English has one "you" and one "come in", and changes register mostly by adding "please" or "sir". English speakers carry that habit into Malayalam and use one form for everyone, so they either sound rude to an elder with നീ വാ (nee vaa) = you, come, or stiff with a close friend. Malayalam changes the word for "you", the form of the verb, the name you call the person and even the amount of English you mix in. In this episode: • The three toolkits • A request, three ways • An invitation, three ways • An apology and a complaint, three ways • English-mixing by register • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: നീ (nee) = you (intimate) സാർ (saar) = sir, മാഡം (maadam) = madam 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.