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b) Meeting the CM is only by appointment = Phone Phone, ring

îËߪ’ôç:
´·çü¿’-í¬ØË EKgûª Æ洒ߪ’ç, v°æüË-¨»™x éπ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊ØË up, give a ring, give a tinkle,
à®√p-ô’ç-õ‰ØË, ´·êu-´’ç-vAE éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-´îª’a. call, make a call.
-Ççí∫x-¶µ«-≠æ-ù
OöÀ™ x
c) Consultation with the doctor is only by Modern English usage
264 ™
appointment = time
´·çü¿’í¬ à®√pô’ îËÆæ’-èπ◊†o áèπ◊\-´í¬ N†-°æ-úËC, call.
doctor phone, ring up,
I.
v°æé¬-®Ω¢Ë’ ûÓ Ææçv°æ-Cç-°æ¤©’. Å°æ¤púø°æ¤púø’
Bhargav: Hello, is it 257702284?
d) I am here by appointment = ´·çü¿’í¬ give a ring. call
OöÀ™x ûª®√yûª
(All phone numbers here are fictitious. phone
v°æ¨¡o: ÉçTx≠ˇ ví¬´’-®˝™
ņ’-èπ◊†o time, v°æü˨¡ç v°æé¬-®Ω¢Ë’ ØËE-éπ\-úø’Ø√o. áèπ◊\-´í¬ ¢√úø’-ûª’-†oC
phone
Ééπ\úÕ †ç•®Ω’x Íé´©ç éπLp-û√©’.) III. Prem: Hello, I'd like to speak to Mr. Syam. (somebody). Ring up, give a ring - British being §ƒvûª†’ í∫’Jç*
Vaibhav: Yes. English. Give a tinkle - totally out dated
Ram: Who's (who is) calling please? (§ƒûª- N´-®Ωçí¬ ûÁL-ߪ’-îË-ߪ’çúÕ.
Bhargav: Can I speak to Vaibhav? Call 1. Being Doctor, he is not in the
phone
(á´-®ΩçúŒ îËÆæ’h-†oC?) •-úÕ-§Ú-®·çC). Åçõ‰ °œ©-´ôç ÅØË Å®Ωnç
Vaibhav: Speaking. And who's this? Öçü¿E ´’†ç-ü¿-Jéà ûÁ©’Ææ’. regular practice.
Prem: I am prem, his friend, and this is urgent
Phone in: 1) ´’†ç ÖüÓuí∫ç îËÆæ’h†o office èπ◊, 2. We are very pleasureful on Mrs.
please.
(´÷ö«x-úø’-ûª’-Ø√o†’. ÉüÁ-´®Ω÷?)
Bhargav: Hi, Vaibhi, it's Bhargav here. How ÆæçÆænèπ◊ îËÊÆ phone. I have phoned in my tour Sonia Gandhi on being elected as
Prem,
programme = Ø√ tour programme N≠æߪ’ç president of AICC.
are you? (؈’ ¶µ«®Ω_¢˛ ´÷ö«x-úø’- (؈’ ÅûªE ÊÆo£œ«-ûª’-úÕE. ÉC é¬Ææh
urgent.)
ûª’-Ø√o†’. ᙫ ÖØ√o´¤?) phone î˨»†’ ´÷ office èπ◊/ ÆæçÆænèπ◊. 3. The walls are being painted.
Ram: Please hold on while I find out if he can 2) TV Programmes ™ ´’†ç ´’† ÅGµ-v§ƒ-ߪ÷©’
Vaibhav: Fine. Thank you. How are you? Nice
take the call. He is in a meeting.
-ï-¢√-•’:
– °œ.Ê£«´’çû˝, Nï-ߪ’-¢√úø
to hear your voice again after such a ûÁ©-°æ-ú≈-EéÀ, TV anchor ûÓ ´÷ö«x-úËç-ü¿’èπÿ, ´’†
long time. What's the matter? (Line ™ ÖçúøçúÕ, O’ûÓ ´÷ö«x-úø-í∫-©-Í®¢Á÷ v°æ¨¡o©’ Åúø-í∫-ö«-EéÀ phone îËߪ’ôç èπÿú≈.
