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Something Is Not Working: The Electrician and the Plumber | Spoken Malayalam #070
Something Is Not Working: The Electrician and the Plumber | Spoken Malayalam #070
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The fan stops, the tap drips, the water pump goes quiet. You need to explain the problem, call someone, and ask about the cost. English speakers usually translate "The fan is broken" with പൊട്ടിപ്പോയി (pottippoyi), which means smashed or cracked into pieces. In this episode: • Power problems • Water problems • Saying how long and how often • Calling the repair person • Fixing and the cost • An invented scene: the silent fan • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: കറന്റ് പോയി (current poyi) = the power has gone കറന്റ് വന്നു (current vannu) = the power is back ഫാൻ കേടായി (fan kedaayi) = the fan has broken down ലൈറ്റ് കത്തുന്നില്ല (light kathunnilla) = the light isn't coming on ഫ്യൂസ് പോയി (fuse poyi) = the fuse has gone പൈപ്പ് ചോരുന്നു (pipe chorunnu) = the pipe is leaking വെള്ളം വരുന്നില്ല (vellam varunnilla) = no water is coming ബ്ലോക്ക് ആയി (block aayi) = it's blocked മോട്ടോർ ഓടുന്നില്ല (motor odunnilla) = the water pump isn't running ടാങ്കിൽ വെള്ളമില്ല (taankil vellamilla) = there's no water in the tank രാവിലെ മുതൽ (raavile muthal) = since this morning ഇന്നലെ രാത്രി മുതൽ (innale raathri muthal) = since last night ഇടയ്ക്കിടെ (idaykkide) = on and off പെട്ടെന്ന് നിന്നു (pettennu ninnu) = it suddenly stopped ഇലക്ട്രീഷ്യൻ (electrician) = electrician പ്ലംബർ (plumber) = plumber ഒന്ന് വന്ന് നോക്കാമോ? (onnu vannu nokkaamo?) = could you come and have a look? ഇന്ന് വരാൻ പറ്റുമോ? (innu varaan pattumo?) = can you come today? അത്യാവശ്യമാണ് (athyaavashyamaanu) = it's urgent 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.
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