Markets are loud and quick. Sellers call out, prices fly past as numbers, and two short words can sound almost the same and mean completely different things. English speakers often catch one familiar word and jump to the wrong meaning, or freeze while trying to translate a long number. In this episode: • Key words before you listen • Section one: at the fish stall • Section two: finishing at the stall • Section three: the grocery shop • Did you catch it? • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: മീൻ (meen) = fish മത്തി (matthi) = sardine മതി (mathi) = enough, that will do അയല (ayala) = mackerel ചെമ്മീൻ (chemmeen) = prawns കിലോ (kilo) = kilo എത്രയാ കിലോ? (ethrayaa kilo?) = how much a kilo? കുറയ്ക്കാമോ? (kuraykkaamo?) = can you reduce it? അരി (ari) = rice, uncooked പഞ്ചസാര (panchasaara) = sugar ഉള്ളി (ulli) = onion തക്കാളി (thakkaali) = tomato അര (ara) = half 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.