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The Body and the Doctor in Malayalam — Part 4: Pain, Symptoms, the Clinic | Learn Malayalam #73
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You can point at a tomato, but you cannot point at a headache. This is the vocabulary you cannot improvise.
A tour of the body from തല to കാൽ, with the note that Malayalam uses one word for hand and arm and one for leg and foot. Then the single pattern that covers every ache: എനിക്ക് + body part + വേദന + ഉണ്ട്. You learn the common symptoms, how to tell a doctor how long it has been (മൂന്നു ദിവസമായി), how to ask about medicine and when to take it, and the emergency phrases to memorise as fixed blocks.
Words and phrases in this class:
തല (thala) – head
വയറ് (vayaru) – stomach, belly
കൈ (kai) – hand and arm
കാൽ (kaal) – leg and foot
വേദന (vedana) – pain
എനിക്ക് തലവേദന ഉണ്ട് (enikku thalavedana undu) – I have a headache
എനിക്ക് പനി ഉണ്ട് (enikku pani undu) – I have a fever
ചുമ (chuma) – cough
എനിക്ക് സുഖമില്ല (enikku sukhamilla) – I am not well
മൂന്നു ദിവസമായി (moonnu divasamaayi) – it has been three days
എനിക്ക് മരുന്ന് വേണം (enikku marunnu venam) – I need medicine
ഭക്ഷണത്തിന് ശേഷം (bhakshanathinu shesham) – after food
ആംബുലൻസ് വിളിക്കൂ! (ambulance vilikkoo!) – call an ambulance!
In this class:
• Body words, and where Malayalam and English draw different lines
• One pattern for every ache, plus the വേദനിക്കുന്നു alternative
• Symptoms, how long, and the sentences you need in a clinic
• Taking medicine, and the emergency phrases
Quizzes below.
Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.
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Malayalam Survival Kit | Food, Travel & Getting Around Kerala
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