செருப்புத் திருத்தம்
“செருப்புத் திருத்தம்” (serupput tiruttam) — shoe repair in Tamil. Noun, level B1. Seruppu, 'footwear', plus thiruththam, 'a mending'. The sign by the cobbler reads exactly so. In a live sentence: “சந்தை பக்கத்தில செருப்புத் திருத்தம் இருக்கு” — There is a shoe repair shop near the market. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ச, ெ, ர, ு, ப, ், ப, ு, த, ், த, ி. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | செருப்புத் திருத்தம் |
| Read in Latin letters | serupput tiruttam |
| Translation | shoe repair |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- செருப்புத் திருத்தம்serupput tiruttamshoe repair
Why it looks that way
Seruppu, 'footwear', plus thiruththam, 'a mending'. The sign by the cobbler reads exactly so
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.
- சந்தை பக்கத்தில செருப்புத் திருத்தம் இருக்குsandai pakkattila serupput tiruttam irukkuThere is a shoe repair shop near the market
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 “shoe repair” in Tamil?
«செருப்புத் திருத்தம்», read “serupput tiruttam”. In a live sentence: “சந்தை பக்கத்தில செருப்புத் திருத்தம் இருக்கு” — There is a shoe repair shop near the market. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ச, ெ, ர, ு, ப, ், ப, ு, த, ், த, ி.
How is “செருப்புத் திருத்தம்” written in Latin letters?
serupput tiruttam. 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?
Seruppu, 'footwear', plus thiruththam, 'a mending'. The sign by the cobbler reads exactly so. 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.