Learn tamil prepositions through English

Prepositions are used in almost every sentences. They are a great tool to link words with each other. As shown on the image, there are many prepositions to expand the conversation scope. If you learn these words, it would be easy for you to learn the grammar. Preposition describes a relationship between words in a sentence. For example: There is a ball under the table. Here the preposition is "under". I have listed few examples that you might have come across or use very often.

English sentences	Tamil sentences
Book is on the table	putthagam mejai mael ullathu
There is a ball in the bag	Paiyil oru pandhu ullathu
The train starts at midnight	pugaivandi nalliruval poripaddum
I attend the school for 10 days	naan pathu naatkal pallikoodam sendraen
Drink milk before sleeping	Urangdum mun paal kudi
I want to study	Naan padika vaendum
she came out of the house	aval vettai vittu veliyay vandhaal
I came by bus	Naan perunthil vandaen
go into room	araiyil sellavum
I come from Tamilnadu	Naan tamilnaduvil irunthu varukiraen
I'll come before 5 o' clock	Naan anja(5) manikku munn varuvaen
The cat jumped over the gate	Poonai vaayilkadavin mael kudhidathu
The train went through the tunnel	pugaivandi surangappaatai vazhiyaaka sendrathu
I took the umbrella as it was raining	mazhai paidhu kondirundhadhaal naan kudaiyay eduthu sendraen

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Tamil conversations in a vegetable stall

Examples of common conversations at a Vegetable stall is given below to help you to understand and communicate/ask questions about the purchase.

English sentences	Tamil sentences
How much for the Apples?	Apples enna villai?
don't you sell in kgs?	Kilo kannakil neengal virpadhillaiya?
Give me 1 plastic bag	ennaku oru plastic pai kodukkavum
I missed my Bag	En pai Thulainthuvittathu.
I don't want a plastic bag	ennakku plastic pai vendaam
I have a bag with me	enkita pai irukka
Give me 2 kgs	ennaku irundu kilo kodukakavum
I want a kilo of tomato	ennaku oru kilo takkali vendum
Are the vegetables fresh?	Kaigarikal ellam pudiyaatha?
How much is it?	Ithu Evvalavu?
Weigh it properly	sariyaaga aelai podavum
I don't have change	ennidam chillarai illai
Vegetables are in the basket	Koodai yil kaaikarikal ullana
I will enquire rates with other shops	naan mattrai kadaigal villaiyaiy patri visaaripaen

Next Lesson 30: Learn Tamil Prepositions

Tamil sentences using "don't"

A negative sentence is a sentence that states that something is false. In English, we create negative sentences by adding the word 'not' after the auxiliary, or helping, verb. Here are the negative auxiliary verbs in Tamil that uses "don't" auxiliary in the conversation. In Tamil "illai" means "no" or "don't". Practice these examples to learn how to use them in the sentence flow.

English sentences	Tamil sentences
I have no money	enakku panam illai
he did not come	avan varavillai
will you come or not?	varukiyaya illaiya
no matter what	innatenyillai
never	orukalumillai
nothing	onyumillai
not at all	illave yillai
I don’t want	yenakku vaenaam, viruppam illai
I don't understand	enakku puriyala
I don't know	Enakku theriyaathu
I have no idea	Enakku theriyala
Don't worry	kavalai padaathey
No problem	Onnum prachanai illai
I don’t want to touch	yenakku thoduvatharkku virumppam illai
I don’t want to turn	yenakku thirumbuvatharkku viruppam illai
I don’t want to write	yenakku yeluthuvatharkku viruppam illai
Don’t want to show	yenakku kaattuvatharkku virumbavillai
He doesn’t want to speak	avan paesuvatharkku virumbavillai
He doesn’t want to stand	avan nirppatharkku virumbavillai
I don’t want to touch	yenakku thoduvtharkku viruppam illai
He doesn’t like over eating	avan athiagm sappiduvathai virumbavillai
He doesn’t like pretending	avan nadippathai virumba villai
She does’t like tailoring	aval thaiyalai virumbavillai

Next Lesson 29: Tamil conversation in a Vegetable Stall