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- ஒவ்வொரு வருஷமும்ovvoru varuṣamumevery year
“ஒவ்வொரு வருஷமும்” (ovvoru varuṣamum) — every year in Tamil. Phrase, level A2. Ovvoru 'every' demands the tail -um: every day, every week, every year. In a live sentence: “ஒவ்வொரு வருஷமும் நாங்கள் யாழ்ப்பாணம் போறம்” (ovvoru varuṣamum nāṅgaḷ yāḻppāṇam pōṟam) — Every year we go to Jaffna. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ஒ, வ, ், வ, ொ, ர, ு, வ, ர, ு, ஷ, ம… A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | ஒவ்வொரு வருஷமும் (ovvoru varuṣamum) |
| Read in Latin letters | ovvoru varuṣamum |
| Translation | every year |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
ovvoru 'every' demands the tail -um: every day, every week, every year
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.
- ஒவ்வொரு வருஷமும் நாங்கள் யாழ்ப்பாணம் போறம்ovvoru varuṣamum nāṅgaḷ yāḻppāṇam pōṟamEvery year we go to Jaffna
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 “every year” in Tamil?
«ஒவ்வொரு வருஷமும்» (ovvoru varuṣamum), read “ovvoru varuṣamum”. In a live sentence: “ஒவ்வொரு வருஷமும் நாங்கள் யாழ்ப்பாணம் போறம்” (ovvoru varuṣamum nāṅgaḷ yāḻppāṇam pōṟam) — Every year we go to Jaffna. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ஒ, வ, ், வ, ொ, ர, ு, வ, ர, ு, ஷ, ம…
How is “ஒவ்வொரு வருஷமும்” (ovvoru varuṣamum) written in Latin letters?
ovvoru varuṣamum. 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?
Ovvoru 'every' demands the tail -um: every day, every week, every year. 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.