Thirty sentences make the difference between being handled as a tourist and being treated as a guest in Kerala. This guide is for the visitor, perhaps on a first trip of two weeks. The sentences come in the order you will need them: arrival, auto rickshaws and buses, directions, eating, shopping, the room, and getting help. Then five sentences that warm any exchange, practical notes guidebooks get wrong about time, the monsoon, shoes and small change, a fifteen-sentence drill, and the six phrases to learn if you fly tomorrow. Words and phrases in this class: നമസ്കാരം (namaskaaram) – hello എനിക്ക് മലയാളം അറിയില്ല (enikku malayaalam ariyilla) – I don't know Malayalam പതുക്കെ പറയൂ (pathukke parayoo) – please speak slowly മീറ്റർ ഇടാമോ? (meter idaamo?) – could you put the meter on? കുറയ്ക്കാമോ? (kuraykkaamo?) – can you reduce it? ഇവിടെ നിർത്തൂ (ivide nirthoo) – stop here ബാക്കി തരൂ (baakki tharoo) – give me the change ഈ ബസ് എവിടെക്ക് പോകും? (ee bus evidekku pokum?) – where does this bus go? നടന്നു പോകാമോ? (nadannu pokaamo?) – can I walk there? എനിക്ക് എരിവ് വേണ്ട (enikku erivu venda) – I don't want it spicy വെള്ളം തരുമോ? (vellam tharumo?) – could I have water? മുറി ഉണ്ടോ? (muri undo?) – do you have a room? ചില്ലറ ഉണ്ടോ? (chillara undo?) – do you have small change? എന്റെ ബാഗ് കാണുന്നില്ല (ente bag kaanunnilla) – my bag is missing കേരളം വളരെ ഭംഗിയാണ് (keralam valare bhangiyaanu) – Kerala is very beautiful In this class: • Arrival, autos, buses and directions • Eating, shopping, the bargaining rule and the room • Getting help, and the sentences that make you a guest • Practical notes, a fifteen-sentence drill and the six-phrase version Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.