Lingoflyஎனக்கு சரியா கேக்கேல்லை
- எனக்கு சரியா கேக்கேல்லைeṉakku sariyā kēkkēllaiI did not hear properly
“எனக்கு சரியா கேக்கேல்லை” (eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai) — I did not hear properly in Tamil. Phrase, level B1. Impersonal again: 'to me it did not come through properly'. The person stands in the 'to whom' form and there is no one to blame. In a live sentence: “சத்தம் அதிகம், எனக்கு சரியா கேக்கேல்லை” (sattam adigam, eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai) — It is noisy, I did not hear properly. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters எ, ன, க, ், க, ு, ச, ர, ி, ய, ா, க…
In short
| Written in Tamil | எனக்கு சரியா கேக்கேல்லை (eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai) |
| Read in Latin letters | eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai |
| Translation | I did not hear properly |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Impersonal again: 'to me it did not come through properly'. The person stands in the 'to whom' form and there is no one to blame
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.
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 “I did not hear properly” in Tamil?
«எனக்கு சரியா கேக்கேல்லை» (eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai), read “eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai”. In a live sentence: “சத்தம் அதிகம், எனக்கு சரியா கேக்கேல்லை” (sattam adigam, eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai) — It is noisy, I did not hear properly. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters எ, ன, க, ், க, ு, ச, ர, ி, ய, ா, க…
How is “எனக்கு சரியா கேக்கேல்லை” (eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai) written in Latin letters?
eṉakku sariyā kēkkēllai. 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?
Impersonal again: 'to me it did not come through properly'. The person stands in the 'to whom' form and there is no one to blame. 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 this 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.