Every course teaches you to order food. Almost none teach you to tell a plumber that the tap is leaking. Live anywhere for six months and the repair conversation happens far more often than the restaurant one. This class covers the parts of a Kerala house (with the Portuguese words hiding in it), the things that break and the verbs that describe them, the tradespeople who come to fix them, and the sentences that get someone to come, quote a price and finish the job. Words and phrases in this class: കറന്റ് പോയി (current poyi) – the power has gone കറന്റ് വന്നു (current vannu) – the power is back പൈപ്പ് ചോരുന്നു (pipe chorunnu) – the tap is leaking വെള്ളം വരുന്നില്ല (vellam varunnilla) – the water isn't coming ബൾബ് പോയി (bulb poyi) – the bulb has gone ഇത് പൊട്ടി (ithu potti) – it broke (snapped, shattered) ഇത് കേടായി (ithu kedaayi) – it stopped working ഓട അടഞ്ഞുപോയി (oda adanjupoyi) – the drain is blocked ചിതലുണ്ട് (chithalundu) – there are termites ഇന്ന് തന്നെ വരണം (innu thanne varanam) – please come today itself അത്യാവശ്യമാണ് (athyaavashyamaanu) – it's urgent നന്നാക്കാൻ പറ്റുമോ? (nannaakkaan pattumo?) – can it be repaired? In this class: • The rooms of a Kerala house, and the Portuguese words inside it • What breaks, and the difference between പൊട്ടി and കേടായി • Electrician, plumber, ആശാരി and മേസ്തിരി • The sentences that bring a tradesman today, and get the job finished Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.