You have now met the whole engine of Malayalam grammar, from aanu and undu to quoting with ennu. The danger at this stage is that each piece sits in its own box. English speakers then fall back on translating directly from English whenever they speak fast, and old mistakes return: "njaan vishakkunnu", "ammakku chodikku", "njaan alla poyi". In this episode: • Two kinds of "is", pronouns and gender • Plurals and case endings • Tenses • Requests, modals and the feeling word • Questions and saying no • Joining, relatives, if and quoting • Building bigger: causatives to states • Language bridge • Practice: a mixed invented scene • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: ആണ് (aanu) = is, for "X is Y". ഇത് എന്റെ വീടാണ് (ithu ente veedaanu) = this is my house. നീ (nee) = you, casual. നിങ്ങൾ (ningal) = you, polite or plural. (Episode 18) പോകാം (pokaam) = let's go. വരണം (varanam) = you must come. (Episode 28) എനിക്ക് വിശക്കുന്നു (enikku vishakkunnu) = I'm hungry. ഇത് ചായ അല്ല (ithu chaaya alla) = this is not tea. അവൻ വന്നില്ല (avan vannilla) = he didn't come. 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.