Short sentences are easy. The trouble starts when you want to say more: when, where, with whom, why and how. English speakers add these the English way, tacking time on the end: ഞാൻ കടയിൽ പോയി ഇന്നലെ (njaan kadayil poyi innale), from "I went to the shop yesterday". In this episode: • The growing order • Ladder 1: going to the shop • Ladder 2: breakfast, and the how words • Describing words before nouns • Ladders 4 and 5 • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: ഇന്നലെ (innale) = yesterday അമ്മയുടെ കൂടെ (ammayude koode) = with Amma കടയിൽ (kadayil) = to the shop, at the shop വേഗം (vegam) = quickly പതുക്കെ (pathukke) = slowly നന്നായി (nannaayi) = well പാൽ വാങ്ങാൻ (paal vaangaan) = to buy milk പോയി (poyi) = went ഞാൻ പോയി (njaan poyi) = I went ഞാൻ കടയിൽ പോയി (njaan kadayil poyi) = I went to the shop ഞാൻ ഇന്നലെ കടയിൽ പോയി (njaan innale kadayil poyi) = I went to the shop yesterday കഴിച്ചു (kazhichu) = ate അനു കഴിച്ചു (anu kazhichu) = Anu ate അനു രണ്ട് ദോശ കഴിച്ചു (anu randu dosha kazhichu) = Anu ate two dosas നല്ല (nalla) = good, nice വലിയ (valiya) = big ചെറിയ (cheriya) = small പുതിയ (puthiya) = new നല്ല കുട്ടി (nalla kutti) = good child നല്ല കുട്ടികൾ (nalla kuttikal) = good children വീട് (veedu) = house ഒരു വീട് (oru veedu) = a house ഒരു വലിയ വീട് (oru valiya veedu) = a big house ഒരു നല്ല വലിയ വീട് (oru nalla valiya veedu) = a nice big house വീട് വലുതാണ് (veedu valuthaanu) = the house is big മീര പാടി (meera paadi) = Meera sang 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.