பொருள் வந்ததும் காசு
“பொருள் வந்ததும் காசு” (poruḷ vandadum kāsu) — cash on delivery in Tamil. Noun, level B1. Literally 'when the goods come, then the money'. Websites print the English letters; in speech people explain it exactly like this. In a live sentence: “பொருள் வந்ததும் காசு எனக்கு நல்லது” — Cash on delivery suits me better. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ப, ொ, ர, ு, ள, ், வ, ந, ், த, த, ு. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | பொருள் வந்ததும் காசு |
| Read in Latin letters | poruḷ vandadum kāsu |
| Translation | cash on delivery |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- பொருள் வந்ததும் காசுporuḷ vandadum kāsucash on delivery
Why it looks that way
Literally 'when the goods come, then the money'. Websites print the English letters; in speech people explain it exactly like this
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.
- பொருள் வந்ததும் காசு எனக்கு நல்லதுporuḷ vandadum kāsu eṉakku nalladuCash on delivery suits me better
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 on delivery” in Tamil?
«பொருள் வந்ததும் காசு», read “poruḷ vandadum kāsu”. In a live sentence: “பொருள் வந்ததும் காசு எனக்கு நல்லது” — Cash on delivery suits me better. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ப, ொ, ர, ு, ள, ், வ, ந, ், த, த, ு.
How is “பொருள் வந்ததும் காசு” written in Latin letters?
poruḷ vandadum kāsu. 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 'when the goods come, then the money'. Websites print the English letters; in speech people explain it exactly like this. 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.