9. Planning about doing something

 

9.  Conversation : என்ன வியாபாரம்?

 

Goal: Planning about doing something

 

 

Write the conversation below in Tamil  

 

 

Tom:     You are going back to India after you finished [your] study (studying), aren’t 

              you?

Mohan:  Yes.

Tom:   What are you going to do there?

Mohan:  I haven’t decided yet.

Tom:   Shall we do business together?

Mohan:  What kind of business?

Tom:   Selling in India things that are not available there.

Mohan:  What kind of things?

Tom:   You must tell that.

Tom:      I will think [about it] and tell you tomorrow.

 

Help: The words in square brackets [ ] are need not be present in Tamil; words in parentheses ( ) are close in form to their Tamil equivalents; underlined words are emphasized, which in English is done by contrastive stress.

 

back ‘திரும்பி”; finish;  ‘முடி (முடிய, முடிஞ்சு); decide ‘முடிவு செய் (செய்ய, செஞ்சு)’;

business ‘வியாபாரம்’; sell ‘வில்லு (விக்க, வித்து)’; think ‘யோசி (யோசிக்க, யோசிச்சு)’

 

Write a face to face conversation in spoken Tamil with a friend, who is interested in visiting Tamil Nadu, telling him / her what you know about the place and giving whatever advice you want to him / her.

 

Rewrite the conversation A in Tamil in the formal style.