காசால கட்டுறது
“காசால கட்டுறது” (kāsāla kaṭṭuṟadu) — cash payment in Tamil. Noun, level A2. The same pattern as the familiar 'paying by card': the ending -aala means 'by means of'. In a live sentence: “இஞ்ச காசால கட்டுறது மட்டும்” — Here it is cash payment only. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters க, ா, ச, ா, ல, க, ட, ், ட, ு, ற, த. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | காசால கட்டுறது |
| Read in Latin letters | kāsāla kaṭṭuṟadu |
| Translation | cash payment |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- காசால கட்டுறதுkāsāla kaṭṭuṟaducash payment
Why it looks that way
The same pattern as the familiar 'paying by card': the ending -aala means 'by means of'
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.
- இஞ்ச காசால கட்டுறது மட்டும்iñca kāsāla kaṭṭuṟadu maṭṭumHere it is cash payment only
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 “cash payment” in Tamil?
«காசால கட்டுறது», read “kāsāla kaṭṭuṟadu”. In a live sentence: “இஞ்ச காசால கட்டுறது மட்டும்” — Here it is cash payment only. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters க, ா, ச, ா, ல, க, ட, ், ட, ு, ற, த.
How is “காசால கட்டுறது” written in Latin letters?
kāsāla kaṭṭuṟadu. 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 same pattern as the familiar 'paying by card': the ending -aala means 'by means of'. 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.