English puts little place and relation words in front of the noun: in front of the house, behind the door, with Amma, for you. English speakers translate directly, so they say "munnil veedu" for "in front of the house". Malayalam does it the other way round. In this episode: • The pattern • Finding things at home • With, like and for • Before and after • About and without • An invented scene: where are my shoes? • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: വീടിന്റെ മുന്നിൽ (veedinte munnil) = in front of the house എന്റെ മുന്നിൽ (ente munnil) = in front of me മുന്നിൽ (munnil) = in front of പിന്നിൽ (pinnil) = behind. Many people say പുറകിൽ (purakil). മുകളിൽ (mukalil) = on top of, above താഴെ (thaazhe) = under, below അകത്ത് (akathu) = inside പുറത്ത് (purathu) = outside അടുത്ത് (aduthu) = near, next to ഇടയിൽ (idayil) = between, among വാതിലിന്റെ പിന്നിൽ (vaathilinte pinnil) = behind the door അലമാരയുടെ മുകളിൽ (alamaarayude mukalil) = on top of the cupboard കട്ടിലിന്റെ താഴെ (kattilinte thaazhe) = under the bed പെട്ടിയുടെ അകത്ത് (pettiyude akathu) = inside the box വീടിന്റെ പുറത്ത് (veedinte purathu) = outside the house ജനലിന്റെ അടുത്ത് (janalinte aduthu) = near the window രണ്ടു കസേരകളുടെ ഇടയിൽ (randu kaserakalude idayil) = between the two chairs പൂച്ച കട്ടിലിന്റെ താഴെ ഉണ്ട് (poocha kattilinte thaazhe undu) = the cat is under the bed. കൂടെ (koode) = with, together with അമ്മയുടെ കൂടെ (ammayude koode) = with Amma എന്റെ കൂടെ വാ (ente koode vaa) = come with me 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.