Every home runs on ready-made phrases: "never mind", "no problem", "is that so?", "off to bed", "text me when you get there". Nobody builds them from grammar; they are pulled out whole, like coins from a pocket. The typical mistake is building them word by word from English. In this episode: • Comfort and reassurance • Reacting to news • Greeting and catching up • Going and arriving • Bedtime and household orders • An invented scene: an evening phone call • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: സാരമില്ല, ഞാൻ തുടച്ചോളാം (saaramilla, njaan thudacholaam) = Never mind, I'll wipe it up. കുഴപ്പമില്ല (kuzhappamilla) = no problem, it's fine. Use it when something is acceptable. അങ്ങനെയാണോ? (anganeyaano?) = Is that so? Really? എന്ത് പറ്റി? (enthu patti?) = What happened? ഒന്നുമില്ല (onnumilla) = Nothing. It's nothing. വെറുതെ (veruthe) = just like that, for no reason. സുഖം തന്നെ? (sukham thanne?) = All well? Doing fine? Literally "wellness, indeed?" സുഖമാണ് (sukhamaanu) = I'm fine. എന്ത് വിശേഷം? (enthu vishesham?) = What's new? വിശേഷം ഒന്നുമില്ല (vishesham onnumilla) = Nothing much. വേറെ എന്തൊക്കെ? (vere enthokke?) = What else? What else is going on? ശ്രദ്ധിച്ച് പോണേ (shraddhichu pone) = Go carefully. എത്തിയോ? (ethiyo?) = Did you reach? Reached safely? എത്തിയാൽ വിളിക്കണേ (ethiyaal vilikkane) = Call me when you get there. പിന്നെ കാണാം (pinne kaanaam) = See you later. വെളിച്ചം കെടുത്ത് (velicham keduthu) = Put the light out. ഇതാ (ithaa) = Here you are. ഇങ്ങു താ (ingu thaa) = Give it here. 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.