Saturday morning: where shall we go, how do we get there, and what food do we take? English speakers hit a surprise here. English has one word for "we", but Malayalam has two. In this episode: • Two kinds of "we" • Planning and suggesting • Deciding together • Getting there • Packing food and getting ready • An invented scene: saturday plans • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: നമുക്ക് (namukku) = to us, all of us; the form used in "let's" sentences നമുക്ക് പോകാം (namukku pokaam) = let's go നമുക്ക് നോക്കാം (namukku nokkaam) = let's see ഒഴിവുദിവസം (ozhivudivasam) = a day off. In writing you may see ഒഴിവുദിനം (ozhivudinam). ശനിയാഴ്ച (shaniyaazhcha) = Saturday ഞായറാഴ്ച (njaayaraazhcha) = Sunday എവിടെ പോകാം? (evide pokaam?) = where shall we go? ബീച്ചിൽ പോയാലോ? (beachil poyaalo?) = how about going to the beach? പാർക്കിൽ പോയാലോ? (parkil poyaalo?) = how about going to the park? എല്ലാവർക്കും ഓക്കെയാണോ? (ellaavarkkum okay aano?) = is everyone okay with that? എനിക്ക് ഓക്കെ (enikku okay) = I'm fine with it എനിക്ക് പറ്റില്ല (enikku pattilla) = I can't make it അടുത്ത ആഴ്ച പോകാം (adutha aazhcha pokaam) = let's go next week instead അത് കൊള്ളാം! (athu kollaam!) = that's a nice idea! അതിലും നല്ലത് പാർക്കാ (athilum nallathu parkaa) = the park would be better than that ശരി, തീരുമാനിച്ചു! (shari, theerumaanichu!) = okay, decided! ബസ്സിൽ (bussil) = by bus ഓട്ടോയിൽ (autoyil) = by auto-rickshaw കാറിൽ (caaril) = by car നടന്നു പോകാം (nadannu pokaam) = let's walk 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.