*This episode is about "Yazd"  a city in the Central District of  Yazd province, Iran. 

**Feel free to send me message if you have any questions

**** You can find more stories in Farsi in my channel on Spotify : https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yas-omidvar

Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

شهر یزد / Yazd city

Unlock the secret to speaking Malayalam instantly using the verbs you already know! In this episode, we explore the 'LEGO SWAP Rule,' a powerful linguistic bridge that uses the Malayalam root verb cheyyuka (to do) to transform English verbs like call, check, and try into fully functional Malayalam sentences. We’ll break down the Survival 8 patterns—the essential forms you need to handle 90% of daily conversations—showing you how to navigate past, present, and future tenses with ease. Whether you're a beginner or looking to improve your colloquial flow, this episode provides the ultimate shortcut to Malayalam fluency.

Key Concepts to Feature in Your Episode
1. The "CHEYY" Bridge and the LEGO SWAP Rule
As your title suggests, cheyyuka (to do/perform) acts as a grammatical anchor
. The LEGO SWAP Rule allows a speaker to take almost any English verb and "plug" it into Malayalam grammatical structures
.
How it works: You take an English verb (the "LEGO block") and add a specific form of cheyyuka.
Examples: Instead of learning complex native Malayalam verbs, you can simply say call cheydhu (called), check cheyyunnu (checking), or drive cheyyum (will drive)
.
2. The Foundation: The Survival 8
To effectively use this bridge, your listeners only need to master eight specific patterns of the verb cheyyuka. These are the high-frequency forms that cover most conversational needs
:
Past: cheydhu (did/tried)
Present: cheyyunnu (doing/trying)
Future: cheyyum (will do/try)
Willingness: cheyyaam (let's do/try)
Obligation: cheyyanam (must do/try)
Negative Past: cheythilla (did not do/try)
Present Question: cheyyunnundo? (are you doing/trying?)
Future Question: cheyyumo? (will you do/try?)
3. Mastering Commands and Requests
You can also explain how the "CHEYY" bridge allows for different levels of politeness when telling someone to do something
:
Informal: try cheyy (to a friend)
.
Polite: try cheyyuu (to an elder or stranger)
.
Gentle: try cheyyane (a warm "please try")


Speak Real Malayalam | Slow • Clear • Natural

Usage of CHEYY as a bridge between English and Malayalam Verbs

"POR and PARA prepositions", one of the most difficult topics in learning Spanish, will no longer be confusing after this podcast.
Enjoy this first round, and follow me for the second one on "PARA"!

Spanish Grammar

POR vs PARA

麻烦先来两杯冰啤酒。
请多给我们一些餐巾纸 。 
服务员，买单，一共多少钱？
这儿的菜真不错！

má fɑn xiān lái liǎnɡ bēi bīnɡ pí jiǔ 。 
qǐnɡ duō ɡěi wǒ men yì xiē cān jīn zhǐ   。  
fú wù yuán ， mǎi dān ， yí ɡònɡ duō shǎo qián ？ 
zhè ér de cài zhēn bú cuò ！ 

Laura cheng Chinese

Laura Chinese order food 2

你的生日是什么时候？
nǐ de shēng rì shì shén me shí hòu ？

我的生日是 12 月 15 日
wǒ de shēng rì shì 12 yuè 15 rì

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

When is your birthday ?  你的生日是什么时候？

When was the last time you received a handwritten letter? 

AngliaEnglish

Handwritten Letters

In this episode I'm going to introduce you with the idea of this podcast. Enjoy!

STRESS FREE STEPS

FIRST THINGS FIRST

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Science of Spite: Why We're Meaner when We're Tired

Pépète, le lapin
- Quand j’étais petit, raconte Pépète le lapin, ma maman m’a un jour demandé d’aller chercher six carottes dans le champ d’à côté.
En faisant des petits sauts, j’y suis allé. Hop ! hop ! hop ! Pas de danger à droite ? Rien à gauche ? Hop ! hop ! hop !
J’ai arraché les carottes et je suis rentré à toute vitesse à la maison. Maman s’est mise à crier. J’en avais pris beaucoup trop ! Il n’y avait plus de place dans la cuisine ! Ce n’est pas ma faute, je ne sais pas compter jusqu’à six !