éπ†’-èπ◊\çö«. Çߪ’ØÓ meeting ™ ÖØ√o®Ω’.) Being
Viewers may phone in during the programme
(¶«í¬ØË ÖØ√o. †’´¤y èπ◊™«-≤ƒØ√? î√™«- Åçõ‰ Åçü¿’-´©x /Å™« Öçúø-ôç-´©x ÅE
鬩ç ûª®√yûª®·Ø√ F íÌçûª’ N†ôç Prem: OK. Could you be fast? = programme phone
Ææçü¿-®Ωs¥ç™ vÊ°éπ~-èπ◊©’ Å®Ωnç.
(Å™«Íí. éÌçîÁç ûªy®Ωí¬ é¬E-´yçúÕ.) îËߪ’-´îª’a. Éçé¬ îª÷úøçúÕ. i) a) Being rich he can buy a car- Ö†o-¢√úø’
ÆæçûÓ-≠æçí¬ ÖçC. àçöÀ N¨Ï≠æç?) car
(üµ¿E-èπ◊úø’) Å´-ôç-´©x é̆-í∫-©úø’.
b) Being weak, he is unable to walk- Åûªúø’

I'd like to speak to ..

Bhargav: So am I. A piece of happy news. My
sister's marriage has been fixed. It's
the 13th next month. (I am) calling
you just to share the happy news.
(Ø√èπÿ ÆæçûÓ-≠æ¢Ë’. ã ¨¡Ÿ¶µº-¢√®Ωh. ´÷ îÁ™„xL
°Rx E¨¡a-ߪ’-´’-®·çC. ´îËa-ØÁ© 13†. Ñ
ÆæçûÓ≠æç FûÓ °æç-éÓ¢√©E phone î˨».)
Vaibhav: Very happy to hear it. Congrats to
her.
(NØËç-ü¿’èπ◊ î√™« ÆæçûÓ-≠æçí¬ ÖçC.
Ç¢Á’èπ◊ ÅGµ-†ç-ü¿-†©’.)
Bhargav: Can I speak to aunt and uncle? I
wish to give them the news too.
(O’ Å´÷t, Ø√Ø√o ÖØ√o®√? ¢√∞¡xèπÿ
Ñ´÷ô îÁ§ƒp-©E ÖçC.)
Vaibhav: Oh, sure. But only mom is in, Dad's
out on business. Here, over to mom.
(ûª°æp-èπ◊çú≈. Å®·ûË Å´’t ´÷vûª¢Ë’
Éçöx ÖçC, Ø√†o °æE-O’ü¿ •ßª’-öÀ-Èé-
∞«x®Ω’. ÉCíÓ Å´’tûÓ ´÷ö«xúø’.)
II. Anil: Is it 47957021?
Amar: Yes.
Anil: Can I speak to Mr.Amar?
(Å´’-®˝ûÓ ´÷ö«x-úø-´î√a)
Amar: Speaking. May I know who you are?
(´÷ö«x-úø’-ûª’-Ø√o†’. O’È®-´®Ó ûÁ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-´î√a?)
Anil: I'm Anil. Hope you remember me. We
met a few days ago at the country club.
(؈’ Anil. O’®Ω’ ††’o í∫’®Ω’h-°æ-ö«d-®Ω-†’-èπ◊çö«.
éÌEo-®Ó-V© éÀçü¿ô ´’†ç country club ™
éπ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊Ø√oç.)
Amar: Oh sure, how are you Mr.Anil?
Anil: Fine. Thank you. Hope you are fine too.
IV. Praful: Is it Suprachar Ad Ltd.?
(ÉC Ææ’v°æ-î√®˝ Ads company ßË’Ø√?)
Prasanna: Yes. What can we do for you?
(Å´¤†’. îÁ°æpçúÕ O’Íéç 鬢√™?)
Praful: May I know who's (who is) speaking?
(á´®Ω’ ´÷ö«x-úø’-ûª’-Ø√o®Ó ûÁ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-´î√a?)
Prasanna: I'm Prasanna, Manager, front office.
May I know who you want to speak to?
(v°æÆæ†o, Ééπ\úø v°æñ« Ææç•çüµ¿ N¶µ«í∫ç officer †’.
