English has one easy verb for owning things: "I have". So English speakers look for a Malayalam verb "to have" and build ഞാൻ ഒരു കാർ ഉണ്ട് (njaan oru kaar undu), which sounds like "I am a car, there is". Malayalam has no verb "to have". In this episode: • My, your, our • His, her, their, its • Names and family chains • "i have": enikku ... undu • Owning it or having it on you • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: എന്റെ (ente) = my എന്റെ വീട് (ente veedu) = my house നിന്റെ (ninte) = your (to a child, a close friend, a younger sibling) നിന്റെ ബാഗ് (ninte baagu) = your bag നിങ്ങളുടെ (ningalude) = your (polite, or to more than one person) നിങ്ങളുടെ പേര് എന്താണ്? (ningalude peru enthaanu?) = what is your name? (polite) നമ്മുടെ (nammude) = our (including you) നമ്മുടെ വീട് (nammude veedu) = our house ഞങ്ങളുടെ (njangalude) = our (not including you) ഞങ്ങളുടെ അമ്മ (njangalude amma) = our mother (said to an outsider) അവന്റെ (avante) = his അവന്റെ ഫോൺ (avante phone) = his phone അവളുടെ (avalude) = her അവളുടെ മുറി (avalude muri) = her room അവരുടെ (avarude) = their, or his/her (respectful) അവരുടെ വീട് (avarude veedu) = their house, or her/his house (respectful) അതിന്റെ (athinte) = its, of that ഇതിന്റെ (ithinte) = of this ഇതിന്റെ വില എത്രയാണ്? (ithinte vila ethrayaanu?) = what is the price of this? അനുവിന്റെ അമ്മ (anuvinte amma) = Anu's mother അച്ഛന്റെ അനിയൻ (achante aniyan) = Achan's younger brother അമ്മയുടെ ചേച്ചി (ammayude chechi) = Amma's older sister 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.