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- சரக்குப் பெட்டிsarakkup peṭṭipacking crate
“சரக்குப் பெட்டி” (sarakkup peṭṭi) — packing crate in Tamil. Noun, level B1. Literally 'a goods box'. No single word for packing is used on the island: box, sack and barrel each keep their name. In a live sentence: “காலி சரக்குப் பெட்டியை திரும்ப அனுப்புங்கோ” (kāli sarakkup peṭṭiyai tirumba aṉuppuṅgō) — Send the empty crates back. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ச, ர, க, ், க, ு, ப, ், ப, ெ, ட, ்… A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | சரக்குப் பெட்டி (sarakkup peṭṭi) |
| Read in Latin letters | sarakkup peṭṭi |
| Translation | packing crate |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'a goods box'. No single word for packing is used on the island: box, sack and barrel each keep their name
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 “packing crate” in Tamil?
«சரக்குப் பெட்டி» (sarakkup peṭṭi), read “sarakkup peṭṭi”. In a live sentence: “காலி சரக்குப் பெட்டியை திரும்ப அனுப்புங்கோ” (kāli sarakkup peṭṭiyai tirumba aṉuppuṅgō) — Send the empty crates back. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ச, ர, க, ், க, ு, ப, ், ப, ெ, ட, ்…
How is “சரக்குப் பெட்டி” (sarakkup peṭṭi) written in Latin letters?
sarakkup peṭṭi. 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?
Literally 'a goods box'. No single word for packing is used on the island: box, sack and barrel each keep their name. 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.