A family home is a relay station: "Amma says dinner's ready", "Tell Achan to call", "Ammamma asked if you ate". English reports speech with "said that" BEFORE the words, and shifts the tense: she said THAT she WOULD come. English speakers look for a Malayalam word for "that" and put it first. In this episode: • The quote marker: ennu • Keep the original tense • Reporting questions • Names and meanings: ennaanu • Hearsay and passing on messages • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: അവൻ വരുന്നില്ല എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞു (avan varunnilla ennu paranju) = he said he isn't coming ചോറ് ആയി എന്ന് അമ്മ പറഞ്ഞു (choru aayi ennu amma paranju) = Amma said dinner's ready അമ്മ നാളെ വരുമെന്ന് പറഞ്ഞു (amma naale varumennu paranju) = Amma said she'd come tomorrow വിചാരിച്ചു (vichaarichu) = thought അവൻ എപ്പോൾ വരുമെന്ന് ചോദിക്ക് (avan eppol varumennu chodikku) = ask when he'll come ഇത് ആരുടെയാണെന്ന് അറിയാമോ? (ithu aarudeyaanennu ariyaamo?) = do you know whose this is? അവന്റെ പേര് കിരൺ എന്നാണ് (avante peru kiran ennaanu) = his name is Kiran നാളെ മഴ പെയ്യും പോലും (naale mazha peyyum polum) = apparently it'll rain tomorrow അവനോട് വരാൻ പറ (avanodu varaan para) = tell him to come അവൻ വരും എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞു (avan varum ennu paranju) = he said he would come 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.