பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சு
“பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சு” (bēṭṭari tīrndiḍuccu) — the battery is dead in Tamil. Phrase, level A2. bet-ta-ri tirn-di-duch-chu; the tt is a long tt with the tongue at the palate. In a live sentence: “என் பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சு” — My battery has gone dead. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ப, ே, ட, ், ட, ர, ி, த, ீ, ர, ், ந. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சு |
| Read in Latin letters | bēṭṭari tīrndiḍuccu |
| Translation | the battery is dead |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சுbēṭṭari tīrndiḍuccuthe battery is dead
How to pronounce it
bet-ta-ri tirn-di-duch-chu; the tt is a long tt with the tongue at the palate
Why it looks that way
The verb means 'to run out'. Literally 'the battery has run out' — Tamil speaks about the battery, not the phone
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- என் பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சுeṉ bēṭṭari tīrndiḍuccuMy battery has gone dead
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “the battery is dead” in Tamil?
«பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சு», read “bēṭṭari tīrndiḍuccu”. bet-ta-ri tirn-di-duch-chu; the tt is a long tt with the tongue at the palate. In a live sentence: “என் பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சு” — My battery has gone dead. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ப, ே, ட, ், ட, ர, ி, த, ீ, ர, ், ந.
How is “பேட்டரி தீர்ந்திடுச்சு” written in Latin letters?
bēṭṭari tīrndiḍuccu. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The verb means 'to run out'. Literally 'the battery has run out' — Tamil speaks about the battery, not the phone. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.