Her favorite thing about Coimbatore city is the hospitality of its residents. "Since the food here is a little spicy I am unable to eat it every day," she said. Though she prefers to cook her own meal at her hostel, she said her favourite south Indian food is Vadai.
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"The first movie I watched in Tamil was Velayudham and since then I have been a big fan of Tamil movies and have watched most of the new releases," she said. She was employed to subtitle 36 Vaiyadhinale in Chinese. She recently watched Kakka Muttai, 36 Vaiyadhinale and Indru Netru Naalai. He face lights up when she talks about Tamil movies. But in Chinese each letter is a word in itself while in Tamil several letters form a word. "Chinese and Tamil have similarities as several sounds and letters are similar. Though she speaks pure classical Tamil with ease, she has had her share of struggles learning the language. "I find writing and reading easier than speaking local Tamil as several letters get dropped and words are shortened," she said. She got admission at Bharathiar University and has been learning the language since May, 2015. She yearned to learn spoken Tamil as many of her fans from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka spoke to her in the language. After university, she took up a job as a radio jockey at Communication Radio International where every Tuesday, between 7.30pm and 8.30pm, she spoke on Chinese culture. When I was pondering what to study at the Communication University of China, I came across the four year Tamil course and I fell in love with the language," she said. "I had always wanted to be a radio jockey since my high school days when I had no idea about the Tamil language.
She is currently pursuing a diploma course in spoken Tamil in Bharathiar University, the only student in her class.
In an age where native Tamils cannot speak a word of their mother-tongue, she stands out in the crowd. Twenty-six-year-old Li greets everyone with a warm 'Vanakkam'. She has come a long way since then, from watching Tamil films with Chinese subtitles to reading poems by Subramania Bharathiar and speaking pure classical Tamil. COIMBATORE: Seven years ago, when Li Yuan alias Nilani enrolled in a four-year Tamil course, she quickly fell in love with the language.
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