ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம்
“ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம்” (reṇḍu nāḷaikku appuṟam) — in two days in Tamil. Phrase, level A2. ren-du naa-laik-ku ap-pu-ram; the nd as in 'and', the r rolled. In a live sentence: “ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம் வாறன்” — I will come in two days. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ர, ெ, ண, ், ட, ு, ந, ா, ள, ை, க, ். A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம் |
| Read in Latin letters | reṇḍu nāḷaikku appuṟam |
| Translation | in two days |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம்reṇḍu nāḷaikku appuṟamin two days
How to pronounce it
ren-du naa-laik-ku ap-pu-ram; the nd as in 'and', the r rolled
Why it looks that way
appuram 'after' follows a dative term: 'after one hour' and the like
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.
- ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம் வாறன்reṇḍu nāḷaikku appuṟam vāṟaṉI will come in two days
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 “in two days” in Tamil?
«ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம்», read “reṇḍu nāḷaikku appuṟam”. ren-du naa-laik-ku ap-pu-ram; the nd as in 'and', the r rolled. In a live sentence: “ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம் வாறன்” — I will come in two days. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ர, ெ, ண, ், ட, ு, ந, ா, ள, ை, க, ்.
How is “ரெண்டு நாளைக்கு அப்புறம்” written in Latin letters?
reṇḍu nāḷaikku appuṟam. 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?
appuram 'after' follows a dative term: 'after one hour' and the like. 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.