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English to Tamil translation in written or spoken Tamil, with the right நீ or நீங்கள்

Paste your English, then decide which Tamil you want back. Formal gives written Tamil and addresses the reader as நீங்கள், the form for customers, teachers, officials and elders. Informal uses நீ, the way you text a friend or a younger cousin, and in our test it also switched to spoken Tamil verb forms such as வர்றியா instead of the written வருகிறாயா. For a Tamil reader that second switch matters as much as the pronoun, because a chat message in textbook Tamil sounds like a circular from the district office.

Below are two English to Tamil translations this page produced on 30 September 2026: an electricity bill reminder and a message to a friend about coming home for Pongal. Both are printed exactly as they came back, followed by what a reader in Tamil Nadu or Sri Lanka would notice. After them come the parts of Tamil that English does not warn you about: the gap between written and spoken Tamil, the doubled consonants that teachers mark, the Grantha letters in borrowed words, and where a Jaffna reader and a Chennai reader part ways.

Should an English to Tamil translation use நீ or நீங்கள்?

Use நீங்கள் for anyone you would not speak to casually: customers, teachers, officials, elders and people you have just met. It is also the plural. Use நீ only for close friends, younger family members and children. The verb changes with it, so வா (come) becomes வாருங்கள், and in speech வாங்க. Choose Formal or Informal before you translate rather than editing afterwards.

Real English to Tamil translations from this page

Each one was run through the translator above and printed exactly as it came back, with a note on what to look for.

An electricity bill reminder to a customer

English49 words

Dear customer, your electricity bill for September is ₹1,240 and must be paid by 15 October. You can pay online, through the mobile app or at the nearest office. If you have already paid, please ignore this message. For questions, call our helpline between 9 am and 6 pm.

Tamil · Formal45 words

அன்பார்ந்த வாடிக்கையாளரே, செப்டம்பர் மாதத்திற்கான உங்கள் மின்சாரக் கட்டணம் ₹1,240 ஆகும்; இதை அக்டோபர் 15ஆம் தேதிக்குள் செலுத்த வேண்டும். நீங்கள் இணையதளம் வழியாகவோ, மொபைல் செயலி மூலமாகவோ அல்லது அருகிலுள்ள அலுவலகத்திலோ செலுத்தலாம். நீங்கள் ஏற்கனவே செலுத்தியிருந்தால், இந்தச் செய்தியைப் புறக்கணிக்கவும். கேள்விகள் இருப்பின், காலை 9 மணி முதல் மாலை 6 மணி வரை எங்கள் உதவி எண்ணை அழைக்கவும்.

Translated by this tool on 30 September 2026 and printed unedited.

This is correct written Tamil for a bill reminder. The customer is நீங்கள் throughout, the requests end in the polite -வும் form (புறக்கணிக்கவும், அழைக்கவும்), and "For questions" became the formal conditional கேள்விகள் இருப்பின். A reader in Chennai or Jaffna would take it as an official message.
The spelling keeps the doubling rule: மின்சாரக் கட்டணம் and இந்தச் செய்தியைப் carry the extra க், ச் and ப் that a Tamil teacher checks first. Many Tamil Nadu bills use the shorter மின் கட்டணம்; both are correct.
Dates and times follow Tamil order. அக்டோபர் 15ஆம் தேதிக்குள் puts the ordinal ஆம் and the word தேதி after the number and ends with -க்குள், meaning "by". 9 am and 6 pm became காலை 9 மணி and மாலை 6 மணி, morning and evening, with no am or pm.
"Online" became இணையதளம் வழியாகவோ, via the website, and "mobile app" became மொபைல் செயலி, the English loan மொபைல் beside the Tamil word செயலி. That is fine for a website payment. If your customers also pay through UPI or net banking, ஆன்லைனில் covers all of them, and சந்தேகங்களுக்கு is the other common way Tamil notices say "for queries".

A text to a friend about Pongal plans

English44 words

Hey, are you coming home for Pongal this year? Amma is making sakkarai pongal and she keeps asking about you. The bus from Chennai is always full, so book your ticket this week. Let me know and I'll pick you up from the stand.

Tamil · Informal34 words

ஹே, இந்த வருஷம் பொங்கலுக்கு வீட்டுக்கு வர்றியா? அம்மா சர்க்கரைப் பொங்கல் செய்றாங்க, உன்னைப் பற்றியே கேட்டுக்கிட்டே இருக்காங்க. சென்னையிலிருந்து வரும் பஸ் எப்போதும் நிரம்பி இருக்கும், அதனால் இந்த வாரமே டிக்கெட் புக் பண்ணிடு. எனக்குத் தெரியப்படுத்து; நான் உன்னை பஸ் ஸ்டாண்டிலிருந்து அழைத்துக்கொண்டு வர்றேன்.

Translated by this tool on 30 September 2026 and printed unedited.