á´-JûÓ ´÷ö«x-ú≈-©-†’-èπ◊ç-ô’-Ø√o®Ó ûÁ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-´î√a?)
(Front office: °ü¿l °ü¿l company ©™ v°æñ«
Ææç•çüµ¿ N¶µ«í∫ç. Company ™ v°æï©, customers,
Nî√-®Ω-ù-©èπ◊ Ææ´÷-î√®Ωç ûÁLÊ° N¶µ«í∫ç. ÉN ≤ƒ´÷-
†uçí¬ company office ™ ´·çü¿’ hall ™/ í∫C™
Öçö«®· 鬕öÀd OöÀE front offices Åçö«ç.)
Praful: Good morning. Can you put me
through to your Manager, Marketing please?
(O’ Marketing Manager èπ◊ line/ connection
É≤ƒh®√, please?)
Prasanna: Could you please hold on? I've to
check whether he is in or out.
(line ™ Öçö«®√? Çߪ’† office ™ ÖØ√o®Ó ™‰®Ó
ûÁ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-¢√L.)
Praful: OK.
Prasanna: He is not in, Mr. Praful. Have you
any message to be passed on to him?
(Çߪ’† ™‰®Ω’. O’®√-ߪ’-†-Íé-´’Ø√o ûÁL-ߪ’-°æ-®Ω-îª-´’ç-
ö«®√? / O’Í®-´’Ø√o Çߪ’-†èπ◊ Ææ´÷-î√®Ωç ´÷ûÓ
´ü¿-©-ü¿-©--èπ◊-Ø√o®√?)
Praful: Just tell him I've called and to call me
as soon as he is back.
a) Fèπ◊ phone Öçü∆? = Are you on phone?
b) I am on phone. Could you mute the TV =
phone TV mute
îËÆæ’hØ√o. E é¬Ææh îÁß˝’.
ÉO telephone èπ◊ Ææç•ç-Cµç-*† ´÷ô©’. É°æ¤púø’
telephone ™ ´÷ö«xúË B®Ω’ îª÷ü∆lç.
Look at conversation I: ÉC Éü¿l®Ω’ friends ´’üµ¿u
informal phone conversation éπü∆? ÅEo infor-
mal situations ™†÷, î√™« formal situations
™†÷ ¢Á·ôd-¢Á·-ü¿ô ´’†ç ÆæÈ®j† number °œL-î√´÷
ÅE E®√l¥-®Ωù îËÆæ’-èπ◊çö«ç. (ûª®Ωîª÷ phone îËÆæ’-èπ◊-ØË-
¢√∞¡Ÿx Å´-ûª-L-¢√∞¡x íÌçûª’ Ææ’©-¶µºç-í¬ØË í∫’®Ω’h-°æ-õ‰d-Ææ’hç-
ö«®Ω’. Å™«ç-ô-°æ¤púø’, Can I speak to/ Am I
speaking to ... ÅØË ´÷ô© Å´-Ææ®Ωç Öçúøü¿’.)
Conversation II îª÷úøçúÕ.
ÉC éÌClí¬ formal. éÌçûª-鬩ç éÀçü¿õ‰ °æJ-îª-ߪ’-¢Á’i-†-
¢√-∞¡x-´’üµ¿u phone conversation. Ééπ\úø é¬Ææh ñ«ví∫-
ûªhí¬ Öçú≈L formality N≠æ-ߪ’ç™. Mr. Amar
(Mister ÅØËC formal).
Amar: Speaking. (ÉC Can I speak to Mr.
Amar? èπ◊ correct response. Practice
îËߪ’çúÕ.)
May I know who you are?. ´’†èπ◊ phone îËÆæ’h-
†o-üÁ-´®Ó ûÁ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-´-ö«-EéÀ ´’®√u-ü¿í¬ ÅúÕÍí
question. ™‰èπ◊çõ‰, Who's (Who is) this
please?. (á´-®ΩçúŒ phone îËÆæ’h-†oC? –
´’®√u-ü¿í¬ Åúø-í∫ôç.)
What can I do for you? (àç 鬢√L O’èπ◊?– ÅE
´’®√u-ü¿í¬ Åúø-í∫ôç.)
