பின்பக்கம்
“பின்பக்கம்” (piṉpakkam) — at the back in Tamil. Adverb, level A1. You know 'behind', and that one waits for WHAT it is behind. This one stands alone and means the back side — of a house, a car, a queue. In a live sentence: “வீட்டின்ர பின்பக்கம் ஒரு கொட்டில்” — At the back of the house there is a shed. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ப, ி, ன, ், ப, க, ், க, ம, ்.
In short
| Written in Tamil | பின்பக்கம் |
| Read in Latin letters | piṉpakkam |
| Translation | at the back |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A1 |
- பின்பக்கம்piṉpakkamat the back
Why it looks that way
You know 'behind', and that one waits for WHAT it is behind. This one stands alone and means the back side — of a house, a car, a queue
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.
- வீட்டின்ர பின்பக்கம் ஒரு கொட்டில்vīṭṭiṉra piṉpakkam oru koṭṭilAt the back of the house there is a shed
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 “at the back” in Tamil?
«பின்பக்கம்», read “piṉpakkam”. In a live sentence: “வீட்டின்ர பின்பக்கம் ஒரு கொட்டில்” — At the back of the house there is a shed. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level A1; written with the characters ப, ி, ன, ், ப, க, ், க, ம, ்.
How is “பின்பக்கம்” written in Latin letters?
piṉpakkam. 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?
You know 'behind', and that one waits for WHAT it is behind. This one stands alone and means the back side — of a house, a car, a queue. 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.