The Informal setting produced spoken Tamil, which is what a friend expects: வர்றியா, செய்றாங்க, கேட்டுக்கிட்டே இருக்காங்க, பண்ணிடு and வர்றேன், with வருஷம் rather than the written வருடம். The friend is நீ throughout (உன்னை, பண்ணிடு).
A few phrases slipped back into written Tamil. உன்னைப் பற்றியே and அதனால் are bookish in a text, and எனக்குத் தெரியப்படுத்து ("inform me") sounds like an office memo; a friend would write சொல்லு or எனக்குச் சொல்லு.
அழைத்துக்கொண்டு வர்றேன் joins a written verb to a spoken ending. For "I'll pick you up" most people would write கூட்டிட்டு வர்றேன். Expanding "the stand" to பஸ் ஸ்டாண்டிலிருந்து was right, and the loans பஸ், டிக்கெட் and புக் are what Tamil speakers actually say.
அம்மா ... செய்றாங்க gives Amma the respectful -ங்க ending, as Tamil speakers do for a parent, and சர்க்கரைப் பொங்கல் stayed as the name of the dish. ஹே for "Hey" has one advantage over டேய் or டீ: it does not say whether the friend is a man or a woman.

நீ, நீங்கள் and the spoken -ங்க: three ways to say you

Tamil marks respect on the pronoun and again on the verb. நீ with a bare verb (வா, சொல்லு) is for friends, younger siblings and children. நீங்கள் with the -ங்கள் ending (வாருங்கள், சொல்லுங்கள்) is the written respectful form and also the plural, so a notice to all customers uses it naturally. In speech, people shorten that to நீங்க and -ங்க (வாங்க, சொல்லுங்க), which is how you actually talk to an aunt, a shopkeeper or your teacher.

The two settings on this page map onto the columns below. The table uses sentences from the samples above so you can see the difference in context.

English	Informal (நீ, spoken)	Formal (நீங்கள், written)
Are you coming?	வர்றியா?	வருகிறீர்களா?
Come.	வா.	வாருங்கள்.
Let me know.	சொல்லு.	தெரியப்படுத்துங்கள்.
Book the ticket.	டிக்கெட் புக் பண்ணிடு.	பயணச்சீட்டை முன்பதிவு செய்யுங்கள்.
Please ignore this message.	இந்த மெசேஜை விட்டுடு.	இந்தச் செய்தியைப் புறக்கணிக்கவும்.

The spoken respectful form, வர்றீங்களா or வாங்க, sits between the two columns and is the one to use in a message to an older relative. Neither setting is built to produce it. Click the sentence for up to three alternative wordings, and if none of them uses it, change the ending by hand: the verb is the only part that moves.

Written Tamil and spoken Tamil in one English to Tamil translation

Tamil has two registers that differ far more than formal and casual English do. Written Tamil, the Tamil of newspapers, forms and school letters, keeps full verb endings: வருகிறேன், செய்கிறார்கள். Spoken Tamil shortens and reshapes them: வர்றேன் or வரேன், செய்றாங்க. Most people read the first and speak and text the second, and each looks wrong in the other's place.

The Pongal message shows both at once. Most verbs came out spoken, but a few phrases stayed written. The table pairs the forms from that sample so you can spot a stray one in your own result.

Meaning	Written Tamil	Spoken Tamil
are you coming?	வருகிறாயா	வர்றியா
she (respectfully) is making	செய்கிறார்கள்	செய்றாங்க
do it, get it done	செய்துவிடு	பண்ணிடு
I'll bring you	அழைத்துக்கொண்டு வருகிறேன்	கூட்டிட்டு வர்றேன்
about you	உன்னைப் பற்றி	உன்னப் பத்தி
year	வருடம்	வருஷம்

Spoken spellings are not standardised, so வர்றேன் and வரேன் are both normal in a chat. The thing to avoid is a sentence that starts spoken and ends written, like அழைத்துக்கொண்டு வர்றேன் in the sample.

Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka readers

Written Tamil is shared. The electricity bill notice above would be understood the same way in Madurai, Jaffna, Batticaloa or a Tamil school in Singapore, and for a formal letter to a Sri Lankan Tamil reader the Formal setting is the safe choice.

Spoken Tamil is where they part. The spoken forms in the Pongal sample, வர்றியா and பண்ணிடு, are Tamil Nadu speech. Sri Lankan Tamil has its own everyday words: ஓம் for yes where Tamil Nadu says ஆமா, and கதைக்க for "to talk" where Tamil Nadu says பேச. A Jaffna reader will understand Chennai-style Tamil from films and television, but it will not sound like home. If you are writing casually to someone in Sri Lanka, consider Formal and then loosen a few verbs by hand, or ask them how they would put it.

Money is not converted. A bill in ₹ stays in ₹, and a Sri Lankan amount stays in whatever currency you wrote it in.

