English moves things around to ask a question. "You are going" becomes "Where ARE you going?", with the question word jumping to the front and the verb swapping places. English speakers try to do the same reshuffle in Malayalam. In this episode: • What and who • Where and when • Why, how, how much, which • Yes/no questions with -o • Tag questions: alle, ille, allo • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: എന്ത് (enthu) = what. In speech it usually becomes എന്താ (enthaa). എന്താ ഇത്? (enthaa ithu?) = what's this? എന്താ പേര്? (enthaa peru?) = what's (your) name? എന്താ പറ്റിയത്? (enthaa pattiyathu?) = what happened? ആര് (aaru) = who. In speech: ആരാ (aaraa). ആരാ? (aaraa?) = who is it? (when someone knocks) ആരാ വന്നത്? (aaraa vannathu?) = who came? ഇത് ആരുടെയാ? (ithu aarudeyaa?) = whose is this? എവിടെ (evide) = where. എന്റെ കണ്ണട എവിടെ? (ente kannada evide?) = where are my glasses? നീ എവിടെയാ? (nee evideyaa?) = where are you? (on the phone) എങ്ങോട്ടാ? (engottaa?) = where are you off to? എപ്പോൾ (eppol) = when. In speech: എപ്പോഴാ (eppozhaa). എപ്പോഴാ വരുന്നത്? (eppozhaa varunnathu?) = when are you coming? എപ്പോഴാ കഴിച്ചത്? (eppozhaa kazhichathu?) = when did you eat? എന്തിന് (enthinu) = why, for what. In speech: എന്തിനാ (enthinaa). എന്തിനാ കരയുന്നത്? (enthinaa karayunnathu?) = why are you crying? എങ്ങനെ (engane) = how. ഇത് എങ്ങനെ ഉണ്ടാക്കും? (ithu engane undaakkum?) = how do you make this? എങ്ങനെ ഉണ്ട്? (engane undu?) = how is it? how is it going? എത്ര (ethra) = how much, how many. 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.