Conversation III. ´’†ç phone îËÆæ’h†o ´uéÀh
é¬èπ◊çú≈ ´’®Ó ´uéÀh á´-®ΩØ√o phone áAhûË,
Å°æ¤púÕ™« Åçö«ç. I'd (I would) like to speak to
Mr.Syam. ÉçéÓ Nüµ¿çí¬, Could you get
Mr.Syam on the line, please? (¨»u熒 °œ©’-
•©-£‘«-†çí¬ Öçúø-ôç-´©x †úø-´-™‰úø’.
c) Being a leader, he should not talk like
that = Ø√ߪ’-èπ◊-úÕí¬ ÖçúÕ Å™« ´÷ö«x-úø-èπÿ-úøü¿’
Çߪ’†.
ii) Being elected president of AICC =
president of AICC
í¬ -á-†’oéÓ-´-úøç-´©x/
áEo-Èéj-†ç-ü¿’-´©x.
؈’ on being elected ... = áEo-éπ-´-
ôç-ûÓØË. ÉD D†®Ωnç. On being
elected president of AICC, she
drove to her AICC office =
President í¬ áEo-éπ-´-í¬ØË, Ç¢Á’
office
ûª† èπ◊ ¢ÁRxçC.
O’ sentence ™-E pleasureful ÅØË ´÷ô -
¢√-úø’éπ-™ ™‰ü¿’. •£æ›¨¡ O’®Ω’ îÁ§ƒp-©-†’-èπ◊-
†oC, We were happy about her being
elected president of AICC. (Ç¢Á’ áEo-éπ-
´ôç ´÷èπ◊ ÆæçûÓ≠æç éπ-L-Tç-*çC) É™«çöÀ
Å®ΩnçûÓ on being ®√ü¿’.
iii) being painted- ÉC be + past participle -
passive form.
The walls are being painted-
íÓúø©’
®Ωçí∫’-¢Ë-ߪ’-•-úø’-ûª’-Ø√o®· É°æ¤púø’.
Being painted the walls are shining=
®Ωçí∫’ ¢Ëߪ’-•-úø-ôç-´©x íÓúø©’ ¢Á’®Ω’-Ææ’h-Ø√o®·.
Å®·ûË, painting °æ‹®Ωh-®·ûË,
having been painted the walls are shin-
ing = paint îËߪ’-úøç-ûÓ, íÓúø©’ ¢Á’®Ω’-Ææ’h-
-v°æ-¨¡o: 1. He should have gone to the suresh
Ø√o®·.
marriage.
2. He would have gone to the suresh
marriage.
3. He might have gone to the suresh
marriage.
4. He may have gone to the suresh
marriage.
°j ¢√é¬u-©èπ◊ ûÁ©’-í∫’™ Å®Ωnç N´-Jç-îªçúÕ.

(èπ◊™«-≤ƒØË. O’®Ω÷ èπ◊™«-≤ƒØË éπü∆?)
Amar: OK. Thanks. What can I do for you?
(èπ◊™«-≤ƒØË. îÁ°æpçúÕ. ؈’ O’Íéç îËߪ’-í∫-©†’?)
Anil: I want to see you about some of our
products. Can you give me an appoint-
ment to meet you?
(´÷ ûªßª÷K (Öûªpûª’h) ©†’ í∫’Jç* N’´’tLo
éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-¢√-©E ÖçC. N’´’tLo á°æ¤púø’,
áéπ\úø éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-¢√-©-†oC îÁ-•’-û√®√?)
Appointment = ´÷´‚©’ Å®Ωnç ÖüÓuí∫ Eߪ÷-
´’éπç. Å®·ûË É™«çöÀ Ææçü¿-®√s¥™x– á´-J-ØÁjØ√ éπ©’-
Ææ’-éÓ-¢√-©-†’-èπ◊çõ‰, Å™« éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-´-ö«-EéÀ ¢√∞¡Ÿx ´’†-
éÀîËa Æ洒ߪ’ç, v°æü˨¡ç.
a) "I have an appointment with the CM today."
´·êu-´’ç-vAE éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-¢√-Lq† à®√p-ô’çC Ø√éÃ-®ÓV.
"When is the appointment?"
