Shopping in Kerala is a conversation. You ask the price, check the total, look for change, ask for a little off, and chat with the shopkeeper you will see every week. The typical mistake is translating "How much does this cost?" word for word: ഇതിന്റെ ചെലവ് എന്താണ്? In this episode: • Money words • Asking prices and totals • Change, card or cash • Discounts and friendly bargaining • At the counter, returns and exchanges • An invented scene: at the corner shop • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: രൂപ (roopa) = rupee, rupees. The same word for one or many. പൈസ (paisa) = paisa, the small unit; in speech it also means money in general. കാശ് (kaashu) = money, cash. Very common at home. പൈസ ഉണ്ടോ? (paisa undo?) = Do you have money? കാശ് കൊടുത്തോ? (kaashu kodutho?) = Did you pay? പത്ത് (pathu) = ten. ഇരുപത് (irupathu) = twenty. അമ്പത് (ambathu) = fifty. നൂറ് (nooru) = a hundred. അഞ്ഞൂറ് (anjooru) = five hundred. നൂറ്റമ്പത് രൂപ (noottambathu roopa) = a hundred and fifty rupees. ഇതിന് എത്രയാ? (ithinu ethrayaa?) = How much is this? ഒരു കിലോയ്ക്ക് എത്രയാ? (oru kiloykku ethrayaa?) = How much for one kilo? വില (vila) = price. വില കൂടുതലാണ് (vila kooduthalaanu) = The price is high. എത്ര ആയി? (ethra aayi?) = How much has it come to? What's the total? മൊത്തം എത്ര? (motham ethra?) = How much altogether? ബിൽ തരാമോ? (bill tharaamo?) = Could I have the bill? ചില്ലറ (chillara) = change, small notes and coins. ചില്ലറ ഉണ്ടോ? (chillara undo?) = Do you have change? Shopkeepers ask this a lot. 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.