

Beginners Tamil Course Outline
Beginners Tamil Course Outline
As well as being the language of 75 million people, predominantly spoken throughout India and Sri Lanka, Tamil has been recorded for over 2,000 years, making it one of the oldest, continuous languages in the world. One of the best ways to access its wealth of tradition, literature, and culture is to study under the guidance of a native speaker while learning alongside other eager students from all over the world. In this Open Group Beginner Tamil Course, your virtual classmates will be of a similar proficiency to yourself. Together, you will learn the most essential words, phrases, and grammar to have in-class discussions, to role-play everyday encounters, and complete fun, engaging, interactive exercises.

Lesson 1
You will learn greetings; how to introduce yourself and another person; to ask somebody where they are from/to say where you are from; names of countries; to ask and respond to the question “how are you?”

Lesson 2
You will learn the alphabet; to spell your name; to conjugate the verbs aagum (to be), vaa (to come),and koopidu (to be called); to use question words: who, how, where; to state your profession

Lesson 3
You will learn to ask somebody what they do for a living; to conjugate the verbs sei (to work), irukka (to have), and vaazha (to live); to talk about your family; how to form negative sentences

Lesson 4
You will learn numbers (0-100); how to ask somebody’s age & how to say your age; more about how to conjugate the verbs sei (to do) and vaazh (to live); prepositions: endru (as), kku (at); masculine and feminine nouns

Lesson 5
You will learn to speak about your family members; possessive adjectives: my, your; to form more negative sentences; how to say different languages; to conjugate the verb pesu (to speak); how to describe other people

Lesson 6
You will learn about cities in India; common adjectives; to describe objects in your house; to ask how much something costs; the definite articles

Lesson 7
You will learn large numbers; more masculine and feminine nouns; how to offer something to somebody; the names of everyday objects; colors and materials; the indefinite articles

Lesson 8
You will learn how to order something online; to ask/answer questions on the telephone; how to talk about things in your office; the plural of nouns; to use nouns, prepositions, and articles in the nominative and accusative cases

Lesson 9
You will learn to tell the time; how to talk about problems; how to shop at the market; how to book a taxi, a table at a restaurant, and a room in a hotel

Lesson 10
You will learn to talk about your hobbies; to conjugate the verbs seiya koodiya (to be able) and poga (to go); to give and receive compliments; how to order food at a restaurant

* You do not need to buy a textbook to complete your course. Your teacher will share their materials (excerpts from textbooks, audio files, videos, etc.) with you during the classes using screenshare. Your teacher may also recommend other textbooks and grammar books to help supplement or continue your studies, but Language Trainers bears no responsibility for your decision to make such a purchase.

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