In English you add an "s" to almost everything: books, trees, three books, two cups. English speakers bring that habit straight into Malayalam and say things like മൂന്ന് പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ (moonnu pusthakangal) = three books, for every count, every time. It is not wrong, but at home people usually say മൂന്ന് പുസ്തകം (moonnu pusthakam) = three books, because the number already tells you there is more than one. In this episode: • The everyday ending: -kal • Words ending in -am: the -ngal change • People: -maar and a few special ones • The respectful plural: avar • When malayalam skips the plural • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: കുട്ടി (kutti) = child കുട്ടികൾ (kuttikal) = children പൂച്ച (poocha) = cat പൂച്ചകൾ (poochakal) = cats കസേര (kasera) = chair കസേരകൾ (kaserakal) = chairs കൈ (kai) = hand കൈകൾ (kaikal) = hands വീട് (veedu) = house വീടുകൾ (veedukal) = houses കണ്ണ് (kannu) = eye കണ്ണുകൾ (kannukal) = eyes ഉടുപ്പ് (uduppu) = dress, shirt ഉടുപ്പുകൾ (uduppukal) = clothes, dresses പുസ്തകം (pusthakam) = book പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ (pusthakangal) = books മരം (maram) = tree മരങ്ങൾ (marangal) = trees പഴം (pazham) = fruit, banana പഴങ്ങൾ (pazhangal) = fruits പാത്രം (paathram) = vessel, dish പാത്രങ്ങൾ (paathrangal) = dishes ചിത്രം (chithram) = picture ചിത്രങ്ങൾ (chithrangal) = pictures അമ്മ (amma) = mother അമ്മമാർ (ammamaar) = mothers ചേച്ചി (chechi) = older sister ചേച്ചിമാർ (chechimaar) = older sisters ചേട്ടൻ (chettan) = older brother ചേട്ടന്മാർ (chettanmaar) = older brothers മകൻ (makan) = son 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.