Free 30-Day Course · Day 26 of 30 · Fluent finish

Day 26 — Usually & ever - habits and experiences

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🎥 Two endings carry every dinner party conversation in Kerala.

Final week! Today's patterns make you sound genuinely fluent: what you usually do (-aarundu), and what you've ever done (-ittundu). The getting-to-know-you engine.

Today’s phrases

Say itScriptMeaning
Njaan ... cheyyaarunduഞാൻ ... ചെയ്യാറുണ്ട്I usually ...
Njaan raavile nadakkaarunduഞാൻ രാവിലെ നടക്കാറുണ്ട്I usually walk mornings
Poyittundo?പോയിട്ടുണ്ടോ?Have (you) ever been?
Poyittundu!പോയിട്ടുണ്ട്!I have been!
Kazhichittillaകഴിച്ചിട്ടില്ലNever eaten (it)
Kettittundu!കേട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്!I've heard (of it)!
💡 The two endings that carry every dinner party

'-aarundo?' asks about habits; '-ittundo?' asks about life experience. 'Biriyani undakkarundo?' (do you usually make biryani?) and 'Kashmir poyittundo?' (ever been to Kashmir?) can sustain four hours of conversation. Kerala dinner parties run on exactly these two endings.

Mini dialogue — act it out

New friend: Kerala-il poyittundo?
Ever been to Kerala?

You: Poyittilla... pakshe pokanam!
Never... but I must!

Friend: Sadya kazhichittundo?
Ever had a sadya feast?

You: Kazhichittundu! Adipoli aayirunnu!
I have! It was awesome!

Today’s task

🎯 Build your experience list: 3 things you've done (-ittundu), 3 you haven't yet (-ittilla, pakshe ...anam!). The 'pakshe pokanam!' makes every gap sound like a plan.


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