போன்ல கதைப்பம்
“போன்ல கதைப்பம்” (pōṉla kadaippam) — we will be in touch in Tamil. Phrase, level B1. The -am at the end is 'let us': 'let us go', 'let us see'. The form is island-made and very frequent. In a live sentence: “சரி, நாளைக்கு போன்ல கதைப்பம்” — All right, we will be in touch tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ப, ோ, ன, ், ல, க, த, ை, ப, ், ப, ம.
In short
| Written in Tamil | போன்ல கதைப்பம் |
| Read in Latin letters | pōṉla kadaippam |
| Translation | we will be in touch |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- போன்ல கதைப்பம்pōṉla kadaippamwe will be in touch
Why it looks that way
The -am at the end is 'let us': 'let us go', 'let us see'. The form is island-made and very frequent
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.
- சரி, நாளைக்கு போன்ல கதைப்பம்sari, nāḷaikku pōṉla kadaippamAll right, we will be in touch tomorrow
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 “we will be in touch” in Tamil?
«போன்ல கதைப்பம்», read “pōṉla kadaippam”. In a live sentence: “சரி, நாளைக்கு போன்ல கதைப்பம்” — All right, we will be in touch tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ப, ோ, ன, ், ல, க, த, ை, ப, ், ப, ம.
How is “போன்ல கதைப்பம்” written in Latin letters?
pōṉla kadaippam. 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 -am at the end is 'let us': 'let us go', 'let us see'. The form is island-made and very frequent. 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.