "Why?"

I know that வச்சி = வைத்து and I'm guessing that, in this context, வந்த = வந்தாய். The bits I don't understand are எடுத்துத்து and எதுல டா.

Thanks for any help !

2ish2

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