See: Transliteration Rule

Greeting:



vaNakkam [Hello]

() 

(kAlai) vaNakkam [Good Morning]

() 

(matiya) vaNakkam [Good Afternoon]

 

~nalliravAka amaiyaTTum [Good Night]

 

cenRu varukiREn [Good Bye]



~nanRi [Thanks]

  

~nI eppaDi irukkiRAy [How are you]

  . 

~nAn ~nallapaDiyAka irukkiREn. ~nanRi [I am fine thank you]



manniyu~gkaL [Sorry]

Weather:

 

kuLircciyAka uLLatu [It is cold]

  

veLiyE kuLirAka uLLatu [It is cool outside]

  

atu cUDAka uLLatu [It is hot]

  

mazhai peytu koNTirukkiRatu [It is raining]

General:

  ?

un peyar enna? [What is your name?]

  

ennuDaiya peyar murukan [My name is Murugan]

  ?

~nI e~gkE irukkiRAy? [Where do you live?]

   

~nAn pemkaLUru arukE irukkiREn [I live near Bengaluru]

  ?

un vayatu enna? [How old are you?]

  

a~nta kaTTiTam uyaramAnatu [That building is tall]

  

avaL azhakAka irukkiRAL [She is beautiful]

   

enakku va~gkALa inippukaL piDikkum [I like Bengali sweets]

  

~nAn paRavaikaLai ~nEcikkiREn [I love birds]

   ?

ireyil ~nilaiyam e~gkE uLLatu? [Where is the Railway Station?]

     ?

pEru~ntu ~nilaiyam i~gkiru~ntu evvaLavu tolaivil uLLatu? [How far is the Bus Terminal from here?]

     ?

vimAna ~nilaiyattai aDaiya evvaLavu ~nEram Akum? [How long will it take to reach the Airport?]

   ?

tiruvALar raku~nAt a~gke irukkiRAra? [Is Mr. Raghunath there?]

       

avar va~ntavuDan ennai tirumpa azhaikkumARu tayavu ceytu collavum [Please tell him to call back as soon as he is free]

   ?

atan vilai enna ? [How much will it cost?]



manniyu~gkaL [Excuse me]

     ?

e~nta ~naDai mEDaiyil caNTikar reyil ~niRkum? [From which Platform can I get the train for Chandigarh?]

   ?

i~nta reyil alikaril ~niRkumA? [Does this train stop at Aligarh?]

  ?

unakku ettanai kuzha~ntaikaL? [How many kids do you have?]

   

i~nta paricu poruL arumaiyAnatu [This gift is wonderful]

   

atu uNmaiyil azhakAka uLLatu [It is really pretty]

  

uNavu ~nanRAka uLLatu [Food is delicious]



vAzhttukkaL [Congratulations]

   

~nI pArkka azhakAka irukkiRAy [You look lovely]

  

iniya puttANTu vAzhtukaL [Wish you happy new year]

     

ellA vakaiyilum ~nI makizhcciyayirukka en vAzhtukaL [I wish you all the happiness]

 

tirumaNa vAzhttukkaL [Congratulations on your marriage]

  ;    

tirumaNattiRku mun vizhippayiru; atan piRaku kaNDum kANamaliru [Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half-shut afterwards]

More Examples:

kShEmam - 

SrI - 

muppH - 

HkAn - 

rAmaH - 

See: Transliteration Rule

Examples courtesy: VishwaBharat@tdil