Fever, headache, sore throat — the exact lines to describe your symptoms and ask about your medicine. Practical Malayalam for a clinic visit.
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Transcript
De, pani vannaal doctorude aduthu enthu parayum? Nokkikko. ‘Doctore, enikku thalavedanayum paniyum undu. Innale raathri muthalaa. Thondaykku nalla vedana. Bhakshanam onnum kazhikkaan thonnunnilla.’ Doctor chodikkum, ‘ethra divasamaayi ingane?’ Appo parayanam, ‘randu divasamaayi.’ Marunnu vaangumpo chodikkaan marakkanda — ‘ithu divasathil ethra thavana kazhikkanam? Bhakshanathinu mumpo sheshamo?’ Ithrayum arinjaa mathi, doctorude aduthu pedikkanda!
So — when you’ve got a fever, what do you say at the doctor’s? Watch this. ‘Doctor, I have a headache and a fever. Since last night. My throat hurts badly. I don’t feel like eating anything.’ The doctor asks, ‘how many days has it been like this?’ Then you say, ‘two days.’ When buying the medicine, don’t forget to ask — ‘how many times a day should I take this? Before food or after?’ Know just this much and there’s no need to feel nervous at the doctor’s!
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Play it once just listening. Play it again and say each line aloud with the audio (shadowing). Then hide the transcript and see how much you catch. Ten minutes a day and casual Malayalam starts to feel natural.
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