Tamil L4 — Grammar & Reading Fluency

By the end

What you'll build

• Identify and correctly use the eight everyday Tamil case relationships (வேற்றுமை) with their written suffixes and spoken equivalents
• Apply the core puṇarcci (sandhi) rules — hard-consonant doubling and y/v glide insertion — when words join
• Conjugate Tamil verbs across present, past and future with the correct person-number-gender endings in the written register
• Convert fluently between formal written verb forms and their everyday spoken Chennai-register contractions
• Recognise and fix the most common spoken-vs-written register mistakes learners make
• Read and understand real Tamil signboards, shop names and public notices
• Read a Tamil restaurant menu and everyday news headlines with confidence
• Read tricky uyirmey ligatures (irregular உ/ஊ forms) and Grantha loanword letters accurately
• Type Tamil on your own phone using phonetic transliteration
• Write short, natural Tamil messages in script and choose the register a situation calls for

Curriculum

What's inside

7 modules · 38 lessons

1. 01

   How Tamil Works: Word Order & the First Two Cases

   5 lessons
   • Welcome — Grammar & Reading Fluency (L4)
   • Word Order & the First Two Cases
   • Practice: the Accusative -ஐfill blank
   • Build It: Simple S-O-V Sentencessentence builder
   • Check: Word Order & Object Markingquiz
2. 02

   The Eight Everyday Cases (வேற்றுமை)

   7 lessons
   • Case 4 — Dative: -(உ)க்கு / to, for
   • Practice: the Dative -க்குfill blank
   • Cases 5 & 7 — Locative & Ablative: at / in / from
   • Practice: Locative & Ablativefill blank
   • Cases 3 & 6 — Instrumental, Sociative & Genitive
   • + 2 more lessons
3. 03

   புணர்ச்சி: How Tamil Words Join (Sandhi)

   5 lessons
   • Sandhi Part 1 — Consonant Doubling
   • Practice: Consonant Doublingfill blank
   • Sandhi Part 2 — The y / v Glides
   • Build It: Sentences With Joined Formssentence builder
   • Check: Sandhi (புணர்ச்சி)quiz
4. 04

   The Tamil Verb: Tense, Person & Negation

   6 lessons
   • Building a Verb — Written Register
   • Practice: Conjugation (Written)fill blank
   • The Same Verbs — Spoken Register
   • Listen: Spot the Verb Formlistening lab
   • Saying No: Negation in Tamil
   • + 1 more lesson
5. 05

   Spoken vs Written: The Great Divide

   4 lessons
   • The Diglossia Map
   • Fix the Mistake: Right Register?fill blank
   • Listen & Match: Spoken → Writtenlistening lab
   • Check: Choosing the Right Registerquiz
6. 06

   Reading the Real World: Signs, Menus & News

   6 lessons
   • Reading Signboards & Public Notices
   • Read the Sign: Word → Romanizationlipi type
   • Reading a Tamil Menu (சாப்பாட்டு பட்டியல்)
   • Flashcards: Food & Menu Vocabularyflashcard sr
   • Read Aloud: Signs & Menuspeaking lab
   • + 1 more lesson
7. 07

   Complex Script, Sounds & Typing Tamil

   5 lessons
   • The Three L's, Two R's & Three N'spronunciation card
   • Trace: Tricky Uyirmey & Grantha Lettersscript trace
   • Type Tamil on Your Phonelipi type
   • Writing Short Messages (WhatsApp Tamil)
   • Capstone: Reading & Grammar Reviewquiz

The shape of it

How this course works