Fwd: Test of Tamil as a Foreign Language

[sriram santhanam]

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Date: Jun 20, 2006 1:11 PM
Subject: Test of Tamil as a Foreign Language
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TOTFL
Are you ready to take the TOTFL (Test of Tamil as a Foreign Language)

Joot.......



Questions:*


1) What do you do with a Gujili?
i) Gujaals
ii) Gilma
iii) Gilpans
iv) Galij

2) What is a Jujubi ?*
i) Something sweet
ii) An easy one
iii) A tough one
iv) An Alwaa

3) What is Alwaa?*
i) Something you find in Tirunelveli
ii) What a girlfriend gives when she marries someone else
iii) A laddu
iv) Jujubi

4) What is the respectful way to address a friend?
i) Machi
ii) Sir
iii) By name
iv) Aiya

5) Who is a 'Frooti' ?
i) A studious person
ii) A sportsman
iii) The professor
iv) A soft drink

6) When someone says 'nambitten', what do they mean? *
i) I don't believe you!
ii) Sure, I believe you
iii) Are you nuts??
iv) I have to catch a bus

7) Who or what is Peter? *
i) A tourist
ii) Someone who talks only in English
iii) Peter Jones
iv) Your teacher

8) For which of the following events will you say 'Gumbaloda Govinda'?*
i) When you go to Tirupati as a group
ii) When the entire gang has been caught watching 'matter'-padam
iii) When you do group studies
iv) Meeting a Hindi actor

9) What is a 'rupture'? *
i) Kadi
ii) Draabai
iii) Trouble
iv) Danger

10) When Someone refering to a woman as 'Seriyana Kattai' ? *
i) she is genius
ii) she is lean
iii) she had looted all guys eyes...
iv) she wears wooden chappals.

Check out the answers ...


Correct Answers:
1 - a
2 - b
3 - b
4 - a
5 - a
6 - a
7 - b
8 - b
9 - c
10 - c


If you have scored more than 7 marks ,
Kalakitta maamooyeh...


Refer the following Dictionary Of Madras Tamilu to pass in this TOTFL
Exam...



Allwa - To cheat
Aatha - Mother
Abase - Loot adiththal
Alppam - A silly/cheap dude
Anna - The elder brother
Anni - Anna's figure
Appeettu - Unsuccessful
Asaththal - Kalakkal
Bajari - A not-so-friendly figure
Bandha - Pillim
Bekku - Fool
Body - Muscular Machi
Chithee - Aunty Figure
Dapsa/Doop - Lie
Desi Gujili - An Indian figure in US
Dhil - Courage
Dhool - Super
Dham - To smoke
Daavu - Site seeing
Dickielona - A friendly game played in Delhi (courtesy Movie:
Gentleman)
Damaram - Deaf
Dori - Squint-eyed Figure item -
Young/Attractive Lady/Women/Girl
Freeyaavidu - Forget it
Gaali - Appeettu
Gujili - Figure
Guru - Head of the gang
Gujaals - Having fun with Gujilis
Gaanapaattu - Rap song sung by Machis
Galeej - Dirty
Gilli, Goli - Traditional games played in Madras Goltti - A dude from
Andhra Jakku - An exclamation on seeing a not-so-Takkar figure (see Jil
below)
Jollu - Bird watching
Jilpaans - Gujaals
Jute - Escape when caught up by girlfriend's father.
Jujubi - Easy
Jil - An exclamation on seeing a Takkar figure
Jalsa - Same as Gujaals
Kaattaan - Uncivilized/ Rude Machi
Kenai - Idiot
Kikku / Mabbu -Intoxicated/under influence
Kalakkalls - To cause a flutter
Kanai pakri- Friend of ushar pakri
Kindal - To make Fun
Kaka adikarathu - Putting soaps to someone
K M L - Kedacha Mattum Labam
Kutti - Figure
Kudumba figure - Homeloving Gujli
Kudumba paatu - A song with which machis identify themselves
Kulls - A short machi
Laddu - Allva
Loot adiththal -to steal
Maams - One cool dude
Maanga - Fool
Machi - Maams
Mandai - A sharp guy
Mary - feminine of Peter
Mavu - refer O B.
Nachunu - Bull's eye
Nambitten - I don't believe you
Naattu Kattai - A well-built village figure
Naattan - Villager
Naamam - To cheat
Naina - Father (courtesy Telugu)
Kadalai - Machi talking to a Gujili or vice versa
OB - To waste time
Ottal - To make fun of some one
Ondrai anna - Worthless


OTMP – Dash thunnutu mangalam Padarathu (Silaperukku OB - B stands for
Bajanai)
Pattaani - Machi talking to Machi or Gujli talking to Gujli
Peter Party - Machi trying to show off by talking in
hi-fi english
Pathni - A figure who goes around the block
Pakkri - A
shrewd dude
Petta - Area
Pisaaththu - Cheap
Pillim - Show-off
Peela - To lie
Rambo - A manly figure
Sister - Often used by Machis while Approching Figures for the first time
Songi - Lazy
Saanthu pottu -Possibility of getting beaten by a stick (courtesy
Movie:Thevar Magan)
Takkar figure - Semma figure
Thanni - Liquor
Thalaivar - Leader
Tin katrathu - Getting into trouble (courtesy Movie:
Anjali)
Ushar pakri - Smart pakri
Vennai - Fruit
Weightaana figure - A very attractive/rich figure
Wrong kaatrathu -Acting indifferently


Regds
jagan







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