In Kerala the weather is not small talk: it decides whether the rice is planted, the school opens and the road is there. You start with sun, heat, wind and shade, and പെയ്യുക, a verb used only for falling rain. Then the full rain vocabulary, from drizzle to scooping-and-pouring rain, and the two monsoons, ഇടവപ്പാതി in June and തുലാവർഷം in October. The umbrella turns out to be year-round equipment. The class then turns to the 2018 floods and the fishing crews who carried their boats inland to rescue people. It gives you the flood and landslide words, and the questions that check whether people are safe. Words and phrases in this class: മഴ പെയ്യുന്നു (mazha peyyunnu) – it is raining നല്ല വെയിലുണ്ട് (nalla veyilundu) – there is strong sun നല്ല ചൂടാണ് (nalla choodaanu) – it is very hot തണൽ (thanal) – shade ചാറ്റൽമഴ (chaattalmazha) – drizzle കോരിച്ചൊരിയുന്ന മഴ (korichoriyunna mazha) – torrential rain ഇടവപ്പാതി (idavappaathi) – the southwest monsoon (June) കുട എടുത്തോ (kuda edutho) – take an umbrella ഞാൻ നനഞ്ഞു (njaan nananju) – I got drenched വീട്ടിൽ വെള്ളം കയറി (veettil vellam kayari) – water has come into the house ഉരുൾപൊട്ടൽ (urulpottal) – landslide ഞങ്ങൾ സുരക്ഷിതരാണ് (njangal surakshitharaanu) – we are safe വീട്ടിൽ എല്ലാവർക്കും കുഴപ്പമില്ലേ? (veettil ellaavarkkum kuzhappamille?) – is everyone at home all right? In this class: • Sun, heat, wind, shade, and the verb used only for rain • A word for every kind of rain, and Kerala's two monsoons • The umbrella as everyday equipment, and the monsoon's arrival • Flood and landslide words, and the questions that check on people Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.