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SPOKEN TAMIL FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Kindle Edition

by SANJAY D (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 156 ratings
Spoken Tamil for Absolute Beginners is the most comprehensive English guide for Tamil Language on the market for Absolute beginners: This book is a structured and systematic approach to teach yourself spoken Tamil. Written by a well-experienced teacher specialized in teaching Tamil to foreigners.
What is unique about this book? What makes it better than other Tamil language learning books?
This book is the best in the market because it contains:
• Fun and essential vocabulary and phrases.
• Speaking, listening and reading practice.
• Pronunciation, Cultural notes and Grammar explanation in very detailed manner.
• Provided vocabulary, verbs and verb conjugation in memrise application to make the learning experience more fun and intuitive.
• Support from the author will be provided at all times, and you can even take lessons from the author.
• Built using simple, easy to understand English with an elaborate explanation.
At the end of the book, you will be able to.
• Speak in Tamil, by making sentences using 3 - 6 words. This is the main and only goal of this book.

Whether you are a foreigner visiting places where Tamil is the main spoken language or you want to interact with a Tamil native speaker in your place or you want to learn a language which is centuries old with lots of cultural values. This book is for you.
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Sanjay D. is born and raised in Chennai Tamil Nadu and lives now with his German wife in Karnataka. He taught online over 2000 hours in Indian languages to students from all around the world and his facilitation for Indian languages is growing steadily. “Because I understand how difficult Indian languages can be for foreigners I decided to teach it my way” he said. “Indian languages can be spoken by everyone, you just need the right material for it”.

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Audio Trainer Audio files for Tamil scripts in the book are available for download. Memrise courses are provided for boosting your Tamil learning.

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This book will make you speak 3 to 5 word Tamil sentences and gives you all the confidence for your next conversation in Tamil.

Spoken Tamil for Absolute Beginners
Spoken Telugu for Absolute Beginners
Spoken Kannada for Absolute Beginners
Spoken Malayalam for Absolute Beginners
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B075QGHZMW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SANJAY D (September 17, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 17, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9.8 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 469 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 156 ratings

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Sanjay D is born and brought up in southern part of India. He is always fascinated about Indian languages and loved the languages with all his heart. He started teaching Indian languages to many foreigners and through that gained lots of experience in understanding the difficulty foreigners have in learning the Indian languages. So, he prepared an organized and systematic course to help them learn and speak the languages with ease and better pronunciation. The book Spoken Tamil for Absolute Beginners, Spoken Telugu for Absolute Beginners, Spoken Kannada for Absolute Beginners, & Spoken Malayalam for Absolute Beginners is the ultimate result of years of experience in teaching Tamil, Telugu, Kannada & Malayalam to Indians and foreigners.

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Customers find this Tamil language book to be an invaluable resource for committed learners, with one noting it teaches at a challenging pace. The book is well-organized, and customers appreciate that it is easy for English speakers to understand.

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    5.0 out of 5 stars By far the best Tamil learning book out there
    Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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    I purchased several Tamil language learning books before finding this one. This was by far the best. It was clearly organized in a way that is easy for English speakers to understand, and included a wealth of supplemental materials, helpful information, and even tips on cultural norms. The author, Sanjay D., even provides his contact information and offers a free tutoring session. I reached out to the author and found him to be incredibly friendly, professional, and knowledgeable. After using this book, I was more able to communicate with my Tamil friends and family, and even learned to read Tamil script. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about Tamil!
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  • Jessa
    5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT -- More Than a Book
    Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019
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    Sanjay is an incredible teacher! He has written this amazing book that is so well-planned and laid out that it makes learning a foreign language much simpler. He includes many tools with the purchase— access to online courses, videos, music, movie links, and more. He is accessible for questions and support by email.

    Because I was so impressed with his book and helpfulness via email, I have hired him as my teacher. He offers affordable rates and teaches at a pace that is both challenging and something I can keep up with. He has an adaptable approach to teaching; he is patient and fun! He suggests various practices to keep me learning outside the classroom, and he positively reinforces my progress to keep me motivated and confident.

