சொந்தக்காரர்
“சொந்தக்காரர்” (sondakkārar) — extended family in Tamil. Noun, level A1. sondham is 'one's own, of one's blood'. The relative word names one person; this one means the whole crowd of kin. In a live sentence: “கல்யாணத்துக்கு சொந்தக்காரர் எல்லாரும் வந்தாங்க” — The whole extended family came to the wedding. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ச, ொ, ந, ், த, க, ், க, ா, ர, ர, ். A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | சொந்தக்காரர் |
| Read in Latin letters | sondakkārar |
| Translation | extended family |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- சொந்தக்காரர்sondakkārarextended family
Why it looks that way
sondham is 'one's own, of one's blood'. The relative word names one person; this one means the whole crowd of kin
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.
- கல்யாணத்துக்கு சொந்தக்காரர் எல்லாரும் வந்தாங்கkalyāṇattukku sondakkārar ellārum vandāṅgaThe whole extended family came to the wedding
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 “extended family” in Tamil?
«சொந்தக்காரர்», read “sondakkārar”. In a live sentence: “கல்யாணத்துக்கு சொந்தக்காரர் எல்லாரும் வந்தாங்க” — The whole extended family came to the wedding. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ச, ொ, ந, ், த, க, ், க, ா, ர, ர, ்.
How is “சொந்தக்காரர்” written in Latin letters?
sondakkārar. 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?
sondham is 'one's own, of one's blood'. The relative word names one person; this one means the whole crowd of kin. 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.