It-“adhu”, but-“aana” what-“enna”??! 

A Tamil teacher in a city (Chennai/Madras) school, has very little trouble maintaining discipline in class.
Chennai la oru tamizh teacher kku class-la discipline maintain panradhu konjam kooda kashtame illa.
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“All I have to do is insist that they speak in Tamil without using any English words,” she says.
“Naan idha matter sonna podhum: english words-e use paNNaama tamizh-la pesunga!”, apdeennu solraanga.
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“And they all fall silent because so few children today can speak Tamil without English.”
 
“Appram ella pasangaLum silent-aa aayiduvaanga, enaa sila pasanguåukku diaan english add-paNNaama tamizh pesa theriyum.
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Eavesdropping on Gen Next’s conversation will throw up phrases like, ‘Yena sight-addichifying aa? (What, are you eyeing that girl?) ’ or ‘Ennai da aachu? Indha mokka matter-ku yedhuku ipdi react pannarai? (Dude, what happened? Why do you react this way to such a non-existent issue?)’
Pudhu generation oda conversation lama nallaa gavanichaa, indha maadhiri phrases dhaan kedaikkum: Yena sight-addichifying pannarai?’ or ‘Ennai matter? Indha mokka matter-ku yedhuku react pannarai?’
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Then there are phrases where the same word in Tamil and English are used together, like ‘Catch pidi’, ‘Andha gate kadavu open pannariya?’ or the more common ‘But, aanaa, I think…’
Adhoda.. Tamizh-um English-um serndhu use paNNlaam: ‘Catch pidi’, ‘Andha gate kadavu open pannariya?’ illana common-aa use panradhu: ‘But, aanaa, I think…’
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Even adults would be dumb-struck if you ask them if they know the Tamil word for pen, pencil, table or chair!
Neenga “pen”, pencil”, “table”, “chair” kku lama tamizh words-a ketteenga na, adults-kke oNNume puriyaadhu semmaiyaa muzhipaanga!
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And it would sound rather odd if you called out in class or the office, “Andha naarkaali konduvaa (Bring that chair)!”
“Andha naarkaali konduvaa” apdinnu class-la villa office-la keTTaa..romba odd-a irukkum!
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‘Madras bashai’ is connected to the changing demographics of the city.
City oda demographics marinade irukkardhunaala, Madras Bhaashai ipdi irukku.
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Chennai has become cosmopolitan and the average classroom is a blend of Telugus, Gujaratis, Tamilians and Kannadigas among others.
Chennai romba cosmopolitan-aa aayaachu, and so hippo name average classroom la nariya different people lama irukkaanga.. Gujaratis, Tamilians, Kannadigas, andha maadiri.
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Even teachers have to use English to get their point across,” she says.
“Teachers kooda English use paNnithaan avenge point-a ozhungaa solla mudiyum” apdinnu solraanga.
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“For example, if I use the Tamil word for bus, ‘perundu’, the child would look blank.
For example, hippo naan bus kku tamizh la ‘perundu’ nnu sonnenaa, kozhandai oNNume puriyaama paakkum.
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So I am forced to say, ‘nee bus-la vaa’ instead of ‘nee perundu-la vaa’.
So, ‘nee perundu-la vaa’ nnu solrathukku badula, ‘nee bus-la vaa’ apdinnu yennaye force panniNdu solven.
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