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🎥 Count to 10 and never get tourist-priced again.
Numbers buy your tea, pay your auto, and survive the market. Today: one to ten, plus the question that goes with them - Ethra? (how much?).
Today’s phrases
| Say it | Script | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Onnu, randu, moonnu | ഒന്ന്, രണ്ട്, മൂന്ന് | 1, 2, 3 |
| Naalu, anchu, aaru | നാല്, അഞ്ച്, ആറ് | 4, 5, 6 |
| Ezhu, ettu, onpathu, pathu | ഏഴ്, എട്ട്, ഒൻപത്, പത്ത് | 7, 8, 9, 10 |
| Ethra? | എത്ര? | How much / how many? |
| Oru chaaya | ഒരു ചായ | One tea (oru before a noun) |
| Randu dosha | രണ്ട് ദോശ | Two dosas |
When counting things, 'onnu' becomes 'oru' before the noun: oru chaaya, oru auto, oru minute. Honestly, 'oru' might be the most-used word in Malayalam - 'oru' this, 'oru' that. Sprinkle freely.
Mini dialogue — act it out
You: Chetta, ithu ethra?
Brother, how much is this?
Vendor: Pathu rupa.
Ten rupees.
You: Sheri, randu tharoo.
Okay, give me two.
Today’s task
🎯 Count every staircase step, every spoon of rice, every WhatsApp message today - in Malayalam. By tonight 1-10 should be automatic.
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