At a Kerala breakfast table, food keeps arriving on your plate whether you asked or not. English speakers translate directly from English table manners and say "illa, nanni" (no, thank you) to everything, which can sound cold, or they never learn how to stop the food coming. The real table language is short: veno? In this episode: • The breakfast foods • Offering food • Accepting and refusing kindly • Passing things at the table • Tea and coffee • An invented scene: sunday breakfast • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: പുട്ട് (puttu) = steamed rice-flour and coconut cylinders കടലക്കറി (kadalakkari) = black chickpea curry, puttu's best friend അപ്പം (appam) = soft lacy rice pancake ദോശ (dosha) = thin crispy rice-and-lentil pancake ഇഡ്ഡലി (iddali) = soft steamed rice cake ഉപ്പുമാവ് (uppumaavu) = savoury semolina ചമ്മന്തി (chammanthi) = coconut chutney സാമ്പാർ (saambaar) = lentil and vegetable curry മുട്ട (mutta) = egg പഴം (pazham) = banana പുട്ടും കടലയും (puttum kadalayum) = puttu and kadala ഇഡ്ഡലിയും സാമ്പാറും (iddaliyum saambaarum) = idli and sambar ദോശയും ചമ്മന്തിയും (doshayum chammanthiyum) = dosa and chutney വേണോ? (veno?) = want some? ഇനിയും വേണോ? (iniyum veno?) = want some more? ഒരു ദോശ കൂടി എടുക്കട്ടെ? (oru dosha koodi edukkatte?) = shall I get you one more dosa? ഒന്നു കൂടി (onnu koodi) = one more. വേണം (venam) = yes, I'd like some. കുറച്ചു കൂടി (kurachu koodi) = a little more. കുറച്ചു മതി (kurachu mathi) = just a little. മതി (mathi) = enough, that's fine. 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.