Free 30-Day Course · Day 12 of 30 · Questions

Day 12 — The question words

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🎥 5 words + eyebrows = every question you’ll ever need.

Five little words unlock every conversation: what, where, when, how, who. Master these and you can be curious in Malayalam forever.

Today’s phrases

Say itScriptMeaning
Entha?എന്താ?What?
Evide?എവിടെ?Where?
Eppo?എപ്പോ?When?
Engane?എങ്ങനെ?How?
Aaraa?ആരാ?Who is it?
Enthukondu?എന്തുകൊണ്ട്?Why?
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💡 The one-word conversation

These work alone! Someone shows you something: 'Entha?' Someone's going somewhere: 'Evide?' Phone rings: 'Aaraa?' Malayalis run entire conversations on single question words plus eyebrows. The eyebrows are mandatory.

Mini dialogue — act it out

Friend: Njaan pokuvaa!
I'm off!

You: Evide?
Where?

Friend: Kalyanam!
A wedding!

You: Aarude?
Whose?

Friend: Ariyilla, amma paranju varaan!
No idea, mom said come!

Today’s task

🎯 One-word-question game: reply to everything today (in your head) with the right Malayalam question word. Someone mentions lunch? 'Evide?' A name? 'Aaraa?'


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