Table of Contents

Introduction, 1 en peeru Murugan My name is Murugan 2 naan viiTTukku pooreen I’m going home 3 enna vee=um? What would you like? 4 haloo, naan Smith peesureen Hello, this is Smith 5 mannikka=um, taamadamaa Varradukku I am sorry that I am late. (Lit: Excuse me for coming late) 6 Mahaabalipuram poovamaa? Shall we go to Mahabalipuram? 7 niinga enge pooriinga? Where are you going? 8 niinga eppa Indiyaavukku vandiinga? When did you come to India? 9 niinga pooTTurukkira ∂ras The clothes you are wearing 10 neettu oru kalyaa=attukku pooyirundeen Yesterday I went to a wedding 11 nii enne paakka varakkuu∂aadaa Shouldn’t you come to see me? 12 end2e uuru Yaa 2 Ωppaa=am I’m from Jaffna 13 inda e∂attukku ep∂i pooradu? How do I get to this place? 14 enna sirikkiree? What are you laughing at? 15 naan TamiΩnaaTTule re=∂u naaÒdaan irukka mu∂iyum I can be in Tamil Nadu for just a couple of days 16 TamiΩle oru siranda nuulu A famous book in Tamil The Tamil alphabet Grammatical summary Key to exercises Tamil–English glossary English–Tamil glossary Index of grammatical terms

About the Author

E. Annamalai, Asher R.E.

Reviews

'Surpasses many of the previous publications not only in terms of the composition of the text but also in the systematic presentation of the text on two tapes and on two CDs.'-Archiv Orientálni. Quarterly Journal of African and Asian Studies, vol. 72