    By purchasing this book, you are giving yourself more than just an ordinary book. You are opening yourself up to a world of opportunity should you choose to use all the tools Sanjay generously offers. I am sure you will be pleased! Happy learning and expanding your world!
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  • Bruce Dauphin
    4.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable resource for a committed learner.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2020
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    Seems to be a useful resource, probably perfect for the committed learner of the language. But not so sure I’m a committed enough learner—it’s a challenging resource to get your head around and probably requires the user to have a background of some sort in linguistics or language learning, which I have to some extent.
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  • DI108
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE BOOK to get for spoken tamil!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018
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    This is a breakthrough book unlike any other for Tamil. My husband and I moved to Chennai a number of years ago. Our shelves are lined with how to learn Tamil text books. We even took a course at the Tamil Institute which helped us read but there was zero practical application. Tamil is a very difficult language compared to Hindi and any Latin based language-at least for an English speaker. But this book cracks the code. It’s written in a way that a language learner would want to logically learn. No more just trying to memorize and hope it’s right without fully understanding it. Thank you, Sanjay. We really appreciate you doing this. It must have truly been a labor of love. It took a lot of work to do this since no other book has done this before. I hope you can get this into all the language schools as the main text book. It’s a necessity. Next time we are in the states, we’ll also get the print book. May you have great success!
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  • GJJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book by Sanjay
    Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
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    Sanjay's 'Spoken Tamil for Absolute Beginners' is a clear and comprehensive guide for anyone embarking on their Tamil language journey. The book's systematic approach, enriched by Sanjay's personal insights, makes the learning process both engaging and effective. Having also interacted with the author and used this book in live lessons, I can vouch for its practicality and relevance in today's world where the Tamil of reading isn't necessarily the Tamil of speaking.
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  • Ilango/Martina
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great purchase
    Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2019
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    Very well done. Easy to understand and the author is super useful in giving tips and helping throughout the learning experience. I really recommend it.
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  • Kirk Walters
    5.0 out of 5 stars I am astonished at how well this actually works!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2024
    I am a 45 year old man. I have never learned another language and I have not studied anything since I graduated highschool in '98. So, to say I had low expectations of this book let alone my own ability to learn something new is an understatement. I scoffed at his ideas in the preface saying how quickly he can teach you to read Thamizh. Honestly, I wasn't even looking to read it. I just wanted to learn to speak it because I had recently visited Thamizhnadu and fell in love with the history, the people, and the language and wanted to be able to have conversations without an interpreter the next time I visited. I tried the very few apps available that say they teach Thamizh. Don't waste your time... They are all garbage! I ran across this book and decided it would be my hail mary shot.
    Sanjay does offer several different approaches in his book but seems to insist that learning to read it is the best way. It looks EXTREMELY overwhelming when you start but I assure you Sanjay breaks it down in a way that makes it ridiculously easy! Now, that's not to say there won't be challenging times... You do have to put the work in... But I was able to master the alphabet in just 20 days and was already reading things before I technically finished it. I'm not one that learns well from books, I'm more of a hands-on kinda guy. In his book he gives you access to an incredible website that guides you at your own pace while learning how the Thamizh script works. Like I said earlier... I scoffed at his confidence on how quickly he claims you can learn this. I stand corrected! He is 100% correct.
    I haven't finished the book yet. I debated on when I should write a review but it has worked so well already that even if the rest of the book flops it was money well spent!
    There are so many options on how to approach this journey with this book I would recommend it to anyone that is interested in learning Thamizh!
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  • Vishnu Nadagouda
    5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST
    Reviewed in India on May 9, 2025
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    Best book to learn tamil.
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  • Chirinko
    3.0 out of 5 stars It's a bit difficult
    Reviewed in Australia on January 10, 2020
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    I personally do not like this book, there are reviews here that are very enthusiastic about it but I honestly found my Colloquial Tamil book much more easy to understand and much more approachable.
    The first problem with this book is that the writer INSISTS we learn the written language of Tamil (why is the book called "Spoken Tamil" then?). I know Japanese and I can't say that the writing system is dissimilar. Writing is an essential part of communication but Tamil is not like English, the number of letters and the way they are used is significantly different and more challenging. Tamil makes English look like paint by numbers. This is not necessarily the writers fault but enforcing a dogmatic rule to make the reader learn to write first is very challenging; especially for the self learner.
    It becomes even more onerous once you learn that (apparently) the written language is very different to the way Tamil is spoken, and that sometimes Tamil is written with English letters for this reason. For beginners in Japanese we allow them to write in English letters because then they become familiar with the sounds, with the way Japanese is constructed with its vowels and slowly the written language is integrated. Writing is not the most premiere form of communication and it becomes utterly arbitrary if you can just type out things in Roman letters.
    Anyway, besides that the text is written like a textbook, so it's not easy to follow unless by instruction, which may be an attempt by the author to get you to buy his lessons or tutoring; which is fine, we all need money, but the text is marketed as a self learn book, not a textbook. Which is very misleading. So I would say this text is not for Absolute Beginners because as an Absolute Beginner myself I found the text very unapproachable.
    I give three stars because I want the author to feel encouraged to develop this text into something useable as clearly there are many hours in it, and he is obviously passionate about teaching others Tamil. I just don't think this text is useful for anyone at this point, as it lacks focus and the author doesn't seem to know much about second language acquisition or adult learning.
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  • Emma
    5.0 out of 5 stars Get this book!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2019
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    Fantastic! Worth a lot more than £30, as it comes with lots of other resources thrown in for free. I bought the book without knowing this so maybe these aspects could be better advertised. There is a free lesson with Sanjay, the author, to help with pronunciation and tips on learning Tamil. He has also recorded YouTube videos to help explain the tongue movements for the consonant letters (check these out!) and help through the Memrise app which is much better than pouring over the script to learn the compound letters. He has a formula for learning the Tamil script (and therefore to read in Tamil) which takes maximum 10 hours of time if you follow it religiously. Tamil is a phonetic language so once you have the script you have the ability to learn new words without hearing them spoken by a native speaker (unlike french for example!). He also has audio recordings of the reading practice which you can download as well. This is a full package for learning Tamil - not just a book. It will get you to a level where you can make small talk with Tamil speakers. From there you can learn by practicing to speak the language. I haven’t got on to the grammar sections of the book yet but I can already say this is a wonderful book and anyone wanting to learn Tamil should get this.
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  • Lesezeichen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tamil for absolute Beginers
    Reviewed in Germany on August 14, 2024
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    Dieses Buch ist wirklich ein fantastischer Start um eine neue Sprache aus einem ganz anderen Kulturkreis zu lernen. Super didaktisch aufgebaut und für jeden Lerntyp verwendbar. Auch gibt es super Tips zu Lernplattformen. Ich bin begeistert, lerne fleißig und bin sooo froh diese Buch gefunden zu haben.
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  • North Mountain
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very good addition to your library if you are interested in ...
    Reviewed in Canada on March 8, 2018
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    This is a very good addition to your library if you are interested in spoken Tamil. It is well presented in a easy to follow progressive manner.
    It is helpful if you are familiar with the Tamil script, but it is taught here and as well transliteration is provided.
    It is certainly evident upon reading that the author is sharing his unbridled enthusiasm for the Tamil language.
    Also provided are downloadable audio files for pronunciation and for material covered in the book, as well as a key to the exercises included.
    Highly recommended.
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