You have come a long way since the sound episodes at the start of the course, and old habits creep back. The commonest one: English speakers relax the sounds that English does not care about, so long vowels get short, double consonants get single, and ഴ (zha) turns into an l. Each of these can quietly change a word into a different word, so കള്ളം (kallam) = a lie becomes കളം (kalam) = a square. In this episode: • Vowel length, the half u and double consonants • Tongue-curl sounds, zha, and the two rs and ls • Nasals, aspirates and rhythm • Manglish and the script • Numbers and prices • Time, parts of the day and days • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: കട്ടി (katti) = thickness versus കാട്ടി (kaatti) = showed വീട് (veedu) = house, പേര് (peru) = name, കണ്ടു (kandu) = saw അമ്മ (amma) = mother, കുട്ടി (kutti) = child, എല്ലാം (ellaam) = everything കളം (kalam) = a square, a space versus കള്ളം (kallam) = a lie കല (kala) = art versus കള (kala) = weed: the second l is curled വല (vala) = net versus വള (vala) = bangle: again the second l is curled കര (kara) = shore versus കറ (kara) = stain ഭക്ഷണം (bhakshanam) = food, സുഖം (sukham) = well-being വരുമോ? (varumo?) = Will you come? കഴിച്ചോ? (kazhicho?) = Have you eaten? എത്ര മണിയായി? (ethra maniyaayi?) = What time is it? അഞ്ചു മണി (anchu mani) = five o'clock മൂന്നര (moonnara) = half past three നാലേകാൽ (naalekaal) = a quarter past four അഞ്ചേമുക്കാൽ (anchemukkaal) = a quarter to six (five and three quarters) 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.