Learning these Tamil Questions could be useful, as it is included in everyday conversations. So the more you learn these, you can easily make use of this language by knowing the role of these Questions. These lists can be either a linguistic expression for making a request for information, or the request itself made by such an expression. It usually starts with why, how, where, when etc.. Here are lists and examples that I could think of...
| English Questions | Tamil Questions |
| What | Yenna |
| Who | Yaaru |
| Where | Yenga |
| Why | Yaen (or) Yedakku |
| How | Eppadi |
| When | Yeppo |
| How many | Ethanai |
| How much | Evlalavu |
| where is he? | avan yenke irukkiraan? |
| what is this? | ithu yenna? |
| why are you sad? | nee yen varuththamaai irukkiraai? |
| can I come? | naan varalaamaa? |
| do you know me? | unakku yennaith theriyumaa? |
| how much is this? | ithu yenna vilai? |
| where do you live? | nee yenke vasikkiraai? |
| how big is it? | athu yevvalavu periyadhu? |
| what time is it? | Mani Yenna? |
| is he sleeping? | avan thoonkukiraanaa? |
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