Thursday, September 22, 2005

Americanisms in Tamil

The following is a verbatim translation of some of the American slangs. Just for fun.

Have a nice day : Nalla naal vaithukkol
What's up : Melay enna?
I am all ears : Naaney kaathu
you are kidding: nee kuzhanthaiyaai aagivittaai.
Ants in your pants : Un pant-il erumbugal ullana.
Dont kid me: ennai kuzhanthaiyaaga aakkathey
Yo, baby! What's up? : Kuzhandaai yo, Melay enna irukku?
Cool man! : Kulirndha manidan
Don't mess with me :Ennudan kuzhappam pannathey
Check this out, man! : Ithai sodanai sei, manidaney!
Listen buddy, that chick's mine, okay!? :Nanbane keL, antha kunju ennudaiyathu, sariya?
Hey good looking; what's cooking? * Hey sundari, enna samayal?
Are you nuts? : Nee enna paruppa?
Son of a gun. : Thuppaakiyin magan
Why did he decide to hit the sack? : Avan yaen saackupaiyai adikka mudivu seithaan?

And the best one is.....
How do you do? : Nee eppadi seigiraai?

4 comments:

Vijay Krishna Narayanan said...

ROTFL. The best one was Listen, buddy...

Vijay Krishna Narayanan said...

How about this one - he's made a meal of it - avan adhai soraakki vittaan

Unknown said...

'avan adhai soraakki vittaan' is for which one?

Vijay Krishna Narayanan said...

He's made a meal of it