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Lesson 26.4A2
House & Home
വീട്
Rooms and furniture vocabulary is where the two-way prepositions from this level get real daily use — describing where something is in the house means constantly choosing between motion and location.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
Furniture placement is the natural home of the two-way prepositions
German
Der Tisch steht im Wohnzimmer. (The table stands in the living room — dative, static location)
Malayalam
മേശ സ്വീകരണമുറിയിൽ ഉണ്ട്. (table living-room-ൽ is — locative suffix -ൽ)
Describing a house is mostly static description, not motion, so expect dative far more often than accusative when talking about furniture and rooms — im Wohnzimmer, im Schlafzimmer, in der Küche, all dative. This lesson is really a chance to drill the 'location, not motion' half of the two-way prepositions lesson with vocabulary you'll use constantly.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
das Wohnzimmerdahs VOHN-tsim-er
- Malayalam
- സ്വീകരണമുറിsweekaranamuri
- English
- living room
das Schlafzimmerdahs SHLAHF-tsim-er
- Malayalam
- കിടപ്പുമുറിkidappumuri
- English
- bedroom
die Küchedee KUE-kheh
- Malayalam
- അടുക്കളadukkala
- English
- kitchen
das Badezimmerdahs BAH-deh-tsim-er
- Malayalam
- കുളിമുറിkulimuri
- English
- bathroom
der Stuhldair shtool
- Malayalam
- കസേരkasera
- English
- chair
das Bettdahs bet
- Malayalam
- കട്ടിൽkattil
- English
- bed
der Schrankdair shrahnk
- Malayalam
- അലമാരalamaara
- English
- cupboard / closet