English has three small words for place: in, at and on. English speakers try to find three Malayalam words and translate directly, so they say "meshayude mukalil" every time they mean "on the table", which is correct but heavy. Malayalam mostly uses one ending, -il, for in, at and on. In this episode: • One ending for in, at and on • The shape changes • Among and out of • Language, phone and transport • Time with -il • -ilekku: moving into a place, and -ilum • An invented scene: the missing phone • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: മുറിയിൽ (muriyil) = in the room വീട്ടിൽ (veettil) = at home, in the house മേശയിൽ (meshayil) = on the table അടുക്കളയിൽ (adukkalayil) = in the kitchen ഫ്രിഡ്ജിൽ (fridgil) = in the fridge ബാഗിൽ (bagil) = in the bag ചുമരിൽ (chumaril) = on the wall കസേരയിൽ (kaserayil) = on the chair മരം (maram) = tree → മരത്തിൽ (marathil) = in the tree പുസ്തകം (pusthakam) = book → പുസ്തകത്തിൽ (pusthakathil) = in the book വെള്ളം (vellam) = water → വെള്ളത്തിൽ (vellathil) = in the water വീട് (veedu) = house → വീട്ടിൽ (veettil) നാട് (naadu) = homeland → നാട്ടിൽ (naattil) = back home, in the home town കട (kada) = shop → കടയിൽ (kadayil) മുറി (muri) = room → മുറിയിൽ (muriyil) അമ്മ അടുക്കളയിൽ ആണ് (amma adukkalayil aanu) = Amma is in the kitchen. താക്കോൽ ബാഗിൽ ഉണ്ട് (thaakkol bagil undu) = the key is in the bag. അവരിൽ ഒരാൾ (avaril oraal) = one of them ഇവയിൽ ഏതാണ് നല്ലത്? (ivayil ethaanu nallathu?) = which of these is better? 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.