You have learned that -o makes a question: കഴിച്ചോ? (kazhicho?) = Have you eaten? Then one day Amma puts a plate in front of a guest and says കഴിച്ചോ (kazhicho) with a falling voice, and it is not a question at all: it means "go ahead and eat". In this episode: • Where the permissive comes from • Casual permission: -o • Polite permission: -oloo • Question or permission? listen to the tune • Asking permission and offering to handle things • An invented scene: grandma's visit • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: എടുത്തുകൊള്ളൂ (eduthukolloo) = please take it (careful, written style) എടുത്തോളൂ (edutholoo) = please take it (polite speech) എടുത്തോ (edutho) = take it, go ahead (casual) കഴിച്ചോ (kazhicho) = Go ahead and eat പറഞ്ഞോ (paranjo) = Go ahead, say it ഇരുന്നോ (irunno) = Sit down, go ahead എടുത്തോ (edutho) = Take it പൊയ്ക്കോ (poykko) = You may go, off you go ഉറങ്ങിക്കോ (urangikko) = Go ahead and sleep കിടന്നോ (kidanno) = Go and lie down ഇത് വെച്ചോ (ithu vecho) = Keep this, it's yours ഇഷ്ടമുള്ളത് വാങ്ങിക്കോ (ishtamullathu vaangikko) = Go ahead and buy whatever you like ഇരുന്നോളൂ (irunnoloo) = Please do sit കഴിച്ചോളൂ (kazhicholoo) = Please go ahead and eat പറഞ്ഞോളൂ (paranjoloo) = Please go ahead and tell me പൊയ്ക്കോളൂ (poykkoloo) = Please feel free to go എടുത്തോളൂ (edutholoo) = Please help yourself ഞാൻ പൊയ്ക്കോട്ടെ? (njaan poykkotte?) = May I go? ഞാൻ ഇരുന്നോട്ടെ? (njaan irunnotte?) = May I sit? ഇതൊന്ന് എടുത്തോട്ടെ? (ithonnu eduthotte?) = May I take this one? 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.