மேசை விளையாட்டு
“மேசை விளையாட்டு” (mēsai viḷaiyāṭṭu) — board game in Tamil. Noun, level A1. mesai is the table word, and vilaiyaattu covers sport and play at once — Tamil does not split them; aattam is a game as a single round. In a live sentence: “மழை நாளில மேசை விளையாட்டு விளையாடுவம்” — On a rainy day we play a board game. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ம, ே, ச, ை, வ, ி, ள, ை, ய, ா, ட, ்.
In short
| Written in Tamil | மேசை விளையாட்டு |
| Read in Latin letters | mēsai viḷaiyāṭṭu |
| Translation | board game |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- மேசை விளையாட்டுmēsai viḷaiyāṭṭuboard game
Why it looks that way
mesai is the table word, and vilaiyaattu covers sport and play at once — Tamil does not split them; aattam is a game as a single round
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.
- மழை நாளில மேசை விளையாட்டு விளையாடுவம்maḻai nāḷila mēsai viḷaiyāṭṭu viḷaiyāḍuvamaOn a rainy day we play a board game
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 “board game” in Tamil?
«மேசை விளையாட்டு», read “mēsai viḷaiyāṭṭu”. In a live sentence: “மழை நாளில மேசை விளையாட்டு விளையாடுவம்” — On a rainy day we play a board game. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ம, ே, ச, ை, வ, ி, ள, ை, ய, ா, ட, ்.
How is “மேசை விளையாட்டு” written in Latin letters?
mēsai viḷaiyāṭṭu. 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?
mesai is the table word, and vilaiyaattu covers sport and play at once — Tamil does not split them; aattam is a game as a single round. 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.