How to place an event in time in Malayalam — days, weeks, months, years, and the small words that let you tell a story instead of listing facts. I am Dr. Reshmi R. Nair, an applied linguist from Kerala. I have taught hundreds of learners to speak Malayalam as it is actually spoken. THE DAYS, INCLUDING TWO ENGLISH CANNOT DO IN ONE WORD ഇന്ന് - innu - today ഇന്നലെ - innale - yesterday നാളെ - naale - tomorrow മറ്റന്നാൾ - mattannaal - the day after tomorrow മിനിഞ്ഞാന്ന് - mininjaannu - the day before yesterday THE LARGER UNITS ദിവസം - divasam - day ആഴ്ച - aazhcha - week മാസം - maasam - month വർഷം / കൊല്ലം - varsham / kollam - year THE THREE MODIFIERS THAT DO MOST OF THE WORK കഴിഞ്ഞ - kazhinja - last, past ഈ - ee - this അടുത്ത - adutha - next കഴിഞ്ഞ ആഴ്ച - kazhinja aazhcha - last week അടുത്ത വർഷം - adutha varsham - next year BEFORE, AFTER, FROM, UNTIL — AND THEY GO AFTER THE PHRASE മുൻപ് - munpu - before, ago കഴിഞ്ഞ് - kazhinju - after രണ്ട് ദിവസം മുൻപ് - randu divasam munpu - two days ago മുതൽ - muthal - from വരെ - vare - until തിങ്കൾ മുതൽ വെള്ളി വരെ - thinkal muthal velli vare - Monday to Friday FREQUENCY ദിവസവും - divasavum - daily ആഴ്ചയിൽ ഒരിക്കൽ - aazhchayil orikkal - once a week എപ്പോഴും - eppozhum - always സാധാരണ - sadharana - usually പലപ്പോഴും - palappozhum - often ചിലപ്പോൾ - chilappol - sometimes ഇടയ്ക്ക് - idaykku - now and then അപൂർവമായി - apoorvamayi - rarely ONE THING WORTH KNOWING The Malayalam weekday names carry the same seven planets, in the same order, as English, French and Japanese — one Hellenistic invention that travelled east and west and survives intact in daily speech. When did you last speak Malayalam out loud? Answer using മുൻപ്. #LearnMalayalam #Malayalam #MalayalamGrammar