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- அங்க இருந்துaṅga irundufrom there
“அங்க இருந்து” (aṅga irundu) — from there in Tamil. Adverb, level A1. No separate word: the place plus 'starting from' — the same tail as in 'from afar' and 'from inside'. In a live sentence: “அவர் அங்க இருந்து வாறார்” (avar aṅga irundu vāṟār) — He is coming from there. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters அ, ங, ், க, இ, ர, ு, ந, ், த, ு. A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | அங்க இருந்து (aṅga irundu) |
| Read in Latin letters | aṅga irundu |
| Translation | from there |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
No separate word: the place plus 'starting from' — the same tail as in 'from afar' and 'from inside'
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 “from there” in Tamil?
«அங்க இருந்து» (aṅga irundu), read “aṅga irundu”. In a live sentence: “அவர் அங்க இருந்து வாறார்” (avar aṅga irundu vāṟār) — He is coming from there. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level A1; written with the characters அ, ங, ், க, இ, ர, ு, ந, ், த, ு.
How is “அங்க இருந்து” (aṅga irundu) written in Latin letters?
aṅga irundu. 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?
No separate word: the place plus 'starting from' — the same tail as in 'from afar' and 'from inside'. 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.