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WhataresomeTamilphrasesthatcanhelpaNorthIndianduringhis/herstayinChennai?Quora

WhataresomeTamilphrasesthatcanhelpa
NorthIndianduringhis/herstayinChennai?
ItiscommonknowledgethatitisratherdifficulttosurviveinChennaiwithout
knowingtheTamillanguage.So,ratherthandebatingoverwhetherTamilians
shouldlearnHindi/English,itwouldreallyhelpifNorthIndianslearnabitofTamil,
especiallyiftheyaregoingtostaythereforaconsiderableamountoftime.
So,iamlookingforsomephrasesfordaytodayuse,especiallywith
shopkeepers,autowallahs,foodvendorsetc.inthecity.Mentioningabouttypical
pronounciationswillalsohelp.

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191upvotesbyBalaramanLakshmanan,VinuCherian,Bhuvaneswaran
Gopalasamy,(more)

1. NallaIrikiringala?Areyouwell?
2. Manienna?What'sthetime?
3. Xeppadipoganum?HowdoyoureachX(place)
4. XPoganumIhavetogotoX
5. 100RombaJaasthi100istoomuch(fortheautoguys)
6. AamaYes
7. illeNo

WhataresomeoftheKannadaphrases
thatcanhelpaNorthIndianduringhis
stayinBangalore?
WhataresomeeasytipsforaNorth
IndiantolearnTamil?
Whatsurvivaltipswouldyougivetoa
NorthIndianmovingtoChennai?
HowfrustratingisitforNorthIndiansto
liveinChennai?
IsChennaireallyhardtoliveincityfor
NorthIndians?
WhataresomeoftheTeluguphrases
thatcanhelpanorthindianduringhis
Hyderabadstay?

8. SeriOK
9. AdhuYevlo?Howmuchisthat?
10. ParavaIllaIt'sfine/okay
11. EnnakuXvenum.IwantX(thing)
12. Yaaru?Who?
13. Yeppo?When?
14. Yenga?Where?
15. Yen(pronouncedyane)?Why?
16. Yeppadi?How?

Howmuchwoulditcosttohireanorth
indiancookinchennaifortwo?
WhatwillNorthIndian'scomplainabout
nowthatChennai'sautofaresarebeing
regulatedbystategovt?
Issamacheerkalvihelpingthestudents
ofTamilNadu?
WhydoNorthIndiansavoid
living/workinginChennai?

17. Yedhukku?Why?
18. Adhu/IdhuThat/This
19. PuriyaleDidn'tunderstand
20. EnnakuTheriyadhuIdon'tknow.
Allofitarepronouncedhowit'sread.Hopeithelped
Updated22Aug,2014.6,440views.

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SrikanthMohan,isgonatraveltheworldsoon
12upvotesbySaikumaarNagarajan,MeeraParameswaran,PaulVannan,(more)

Fewphrasesthatwillhelpyoudealwithacustomerorwithsomevisitorat
yourplace.
PleasecomeVaadadaimadaya
PleasesitdownUkkaarudasomberi
AbsolutelyrightVaayamooduda
SeeyouagainPodadai
#courtesyMounaRaagam
Written25May,2013.314views.

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SudhaMathi
2upvotesbyMauruthiGMaruthiandUmashankarRajaram.

FoundthisseriesofbooksveryusefulwhenIhadtolearnHindiduetomy
husband'stransfers.Ithasthenumerals,phrasesandevenshortconversations
madeeasy.
Thepronunciationandmeaningisgivenforeveryphrase.Thebookis
publishedbothinEnglishtoTamilandHinditoTamil.Thesebooksarefound
inalmostallbookstoresinChennai.
Written24May,2013.309views.

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AnuragAryan,filtercoffee,beach,churches,cafes...(more)
7upvotesbyVinuCherian,SouravLodha,CavinInba,(more)

mostimportant:tamilteriyaadwhichmeansIdon'tknowtamil.
annaforanyguy,akkaforfemalecounterpart.
ThiswouldbeallifyouknowEnglish.MostofthepeopleinChennai
understandsandcanspeakbrokenenglish.
Written24May,2013.335views.

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CavinInba,Parttimebloggerandfulltimelurker
1upvotebyQuoraUser.

Learningspecificphrasesmightnotworkwellallthetime.Thedownsideof
learningphrases/wordsis,theotherpersonwouldreplyinTamilwhichyou
mightnotunderstand.Iguessyouneedtoeventuallylearnthelanguage.
Written25May,2013.249views.

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PradeepJayabal,Stillexploring
1upvotebyBaskaranGd.

MostpeopleknoworatleastunderstandEnglish,.Sodon'tworryabout
language.
Written21Dec,2013.146views.

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Anonymous
illadon'thave
vareengala?coming?
saapteengala?didueat?
epdiirukeenga?Howareyou?
velaipaarudoyourwork
ennapanrrenga?whatareudoing?
polama?shallwego?
thanniiruka?douhavewater?
seriok
ayyayoaawww(Exclamationoffeelingpity)
pagaldaytime(NotHindiPaagalmental)
ThesearesomeofthewordsItaughtmycolleagues:P
Andwealsotaughtthemthedifferencebetweenpodi(powder)and
POdi(orderingagirltogo).Theycall'podidosa'as'POdidosa'.
AndtheyshouldknowthenumbersinTamilatleasttill25.Willhelpthem
whenpurchasinginshops.
Written24May,2013.228views.

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MahendranThangavel,TheLearner
nandriThankyou
vanakkam(similarmeaningof"namaskar")
annaBrother(similarto"bayya",irrespectiveofagegroup"anna"can
beused)
saptacha?doyouhadyourfood?(tamilpeoplewillaskthis,
wheneverpeoplecametotheirplaceateatinghours)
ennaerukku?whatdoyouhave?(hotelsyoucanaskformenu's)
enakuvendamIdontwant
aamayes
illano
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seriokor(agreed)
pakkalamseeyoulaterorwillsee
xxxengeyerukku?whereisxxx?(xxxplace,object,shoporanything)
centralkubusethanamaniku?whattimeisbustocentral?
patigrandma

thathagrandpa
ukkarungapleasesit
evloachu?howmuch?
vendamdontwantorsometimes"no"
evlothooramhowfar?
Written17Jan,2014.172views.

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