Half past five, dark and raining, and a Kerala household wakes up. A whole morning, entirely in Malayalam. Sudha makes tea, her eighty-year-old mother watches the rain, and sixteen-year-old Anu has an exam and no appetite. Heard slowly, then at natural speed, followed by spoken questions and questions about your own morning. The whole class is in Malayalam — listen for the shape first, let the rest wash over you, and replay it daily for a week. Words and phrases you will hear: രാവിലെ അഞ്ചര മണി (raavile anchara mani) – half past five in the morning പുറത്ത് ഇരുട്ടാണ് (purathu iruttaanu) – it's dark outside മഴ പെയ്യുന്നുണ്ട് (mazha peyyunnundu) – it's raining ആദ്യം എഴുന്നേറ്റു (aadyam ezhunnettu) – got up first അടുക്കള (adukkala) – kitchen ചായ ഉണ്ടാക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി (chaaya undaakkaan thudangi) – started making tea നല്ല മഴയുണ്ടല്ലോ (nalla mazhayundallo) – it's raining hard, isn't it ഇന്ന് പരീക്ഷയാണ് (innu pareekshayaanu) – today is the exam വേഗം കുളിക്ക് (vegam kulikku) – have a bath, quickly പ്രാതൽ (praathal) – breakfast പുട്ടും കടലയും (puttum kadalayum) – puttu and chickpea curry എനിക്ക് വിശപ്പില്ല (enikku vishappilla) – I'm not hungry അമ്മ പറയുന്നത് കേൾക്ക് (amma parayunnathu kelkku) – listen to what Amma says In this class: • A Kerala morning, told slowly and then at natural speed • Time, weather and kitchen words in a real setting • Spoken questions on the story — answer out loud • Questions about your own morning, to answer in Malayalam Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.