Doubled consonants, the pulli and Grantha letters

Tamil script marks a consonant without its vowel with a dot on top, the pulli (்), as in க். Between two words, a hard consonant (க, ச, த, ப) at the start of the second word is often doubled onto the end of the first: இந்த + செய்தி becomes இந்தச் செய்தி, மின்சாரம் + கட்டணம் becomes மின்சாரக் கட்டணம், சர்க்கரை + பொங்கல் becomes சர்க்கரைப் பொங்கல். Both samples got these right. When you edit Tamil by hand afterwards, this is the easiest thing to break, and missing doubling is the first thing a teacher or an editor will circle.

Borrowed words often need letters from the Grantha set, ஜ, ஷ, ஸ, ஹ and க்ஷ, which exist only for sounds native Tamil lacks. The Pongal sample uses three: ஹே, ஸ்டாண்ட் and வருஷம். Careful formal writing tends to prefer native alternatives where they exist, such as வருடம் or ஆண்டு for year, so a Grantha letter in a formal document is worth a second look. In a text to a friend it is normal.

Tamil has its own digits (௧, ௨, ௩), but ordinary print and screens use 1, 2, 3, as both samples do.

English words that should stay English

Everyday Tamil is full of English: பஸ், டிக்கெட், மொபைல், ஆபீஸ். The Pongal sample kept டிக்கெட் புக் பண்ணிடு, which is exactly what someone in Coimbatore would type. Replacing each of those with a coined Tamil word, பயணச்சீட்டு for ticket or முன்பதிவு for booking, is correct but makes a friendly message sound like a railway announcement.

Formal text goes the other way. The bill reminder used செயலி for app and இணையதளம் for website, and those coinages are now normal in official Tamil. A reasonable rule: in Formal output, accept the Tamil word if a government notice would use it; in Informal output, keep the English word if you would say it aloud. Brand names, account numbers and product names should not be translated at all; select them and press Keep before you translate.

Mistakes to check before you send

A written phrase in a spoken message

Scan an informal result for -கிறேன், -கிறார்கள் and words like தெரியப்படுத்து or பற்றி. One of them in a chat stands out; swap it for the spoken form in the table above.

நீ to someone who expects நீங்கள்

The informal you in a message to a customer, a teacher or your friend's mother reads as rude. Set Formal first; changing it by hand means changing every verb ending too, from வா to வாருங்கள்.

Lost doubling after hand edits

If you retype part of the Tamil, check the joins: இந்தச் செய்தியை, not இந்த செய்தியை. Word processors will not warn you.

Chennai speech for a Jaffna reader

Spoken forms like வர்றியா are Tamil Nadu Tamil. For a Sri Lankan reader you do not know well, Formal written Tamil is the safer register.

A greeting that assumes gender

If you add டேய் or டா by hand, the message is now to a man; டீ or டி is to a woman. The translator's ஹே avoids the question.

Section letters left in Latin

Tamil-medium schools name sections அ, ஆ, இ where English-medium ones write A, B, C, and Tamil forms number sub-points the same way. If the Tamil is for such a school, check that Class 7-B has become ஏழாம் வகுப்பு 'ஆ' பிரிவு, not 'அ'.

Government applications, court papers, certificates and anything submitted to an embassy or a Tamil Nadu or Sri Lankan office need a qualified Tamil translator who can certify the work; this page is for everyday notices, letters and messages.

English to Tamil translation questions

How do I write "you" politely in Tamil?

Use நீங்கள் in writing and நீங்க in speech, and change the verb to match: வாருங்கள் or வாங்க rather than வா. Setting the register to Formal before translating does this for the whole text.

Why does my Tamil translation sound so formal?

Because written Tamil is formal by nature. The Formal setting produces the Tamil of newspapers and notices, with full endings like வருகிறீர்களா. For a message to a friend, choose Informal; in our test it switched to spoken forms like வர்றியா and பண்ணிடு.

Will Tamil speakers in Sri Lanka understand the translation?

Yes, especially in Formal written Tamil, which is shared. Informal output leans towards Tamil Nadu speech, which Sri Lankan Tamils understand but would not write themselves; they say ஓம் for yes and கதைக்க for talk.

Should I write வருடம் or வருஷம் for "year"?

Both are Tamil. வருஷம் uses the Grantha letter ஷ and is the everyday spoken word; வருடம் and ஆண்டு are preferred in formal writing. The Pongal sample used வருஷம், which suits a text to a friend.

Can I get the Tamil in English letters?

The translator writes Tamil in Tamil script, as both samples show. Tamil typed in Latin letters has no fixed spelling, so if your reader prefers it, type it out from the Tamil version in the spelling they use.

How do I write a date like 15 October in Tamil?

The usual form is அக்டோபர் 15ஆம் தேதி, with ஆம் after the number and தேதி meaning date; add -க்குள் for "by" (15ஆம் தேதிக்குள்). The bill sample uses exactly this.

How can I check a Tamil translation if I cannot read Tamil?

Press Use as source to send the Tamil back into English and compare the meaning sentence by sentence. The Tamil to English page does the reverse direction for replies you receive.

Going the other way? Translate Tamil to English.

Written and checked by the AI Writing Assistant team. Last reviewed 30 September 2026.