TOTFL

TOTFL (Test of Tamil as a Foreign Language)?



Joot !



Questions:



1) What do you do with a Gujili?

a) Gujaals

b) Gilma

c) Gilpans

d) Galij



2) What is a Jujubi ?

a) Something sweet

b) An easy one

c) A tough one

d) An Alwaa



3) What is Alwaa?

a) Something you find in Tirunelveli

b) What a girlfriend gives when she marries someone else

c) A laddu

d) Jujubi



4) What is the respectful way to address a friend?

a) Machi

b) Sir

c) By name

d) Aiya



5) Who is a 'Frooti' ?

a) A studious person

b) A sportsman

c) The professor

d) A soft drink



6) When someone says 'nambitten', what do they mean?

a) I don't believe you!

b) Sure, I believe you

c) Are you nuts??

d) I have to catch a bus



7) Who or what is Peter?

a) A tourist

b) Someone who talks only in English

c) Peter Jones

d) Your teacher



8) For which of the following events will you say 'Gumbaloda Govinda'?

a) When you go to Tirupati as a group

b) When you do group studies

c) Meeting a Hindi actor



9) What is a 'rupture'?

a) Kadi

b) Draabai

c) Trouble

d) Danger



10) When Someone refering to a woman as 'Seriyana Kattai ' ?

a) she is genius

b) she is lean

c) she had looted all guys eyes...

d) 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 maams...

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You got failed ?..dont worry ..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

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



Regards

Pistha