Payilagam: Learn Tamil (English)

This video podcast takes a brief look at some of the reasons for the resistance of South India (Tamil Nadu and Kerala) to Sanskrit and Hindi, and the outlook of protecting ones language and culture as a means and motive of social justice and the annihilation of caste.

We practice the verb 'to use' and Monday in the future tense using 'going to'. We also learn to say the word 'Machine'.

We practice 'to sleep' and 'to eat' with future tense using going to. We also begin the days of the week starting with 'Monday'.

We learn future of 'to come' using 'going to' with words like 'here', 'library', 'restaurant' etc.

We learn how to use 'going to' as an auxiliary form to talk about the future, using verbs that we have already learnt

We begin with learning the structure of future tense with the auxilliary verb 'to go' by saying 'we are going to be'

Introduction to Patreon and the structure of Payilagam

This video explores the difference between dialects and diglossia, what makes so much variety in Tamil, and what makes them unique, why is written Tamil different from Tamil? This video looks into the reasons to why Tamil contains such unique variety that don't exist in many other languages.

We practice more of the possessive with miscellaneous words like 'coffee', 'water', 'computers', 'vegetables', 'books', 'airplane', 'restaurant' and 'friend' and verbs like 'to drink' 'to call', 'to study' and 'to eat'.

This marks the end of Lesson 2 review. If you feel confident at the end of this with 90% of the content of Lesson 2, please go ahead with Lesson 3. If not, nothing to worry about, just go back to the beginning of Lesson 2 or wherever you feel less confident, and redo the lesson till you feel confortable with it :)

We practice words like 'coffee', 'tea', and verbs 'to drink' with questions like 'what', 'when' and why' as well as the possessive

In this video Payilagam method of learning Tamil is introduced along with a basic introduction of a comparison of classical languages, social movements in Tamil Nadu and the perspective of Tamil history brought to you in Payilagam. Links: Patreon: https://patreon.com/Payilagam?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@payilagampodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/payilagampodcast?igsh=MTR4bjBrdHV1cGVu&utm_source=qr

We practice imperatives like 'to be' and 'to eat' and sentences using possessive forms.

We practice sentences like 'she is coming Madurai in the morning', and the question format of this, 'do you drink mllk?' and 'S/he (p) is your friend.

We practice sentences like 'who is there in Coimbatore?', 'This is your vehicle' 'We are in their house' and 'I'm eating at your restaurant'

We practice words like 'forest', 'beach', 'flower', 'ocean', 'fish', 'bag', 'vegetable' and 'fruit'

We practice the verbs 'to work', and words like 'computer' 'however' and 'morning' 'afternoon'

We practice the questions "do you eat fish?", "where is that vehicle?", "Is that the sea?" "Is that the beach?", "are they [Human and Non-human] going to the beach?", "Is that vehicle going to the beach?", "where is this computer?", "Are you (polite) working on the computer?" and some answers thereto.

We practice questions like "is only the vegetable in the bag?", "Is there [only] fruit in the shop?", "what is that?", "what is in the bottle?", and sentences like "There is water in the bottle", "Which tree[s] is / are there in Auroville?", "Does this plant exist in Thanjavoor?" "Does that flower exist in Thirunelvelli?"

We practice the questions "who is here", "what is your name" "what are their names", "why is s/he going/ here / in Pondy, this afternoon", "do you drink milk"and "Is the vegetable in the bag" and answering those questions, while pointing out some colloquials, and recognising the difference between long vowels and short vowels.

We practice the verbs 'to do', 'to call', 'to use', words 'now', today and sentences like 'who are you', 'what is your name', 'why are you here' and introduction to dialects, usage of madame and sir, and making these sentences into questions.

We practice words 'to come', 'to go' and Tamil city names like Coimbatore (Kovai), Thanjavoor (Thanjai) etc.

We practice 'to read / study', 'to eat' 'only', 'also' and they (NH) as an object in the sentence.

We practice the verbs 'to study' and the plural of it

We practice verbs 'to go' 'to speak' 'to use' and words 'knife' like 'also' 'however / but' 'only'

We review 'Australia' 'to use' 'airplane' 'bus' etc.

We review the words 'to go' 'to be' 'to come' 'by bus' 'today morning' 'airplane' etc.

We review the words 'to come' 'to go' 'to be' and 'bus' specifically with differentiating '[we exclusive]' and 'we [Inclusive]' and with emphasis,

We review the words 'Chennai' 'to go' 'to be' ' to come' 'from' and 'to' 'tonight' 'by bus' 'in the bus' with confirmatory questions, and with various person perspectives

We review the words 'in the morning' 'to speak' 'to eat' 'but / however' 'today morning' 'today early in the morning' 'noon' 'afternoon' before noon' 'AM and PM' with various person perspectives

Where should I be polite in Tamil? Here is the answer...

We review the words 'sleepiness' with 'that' 'today' 'England' in Tamil, 'from England', 'to come' 'to speak' 'Pondy' 'from Pondy', 'here' and 'there' 'where' and how to use emphasis in a sentence

Is Tamil Gender Neutral? Where do we use genders in Tamil?

We learn to say Tamil Nadu correctly.

We review 'from' in both ways, 'to come' and 'to go' 'to sleep' and 'sleepiness', but/however', 'from Chennai' 'from Tamil Nadu, the difference between 'they' for humans and 'they' for non-humans,

Learn how to say the name of the state / nation / country Tamil Nadu

We review 'to drink', the exclusive 'we','early morning', 'to come', 'from' 'from there' and questions

We review 'sleepiness', 'feeling sleepy', 'to drink' 'tea' 'water' 'in the morning' with various conjugations

Learn to say Thank you, 'gratitude' and Welcome, 'gladness' correctly, and culturally

We review the verbs 'to drink' and 'to sleep', and the words 'cow[s]', 'goat[s]', 'water', 'at home', 'in the morning' 'tonight' and 'sleepiness' 'I am feeling sleepy'

Introduction to reviewing Lesson 1 and Lesson 2, perfecting all the words, verbs and conjugations learnt therein

We learn and practice the words 'or' 'coffee' 'tea' 'this evening' 'beach' through questions and possessive pronouns.

We learn how to greet, good morning, good evening, Vanakkam sir, Vanakkam ma'am in Tamil

We learn and practice the words 'coffee' 'tea' 'to drink' 'morning' and 'in the morning' 'what' 'why' 'when' 'on which day' 'on that day'

We learn the words 'restaurant' 'bag' while practicing verbs and possessive pronouns

We Practice I --> My, You --> Your, in Sentences adding words like 'but' 'vehicle' 'bicycle' 'house' 'night' 'tonight' etc.

Introducing possessive pronouns. I --> My, You --> Your . She --> Her etc.

We learn compound questions and the verb 'to use' and 'to study', and words like 'knife' and 'only' to make sentences in different subject person's perspectives

We begin learning Tamil by learning how to use the basic verb 'to be' and then being able to introduce ourselves with basic conversation

Introduction to the Tamil course and a very easy method of learning language

Introduction to Tamil, the course and the method of learning.