Never miss a day of Malayalam

This page is your daily accountability system: a streak tracker, three ways to get reminded, and a 14-day guided plan that pairs one short YouTube video with one free lesson and a two-minute speaking task. Show up, tap the button, keep the flame alive.

Your streak

Set your daily reminder — 3 ways

The streak dies when you forget, not when you get lazy. Pick whichever reminder fits your life (or stack all three):

The 14-day guided plan

Each day: watch one short video (under a minute), do one free lesson (about 20 minutes, or skim it in 5), and speak for 2 minutes. Tap the thumbnail to play right here. When you finish, hit the streak button above.

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Day 1 · Greetings

Start with hello

🎥 Watch: 5 Malayalam phrases for your Kerala trip — Namaskaaram, Nandi

📚 Lesson: Day 1 — Hello, Kerala!

🗣️ 2-min task: say the video’s five phrases out loud twice each — Namaskaaram, Nandi, Ethra rupa?, Evideyaa?, Manassilaayilla — then greet someone (or the mirror) with a confident “Namaskaaram!”

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Day 2 · Survival words

Sound natural, not textbook

🎥 Watch: Sound Like a Local

📚 Lesson: Day 2 — Yes, No, Okay: the survival trio

🗣️ 2-min task: practise your yes / no / okay trio out loud in mini-dialogues — ask yourself a question, answer it, and copy the local rhythm you heard in the video.

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Day 3 · Politeness

Put people at ease

🎥 Watch: Say ‘no worries’ in Malayalam — Saaralla

📚 Lesson: Day 3 — The politeness pack

🗣️ 2-min task: imagine three people apologising to you and answer each out loud with “Saaralla” — then run through the politeness phrases from the lesson.

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Day 4 · Introduce yourself

The line that melts any Malayali

🎥 Watch: Melt any Malayali in Malayalam — Enikku Malayalam ishtamaanu

📚 Lesson: Day 4 — Who are you? Introduce yourself

🗣️ 2-min task: introduce yourself out loud using the lesson’s pattern, and finish with “Enikku Malayalam ishtamaanu” — I love Malayalam.

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Day 5 · Endings

Say what you like

🎥 Watch: Say ‘I like it’ in Malayalam — Enikku ishtaa

📚 Lesson: Day 5 — The three magic endings

🗣️ 2-min task: point at five things around you and say “Enikku ishtaa” about the ones you like — out loud, with feeling.

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Day 6 · Numbers

Numbers you can spend

🎥 Watch: Buy a ticket in Malayalam — Ticket-inu ethra?

📚 Lesson: Day 6 — Count like a local: 1 to 10

🗣️ 2-min task: count 1 to 10 out loud twice, then act the ticket counter scene: “Ticket-inu ethra?”

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Day 7 · Week 1 review

Victory lap

🎥 Watch: English vs Malayalam Ep 1

📚 Lesson: Day 7 — Week 1 victory lap

🗣️ 2-min task: pause the video after each English line and say the Malayalam version aloud before the reveal. Score yourself honestly.

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Day 8 · Food feelings

The most-asked question in Kerala

🎥 Watch: When amma asks if you ate — Kazhichu, amme!

📚 Lesson: Day 8 — I’m HUNGRY: food feelings

🗣️ 2-min task: answer “Kazhichu, amme!” out loud three times with a smile, then say the lesson’s hungry / full phrases.

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Day 9 · Tea shop

Order like a local

🎥 Watch: Order tea like a local in Malayalam — Oru chaaya tha

📚 Lesson: Day 9 — Tea shop Malayalam

🗣️ 2-min task: order out loud — “Oru chaaya tha” — then order two teas using yesterday’s numbers (randu chaaya!).

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Day 10 · Want & need

Win the whole family

🎥 Watch: Win the Malayali family in Malayalam — Bhakshanam adipoli!

📚 Lesson: Day 10 — Want it, need it, get it

🗣️ 2-min task: compliment tonight’s meal out loud — “Amme, bhakshanam adipoliyaayirunnu!” — then use one want / need phrase from the lesson.

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Day 11 · Family

Words for the people you love

🎥 Watch: Say I love you in Malayalam — Enikku ninne othiri ishtaanu

📚 Lesson: Day 11 — The family tree

🗣️ 2-min task: say “Enikku ninne othiri ishtaanu” out loud until it flows, then name five family members in Malayalam (amma, achan, chetta, chechi…).

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Day 12 · Question words

Ask anything

🎥 Watch: Where’s the bathroom in Malayalam? — Toilet evideyaa

📚 Lesson: Day 12 — The question words

🗣️ 2-min task: ask “…evideyaa?” out loud about three real places (bus stand, hotel, toilet), then run the lesson’s question words.

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Day 13 · This & that

Shop without the tourist tax

🎥 Watch: Don’t get tourist-priced in Kerala — Ithu ethrayaa?

📚 Lesson: Day 13 — This, that & pointing politely

🗣️ 2-min task: point at three objects and ask “Ithu ethrayaa?” — then try the bargaining line from the video: “Vila kuraykkaamo?”

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Day 14 · Week 2 review

The sound that proves you’re serious

🎥 Watch: The hardest sound in Malayalam — Mazha, vaazha, kozhi

📚 Lesson: Day 14 — Week 2 feast: review dialogue

🗣️ 2-min task: say mazha, vaazha, kozhi five times each (slowly, then fast), then read the Day 14 review dialogue out loud — both parts.

Bonus for over-achievers: there’s one more Short waiting — Say I’m going home in Malayalam — Veettilekku pokuva. New videos land on the channel all the time, and fresh days will slot into this plan as they do. After Day 14, keep your streak going with Days 15–30 of the free course.

Why 10 minutes a day works

Language sticks through spaced repetition, not marathon sessions. A short daily loop — hear it (video), understand it (lesson), say it (task) — touches the same phrases three ways while they’re still fresh. Miss a day? Saaralla — no worries. The plan is a ladder, not a treadmill: just climb back on at the next day.