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Adjectives

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ഉള്ള  = having                                   ആയ  =  being ഇല്ലാത്ത = not having                     അല്ലാതെ  = not being It is possible to make adjectives by adding the above words to nouns.  You will get the idea from some examples below. I വേഗം = fast / speed     വേഗം കുറഞ്ഞ  = slow  കനമുള്ള = heavy, thick                   കാണാം  ഇല്ലാത്ത   = light, thin നീളമുള്ള  = long     ( neel'am = length ) മനോഹരമായ  = beautiful            രസമുള്ള  = beautiful f you do not know the Malayalam word, it is safe to add the above words to English nouns to make adjectives. For example, വേഗതയുള്ള = having speed= fast വേഗത കുറഞ്ഞ   bus = slow bus സുന്ദരിയായ പെൺകുട്ടി  = beautiful girl വേത ഉള്ള സൈക്കിൾ  = fast bicycle നല്ല = good                                  ചീത്ത = bad മോശം  = bad                               വളരെ  = very വലിയ  = big                                     ചെറിയ  = small / short കൂടിയ  = having more    കുറഞ്ഞ = having less  വില കൂടിയ  =

English Words and Malayalam Meaning!

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I have listed many often-used words below. The first section is Nouns followed by Verbs and English origin malayalm words.   Nouns പേന peena /pen = pen            തറ thara = floor                       വീട്    veedu = house കട   kata = shope                     അരി ari = rice                           കറി kari = curry മരം maram = tree                      ചെടി cheti =plants                    പൂവ്  puuvu / puu = flower കടലാസ്  kadalaas = paper       പേര് peeru = name                അച്ഛൻ achan = father അമ്മ  amma = mother                പെണ്ണ്  pennu = woman           ആണ്‍  aanu = man കുട്ടി  kutti = boy/girl                      ആണ്‍കുട്ടി aan kutti = boy         പെണ്‍കുട്ടി  pen kutti = girl  ആപ്പിൾ apple=apple                   മാങ്ങ  manga = mango             വയസ്  vayasu = age   പ്രായം  praayam = age               മാസം maasam = month            ദിവസം dhivasam = day  BODY PARTS സ്‌ഥലം  = place             മകൾ  = daughter                മകൻ  =son മു

English pronunciation!

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Some of the alphabets are difficult for non-Keralites to pronounce.Their pronunciation is illustrated below. The tongue position is shown. Please listen to the sound from someone and try to make it as shown below. വള = bangles,   നാല്  = four, നമ്മൾ  = we ഞാൻ = I, ഞങ്ങൾ  = we  ശരി = ok, right, correct മഴ  = rain, എഴുതുക = to write

Malayalam and English Alphabets

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Vowels Consonants Consonant ka is modified with vowels

History of Malayalam Language

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 Malayalam is a Dravidian language, originated from Tamil and Sanskrit. Malayalam has several words borrowed especially from English and a few may be from Dutch/Portuguese etc.  In spoken Malayalam, it is common that some people unnecessarily use so many English words making the language, “Manglish”. In general Malayalam is a difficult language (not for Malayalees). The only difficult part in Malayalam is that the auxiliary verbs, the prepositions etc are combined with preceding verb or noun. There are a set of rules for this ‘mixing’. Additionally, the pronunciation of a hatful of Malayalam consonants is a little difficult. For a foreigner they all sound the same. But, it is easy to sound out them right by placing the tongue at the right positions in the mouth. The easiest part in Malayalam comparing to many other languages is that the nouns do not have gender. Also the verbs do not change with gender or number (singular/plural). Thus the tense system in Malayalam is relatively