Lakshmi introduces her family, and then the monsoon arrives, in short, slow sentences you can follow. The family story brings one of the first real surprises of Malayalam: there's no word for just 'brother' or 'sister'. You always choose elder or younger (ചേട്ടൻ, അനിയൻ, ചേച്ചി, അനിയത്തി), and you use ചേട്ടൻ and ചേച്ചി for friendly strangers too. The grammar point is the possessive: എന്റെ, നിന്റെ and the -ഉടെ ending for names. Each episode works the same way: the story line by line with English, the grammar point, then the story again at speed with no English. Don't skip that last pass. Words and phrases in this class: കുടുംബം (kudumbam) – family ഇത് ലക്ഷ്മിയുടെ കുടുംബം ആണ് (ithu lakshmiyude kudumbam aanu) – this is Lakshmi's family അച്ഛൻ (achchan) – father ചേട്ടൻ (chettan) – elder brother അനിയൻ (aniyan) – younger brother ചേച്ചി (chechi) – elder sister അനിയത്തി (aniyathi) – younger sister അമ്മ നല്ല ആളാണ് (amma nalla aalaanu) – mother is a good person നിന്റെ കുടുംബം എവിടെ? (ninte kudumbam evide?) – where is your family? മഴ (mazha) – rain എന്റെ (ente) – my In this class: • Story 5: Lakshmi's family • Story 6: a rainy day • Four sibling words, and using ചേട്ടൻ and ചേച്ചി for strangers • Grammar: എന്റെ, നിന്റെ and -ഉടെ, then both stories at speed Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.