Planning talk is full of suggestions, and Malayalam makes suggestions with small endings rather than with words like "how about" or "let's". English speakers listen for those English-style words, do not find them, and miss that a proposal has just been made. They also mistake a surprised echo question for a real question. In this episode: • Key words before you listen • Section one: where shall we go? • Section two: distance and staying over • Section three: times and jobs • Did you catch it? • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: യാത്ര (yaathra) = trip, journey ശനിയാഴ്ച (shaniyaazhcha) = Saturday ഞായറാഴ്ച (njaayaraazhcha) = Sunday ബീച്ച് (beechu) = beach മല (mala) = hill, the hills ദൂരം (dooram) = distance മണിക്കൂർ (manikkoor) = hour രാവിലെ നേരത്തെ (raavile nerathe) = early in the morning തങ്ങുക (thanguka) = to stay over ഇത്തവണ (ithavana) = this time ആഴ്ച (aazhcha) = week ഈ ആഴ്ച (ee aazhcha) = this week Learn Spoken Malayalam at Home: a complete course in everyday spoken Malayalam for English speakers. Native Malayalam pronunciation, every phrase in Malayalam script, Manglish and English, plus a language bridge comparing Malayalam with other world languages. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.