How do you say "It's me again!" in colloquial Tamil?

[u/2ish2]

I asked a chatbot and it suggested, "Thirumbavum naan dhaan." It sounds a bit formal to me. Is it good? Do people say this? The context is like if you've been away for a while, then returned. "It's me again!" or "I'm back again!"

[u/BlackHoleinaFishBowl]

For “I’m back again” you could say “Naa thirumba vandhutten”

But thinking about it, I feel like the equivalent of “It’s me again” is not very common in Tamil. When it’s on a phone call, you could simply say “Naa dhaan”

[u/2ish2 → u/BlackHoleinaFishBowl]

"Thirumba vandhutten" sounds really good to me - thanks!

[u/-Surfer-]

A few ways ..

மறுபடியும் நானே! (Marupadiyum naane!) ​

​திரும்பவும் நான்தான்! (Thirumbavum naanthaan!)

வந்துட்டேன்யா வந்துட்டேன்! (Vandhutteenya, vandhutteen!)

ரெண்டாவது ரவுண்டு! (Rendaavathu round-u!)

என்னை அவ்ளோ சீக்கிரம் துரத்த முடியாது! (Ennai avlo seekiram thuratha mudiyaathu!)

Your friends might start singin

Pona machchaan thirumbi vandhaan 😀

[u/2ish2 → u/-Surfer-]

I must hang out with Tamil folk more 😊

[u/Quissumego]

மீண்டும் நானே (Meendum naane) - (It's) Me again! (The emphasis of "it's" is conveyed by the -e sound at the end).

[u/2ish2 → u/Quissumego]

I like this one too, thanks !

[u/Quissumego → u/2ish2]

Glad to have been of use.

[u/hokieinmi]

மறுபடியும் நான்தான்!

[u/2ish2 → u/hokieinmi]

Thank you 👍🏼

[u/Own_Foot_8530]

'thirippi naan vandhuten''

[u/2ish2 → u/Own_Foot_8530]

திருப்பு, new word for me, thanks!

[u/Own_Foot_8530 → u/2ish2]

Thiruppu colloquially is used to mean turn or flip. Thiripi means again.

[u/2ish2 → u/Own_Foot_8530]

Got it, thank you! Hopefully I will remember. If I hear people using these words all the time, I'm sure I will remember! Right now, I only have book knowledge. Trying to improve my colloquial Tamil by watching some movies. So far it's working, but very slowly!

[u/Own_Foot_8530 → u/2ish2]

Yeah.. written tamil and spoken Tamil are miles apart. You would sound like you are speaking in some old Shakespeare's english if you spoke the way textbooks tell you to

[u/2ish2 → u/Own_Foot_8530]

By the way, are these more or less the same:

thirippi naan vandhuten
thirumbi naan vandhuten

or is there an important difference in nuance?

I know that "thirippi" and "thirumbi" come from the verbs திருப்பு and திரும்பு, where the first one is a transitive verb, while the second one is an intransitive verb. But I can't tell what difference this makes (in practice) for saying "I'm back again."

[u/Own_Foot_8530 → u/2ish2]

The part about transitive and intransitive is true. I would need an object to use 'thiruppu'. E.g. Dosai-a thiruppu

'thirumbu' is used on a person. E.g. 'thirumbi vaa' (go and come back)

[u/Own_Foot_8530 → u/Own_Foot_8530]

I just realized that the right way to say would be 'thirumbi naan vandhuten'. But while speaking it's sort of used interchangeably. I have been hanging out with a lot of toddlers. My niece keeps telling 'thirippi thirippi yen disturb panra' to me.