Simple Tamil Sentences About the House
Each instruction joined to the thing it acts on. Every noun here is one the app already teaches — door, window, key, chair, bed — so nothing in these ten is new twice over.
- Level
- Beginner
- Phrases
- 10
- Ages
- 4 and up, with a grown-up nearby
- Instructions in
- English
Two Words at Home in Tamil
Each row shows the English phrase, the Tamil spelling, how to say it in English letters, and a button to hear it.
Open the door
கதவை திற
(Kadhavai thira)Close the window
ஜன்னலை மூடு
(Jannalai moodu)Switch on the light
விளக்கை போடு
(Vilakkai podu)Take the book
புத்தகம் எடு
(Puththagam edu)Give the key
சாவி கொடு
(Saavi kodu)Put it on the table
மேசையில் வை
(Mesaiyil vai)Sit on the chair
நாற்காலியில் உட்காரு
(Naarkaaliyil utkaaru)Sleep on the bed
கட்டிலில் தூங்கு
(Kattilil thoongu)Wash your face
முகம் கழுவு
(Mugam kazhuvu)Go home
வீட்டுக்கு போ
(Veettukku po)
A tip for grown-ups
Watch what happens to the noun: கதவு becomes கதவை, ஜன்னல் becomes ஜன்னலை. Tamil marks the object of a sentence with an ending, and meeting it ten times is worth more than being told the rule.