நான் உன்னை நினைத்து ஏங்குவேன்
naan unnai ninaithu yaanguvaen
In Tamil, "I will miss you" is said as நான் உன்னை நினைத்து ஏங்குவேன் (naan unnai ninaithu yaanguvaen).
This phrase is used to tell someone that you will feel sadness or longing because they are gone.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of naan (I), unnai (you), ninaithu (thinking/remembering) and yaanguvaen (will long/yearn).
Which one should you use?
The form நான் உன்னை நினைத்து ஏங்குவேன் is used for informal or intimate situations. To express this to an elder, a teacher or someone you respect, use the polite form நான் உங்களை நினைத்து ஏங்குவேன்.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb ஏங்குவேன் is in the future tense, indicating the feeling of missing someone will occur once they are gone.
How do you pronounce it?
naan unnai ninaithu yaanguvaen
Did you know?
- While நான் means 'I' in this phrase, it is also a homonym for a type of oven-baked flatbread borrowed from Persian via Hindi.
- The verb used in this phrase, ஏங்குவேன் (yaanguvaen), comes from a root that describes a deep, soul-aching longing rather than just the simple absence of a person.
- Tamil is an agglutinative language, meaning it adds suffixes to words to change their meaning, such as adding ஐ to உன்ன to create the object form உன்னை.
Example conversation
Divya is saying goodbye to Vijay at the airport.
- திவ்யா Divyaவிஜய், நீ கிளம்பும் நேரம் வந்துவிட்டது.Vijay, nī kiḷampum nēram vantuvittaṯu.Vijay, it is time for you to leave.
- விஜய் Vijayஆமாம் திவ்யா, நான் இப்போது செல்ல வேண்டும்.Āmām Divyā, nāṉ ippōtu cella vēṇṭum.Yes Divya, I must go now.
- திவ்யா Divyaநான் உன்னை நினைத்து ஏங்குவேன்.Nāṉ unṉai niṉaittu ēṅkuvēṉ.I will miss you.
- விஜய் Vijayநானும் உன்னை நினைத்து ஏங்குவேன்.Nāṉum unṉai niṉaittu ēṅkuvēṉ.I will miss you too.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries நான், CC BY-SA 4.0.
