Malayalis rarely use one verb alone. They join a main verb to a small helper verb, and the helper adds a feeling: done in advance, finished off, happened by accident, done for you. English does this with extra words like "up", "away" or "for you". In this episode: • How a compound verb is built • Vechu: done and kept ready • Kalanju and poyi: finished off, or it just happened • Kondu vaa, kondu po: bringing and taking • Nokku, tharaam and -ollu: try, for you, for yourself • An invented scene: where is the milk? • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: ചെയ്തു (cheythu) = did. ചെയ്തു നോക്ക് (cheythu nokku) = try doing it. എഴുതി (ezhuthi) = wrote. എഴുതി വെച്ചു (ezhuthi vechu) = wrote it down and kept it. എഴുതി വെച്ചു (ezhuthi vechu) = I wrote it down (so it's saved). വാങ്ങി വെച്ചു (vaangi vechu) = I bought it and kept it (for later). എടുത്തു വെക്ക് (eduthu vekku) = take it out and keep it ready. കുടിച്ചു കളഞ്ഞു (kudichu kalanju) = drank it all up. തിന്നു കളഞ്ഞു (thinnu kalanju) = ate it all up. പറഞ്ഞു കളഞ്ഞു (paranju kalanju) = blurted it out. ഉറങ്ങിപ്പോയി (urangippoyi) = I fell asleep (oops). മറന്നുപോയി (marannupoyi) = I forgot. പൊട്ടിപ്പോയി (pottippoyi) = it broke. ചായ തണുത്തുപോയി (chaaya thanuthupoyi) = the tea has gone cold. കൊണ്ടുവാ (konduvaa) = bring it (casual). കൊണ്ടുപോ (kondupo) = take it away (casual). വെള്ളം കൊണ്ടുവാ (vellam konduvaa) = bring some water. ഇത് കൊണ്ടുപോ (ithu kondupo) = take this away. എടുത്തുകൊണ്ടുവാ (eduthukonduvaa) = go and fetch it. 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.