Lingoflyதள்ளிப் போறன்
- தள்ளிப் போறன்taḷḷip pōṟaṉmove away
“தள்ளிப் போறன்” (taḷḷip pōṟaṉ) — move away in Tamil. Verb, level B1. Literally 'having pushed off, I go': to go farther and stay there. 'Step aside' is nearer and shorter. In a live sentence: “படகு கரையில இருந்து தள்ளிப் போச்சுது” (paḍagu karaiyila irundu taḷḷip pōccudu) — The boat moved away from the shore. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters த, ள, ், ள, ி, ப, ், ப, ோ, ற, ன, ். A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | தள்ளிப் போறன் (taḷḷip pōṟaṉ) |
| Read in Latin letters | taḷḷip pōṟaṉ |
| Translation | move away |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'having pushed off, I go': to go farther and stay there. 'Step aside' is nearer and shorter
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 “move away” in Tamil?
«தள்ளிப் போறன்» (taḷḷip pōṟaṉ), read “taḷḷip pōṟaṉ”. In a live sentence: “படகு கரையில இருந்து தள்ளிப் போச்சுது” (paḍagu karaiyila irundu taḷḷip pōccudu) — The boat moved away from the shore. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters த, ள, ், ள, ி, ப, ், ப, ோ, ற, ன, ்.
How is “தள்ளிப் போறன்” (taḷḷip pōṟaṉ) written in Latin letters?
taḷḷip pōṟaṉ. 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 'having pushed off, I go': to go farther and stay there. 'Step aside' is nearer and shorter. 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.