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Read mainly.. anything else would be added advantage.
guess there is a camera translator app in ios. not sure abt android. you could use that in meantime. for reading, u got to start from scratch. better go to some virtual lessons or full on coaching :giggle:
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As a tamilian' date=' I cant speak a word of it. So, yes, I too would like to know[/quote'] I always think of you as a punjabi lol because i read your nick as ravi singh ravi instead of ravishing ravi :cantstop:
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I always think of you as a punjabi lol because i read your nick as ravi singh ravi instead of ravishing ravi :cantstop:
Oh snap. So did I till this post
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So how is your tamil coming along? Have you started learning Tamil? If so, which stage are you in? IIRC, there is no rosetta Stone for Tamil. But there are some Tamil learning softwares available. You can check into it and buy them.

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Raghav...do you understand Tamil? Sirf read kar ke kya hoga? Samajh bhi to aani chahiye?
Beetle, I always thought reading means understanding what is written infront of you. :hmmm: Anyways, what I meant that I am not very keen on learning how to speak or to understand when somebody infront of me speaking in chaste தமிழ. என் requirement is to read some தமிழ documents. These are two different skills. நான always better in learning to read and write than to speak and listen.
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So how is your tamil coming along? Have you started learning Tamil? If so, which stage are you in? IIRC, there is no rosetta Stone for Tamil. But there are some Tamil learning softwares available. You can check into it and buy them.
Yes buddy. I did start learning and I am doing ok. Though completely bamboozled with plethora of different "n" sounding words in Tamil. Seems like half of their alphabet is made up of "n"s. :wall: so many n sounding alphabets.. ண ஞ ந ங ன
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Yes buddy. I did start learning and I am doing ok. Though completely bamboozled with plethora of different "n" sounding words in Tamil. Seems like half of their alphabet is made up of "n"s. :wall: so many n sounding alphabets.. ண ஞ ந ங ன
Similar sounding alphabets were a challenge for me learning the language even though it is my mother tongue. I was never good at distinguishing between ண and ன. The other ones in your list are distinct. ந is typically used only at the beginning of a word. If elsewhere it will be with the dot 'பந்து' where it is pronounced as "ndh". ஞ is pronounced as Nya and ங as Nga. Other close and confusing ones are: 'ல', 'ள' - La 'ர', 'ற' - Ra
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Beetle' date=' [b']I always thought reading means understanding what is written infront of you. :hmmm: Anyways, what I meant that I am not very keen on learning how to speak or to understand when somebody infront of me speaking in chaste தமிழ. என் requirement is to read some தமிழ documents. These are two different skills. நான always better in learning to read and write than to speak and listen.
As a telugu guy, I can read most of what is written in Kannada. Of course, I can't make sense of what it means though. :P
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For me Hindi was relatively easy to learn. I learnt alphabets in half an hour. I was able to understand hindi in a month. I was able to read hindi within a week. I was able to write within a week as well. Now it's been almost 2 and a half years since I learnt pure hindi and I am able to speak basic Hindi and understand full India. I can even understand Urdu.

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