Tamil Script Book: Learner's Manual - Sankaran Radakrishnan

Tamil Script/Sankaran Radhakrishnan
F R A M E 7
ee
(ee): In its production similar to e (e) except for the length of duration.
This sound is known as the mid, un-rounded, long vowel. That is e (e) is a
short vowel and that (ee) is the long counterpart of (e) just as (aa) is the
long counterpart of a (a). It occurs in all the positions in a word.
Look at the letter and copy them on the line (see Appendix I for handmovements).
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Read the following words.
r
m
km
pm
eer
eemam
eekkam
eeppam
eeri
The secondary symbol for is also written before we write the primary
consonant. The secondary symbol for is (see Appendix I & II for
hand-movements).
Write the secondary symbol on the lines,
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