Below listed are examples that will help you to express the time in Tamil using the subsequent phrases for:
| English Names | Tamil Names |
| Now | Ippo |
| Later | Piragu |
| before | munnaal |
| after | pinnaal |
| morning | kaalai |
| afternoon | mathiyaanam |
| evening | maalai |
| night | iravu or raatthiri |
| minutes | nimidam |
| hour | mani |
| days | naal |
| weeks | vaaram |
| months | maatham |
| years | varudam |
| today | indru |
| yesterday | nedru |
| tomorrow | naalai |
| this week | inda vaaram |
| next week | athutha vaaram |
| last week | pona vaaram |
| Sunday | nyaayiru kizhamai |
| Monday | thingGal kizhamai |
| Tuesday | sevvaai kizhamai |
| Wednesday | budhan kizhamai |
| Thursday | vyaalan kizhamai |
| Friday | velli kizhamai |
| Saturday | sani kizhamai |
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