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· 16 lessonsGreetings & Formality
അഭിവാദനങ്ങളും മര്യാദയും
Malayalam marks respect with a formal/informal 'you' split — നീ vs. നിങ്ങൾ. English removes that distinction entirely, which is itself the thing to learn.
Numbers 1–10
സംഖ്യകൾ 1–10
English numbers compound almost as cleanly as Malayalam's from thirteen onward — but eleven and twelve are a small irregular pocket worth knowing about upfront.
Family
കുടുംബം
English dropped grammatical gender entirely — no der/die/das, no le/la, nothing on the noun itself. Malayalam agrees with English here in one interesting way: its verbs don't mark gender either.
Sentence Structure
വാക്യഘടന
English word order is rigid in a way Malayalam's isn't — and the reason why is the single most useful grammar fact on this page.
Alphabet & Pronunciation
അക്ഷരമാലയും ഉച്ചാരണവും
Malayalam script tells you exactly how to say a word just by reading it. English spelling doesn't — the same letters can hide sounds that vanish completely when spoken.
Pronouns & 'To Be' / 'To Have'
സർവ്വനാമങ്ങളും 'to be'/'to have' ഉം
English's verb 'to be' reshapes itself for almost every pronoun. Malayalam's equivalent, ആണ്, never changes at all — one word does the whole job.
Plural Nouns
ബഹുവചനം
Malayalam pluralizes almost every noun the same way, every time. English mostly follows one rule too — until a small, stubborn set of words breaks it completely.
Numbers 11–100
സംഖ്യകൾ 11–100
Past the eleven/twelve exception, English numbers build up the same additive way Malayalam's already do — a unique word per decade, then simple addition for everything in between.
Present Tense Verbs
വർത്തമാനകാല ക്രിയകൾ
Malayalam verbs stay exactly the same no matter who's doing the action. English mostly agrees — except for one single, easy-to-forget exception.
Modal Verbs
മാതൃകാ ക്രിയകൾ
Modal verbs — can, must, should, want — are the one corner of English that behaves a little like Malayalam: they never change form for who's doing the action.
Question Words & Do-Support
ചോദ്യ വാക്കുകളും 'do' പ്രയോഗവും
Malayalam turns a statement into a question with a small change in tone or a single added particle. English usually needs to summon an entire extra verb — 'do' — just to ask.
Negation
നിഷേധം
Malayalam negates a sentence with one word, ഇല്ല, no matter what kind of verb it's attached to. English splits negation into two different patterns depending on the verb.
Prepositions of Place
സ്ഥാന നിർദ്ദേശകങ്ങൾ
English says 'on the table'; Malayalam says the equivalent of 'table's on-top'. The location word sits on opposite sides of the noun in each language.
Adjectives & Comparison
വിശേഷണങ്ങളും താരതമ്യവും
Neither language changes an adjective for the noun it describes. But English does change the adjective itself for comparison — a form Malayalam handles with a separate word instead.
Possessive Adjectives
ഉടമസ്ഥാവകാശ വിശേഷണങ്ങൾ
Malayalam builds most possessives by adding one predictable ending to a pronoun you already know. English mostly asks you to memorize a brand-new word instead.
Daily Routine
ദിനചര്യ
English describes a lot of daily actions with two-word verbs — a base verb plus a small extra word that changes its meaning. Malayalam covers the same ground with single, dedicated verbs.