பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம்
“பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம்” (billai paṅgu pōḍuṟam) — split the bill in Tamil. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'we throw shares into the bill'. The -ram ending is the spoken 'we' in place of the bookish one. In a live sentence: “இண்டைக்கு பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம்” — Today we split the bill. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ப, ி, ல, ், ல, ை, ப, ங, ், க, ு, ப. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம் |
| Read in Latin letters | billai paṅgu pōḍuṟam |
| Translation | split the bill |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம்billai paṅgu pōḍuṟamsplit the bill
Why it looks that way
Literally 'we throw shares into the bill'. The -ram ending is the spoken 'we' in place of the bookish one
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.
- இண்டைக்கு பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம்iṇḍaikku billai paṅgu pōḍuṟamToday we split the bill
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 “split the bill” in Tamil?
«பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம்», read “billai paṅgu pōḍuṟam”. In a live sentence: “இண்டைக்கு பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம்” — Today we split the bill. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ப, ி, ல, ், ல, ை, ப, ங, ், க, ு, ப.
How is “பில்லை பங்கு போடுறம்” written in Latin letters?
billai paṅgu pōḍuṟam. 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?
Literally 'we throw shares into the bill'. The -ram ending is the spoken 'we' in place of the bookish one. 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.