(à癉ü¿’. ؈’ phone î˨»-†F, ®√í¬ØË Ø√èπ◊ ≤ƒh®√?/line É≤ƒh®√?)
phone îËߪ’-´’E îÁ°æpçúÕ, î√©’.) ™„jØÓx Öçö«®√? ™„jØÓx ÖçúøçúÕ = Please hold on.
Prasanna: Oh, sure.
Please be on the line - ÆæÈ®j† English é¬ü¿’.
Praful: Thank you.
Can you put me through to your Manager
Marketing? / Can you connect me to Manager
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
Marketing? - can could
Phone îËߪ’-ôç™ formal calling èπÿ, informal
Ééπ\úø èπ◊ •ü¿’©’ Éçé¬
áèπ◊\´ ´’®√u-ü¿í¬ Öçô’çC.
calling èπÿ ûËú≈ Öçô’çC. ´’†ç Ææyûªçvûªç BÆæ’-èπ◊-ØË-
Prasanna (conversation IV): He is not in.
¢√-∞¡xèπ◊ îËÊÆ informal call èπÿ, ´’†ç î√™« íı®Ω-´çí¬, Have you any message to be passed on to
Åçûª ÆæEo-£œ«-ûª’©’ é¬E-¢√-JéÀ îËÊÆ formal calls èπÿ him? (Phone Åçü¿’-éÓ-¢√-Lq† ´uéÀh ™‰†-°æ¤púø’, Çߪ’-
î√™« ûËú≈ Öçô’çC. àüË-´’-®·Ø√, Ææçü¿-®Ωs¥çûÓ †-Íé-´’-®·Ø√ îÁ°æp-´’ç-ö«®√? ÅE ÅúÕÍí Nüµ¿ç ÉC.
Ææç•çüµ¿ç ™‰èπ◊çú≈ ´’†ç ´÷ö«x-úË-ô-°æ¤púø’ î√™« ÉüË Å®ΩnçûÓ ´’J-éÌEo ¢√é¬u©’.
Ææp≠ædçí¬, (íÌù’-í∫’úø÷, Ææù’í∫’úø÷ ™‰èπ◊çú≈) îÁ§ƒp-©-†’- a) Have you any message for him?
èπ◊-†oC Å´-ûªL ¢√∞¡xéπ®Ωn-´’-ßË’u™« îÁ°æp-í∫-©-í¬L. Phone b) Could I take a message?
™ ´÷ö«x-úË-ô-°æ¤púø’ ´’† íÌçûª’™ ´’† ¶µ«´ç Ææ’p¥Jç- (O’ ´®Ωh-´÷†ç à´’Ø√o Öçü∆ Çߪ’-†èπ◊?)
îË-ô’xç-ú≈L. DEéÀ Ææç•ç-Cµç-*† ´÷ô B®Ω÷, ´÷ô©’ c) Would you like to leave a message?
(ᙫ °æ©-éπ-Jç-î√L ™«çöÀN) É°æ¤púø’ îª÷ü∆lç. – ÉC î√™« formal.
-ï-¢√-•’:
– îªçü¿†, E®Ωt™¸
1) He should have gone to suresh's marriage
(The suresh marriage
ņç éπü∆) = Ç Â°R}éÀ
¢Á∞«x-LqçC, é¬E ¢Á∞¡x-™‰ü¿’. (NCµí¬ îËߪ÷-LqçC –
îËߪ’-™‰ü¿’).
2) He would have gone to Suresh's marriage
=
Ç Â°RxéÀ ¢Á∞¡Ÿxç-úË-¢√úË é¬F ¢Á∞¡x-™‰ü¿’.
3) He might have gone to Suresh's marriage
= Ç Â°RxéÀ ¢Á∞«xúË¢Á÷. (¢Á∞¡Ÿxç-úÌa, ¢Á∞¡x-éπ-§Ú-ߪ·ç-
úÌa – ÆæçüË£æ«ç)
4) He may have gone to Suresh's marriage
(¢Á∞¡Ÿxç-úÌa °RxéÀ– ¢Á∞«x-úø-†-ö«-EéÀ Å´-鬨¡ç
áèπ◊\´ – Might have gone Åçûª ÆæçüË£æ«ç
é¬ü¿’. See also spoken English lessons
138, 139 and 140.)
- M. SURESAN