விடுதிக் கணக்கு
“விடுதிக் கணக்கு” (viḍudik kaṇakku) — hotel bill in Tamil. Noun, level A1. The account word is the reckoning; the bank one the course knows as the account. The paper at the exit is called with the English 'bill'. In a live sentence: “விடுதிக் கணக்கை காலையில கட்டுறேன்” — I will pay the hotel bill in the morning. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters வ, ி, ட, ு, த, ி, க, ், க, ண, க, ்.
In short
| Written in Tamil | விடுதிக் கணக்கு |
| Read in Latin letters | viḍudik kaṇakku |
| Translation | hotel bill |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- விடுதிக் கணக்குviḍudik kaṇakkuhotel bill
Why it looks that way
The account word is the reckoning; the bank one the course knows as the account. The paper at the exit is called with the English 'bill'
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.
- விடுதிக் கணக்கை காலையில கட்டுறேன்viḍudik kaṇakku kālaiyila kaṭṭuṟēṉI will pay the hotel bill in the morning
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 “hotel bill” in Tamil?
«விடுதிக் கணக்கு», read “viḍudik kaṇakku”. In a live sentence: “விடுதிக் கணக்கை காலையில கட்டுறேன்” — I will pay the hotel bill in the morning. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters வ, ி, ட, ு, த, ி, க, ், க, ண, க, ்.
How is “விடுதிக் கணக்கு” written in Latin letters?
viḍudik kaṇakku. 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 account word is the reckoning; the bank one the course knows as the account. The paper at the exit is called with the English 'bill'. 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.