Feelings & Compliments

‘I’m so happy’, ‘I’m tired’, ‘well done!’, ‘so beautiful’, ‘awesome taste’, ‘take care’.

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Transcript

Vikaarangalum abhinandanangalum parayaan padhikkaam, tto. Santhosham ullappo parayaam, ‘enikku bhayankara santhosham!’ Ksheenam ullappo parayaam, ‘enikku nalla ksheenam undu.’ Aareyengilum abhinandikkaan parayaam, ‘kollaam, nannaayittundu!’ Allenkil, ‘ithu bhayankara bhamgiyundu.’ Bhakshanam nannaayaal parayaam, ‘adipoli taste!’ Aarengilum pokumpo snehathode parayaam, ‘sookshichu pokane.’ Ithupole nalla vaakkukal paranjaa aalukalkku santhoshamaakum, nammale ishtavumaakum!

Let’s learn to express feelings and give compliments. When happy, ‘I’m so happy!’ When tired, ‘I’m really tired.’ To compliment someone, ‘nice, that’s well done!’ or ‘this is so beautiful.’ When the food is good, ‘awesome taste!’ When someone leaves, warmly say ‘take care.’ Say kind words like this and people feel happy — and they’ll like you too!

How to use this episode

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.