Shopping & Money
ഷോപ്പിംഗും പണവും
Shopping phrases put your accusative case and numbers lessons to direct use — asking a price, saying how many, and handling money are where classroom grammar turns into a real conversation.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
Was kostet...? keeps the item in the nominative, not the accusative
Was kostet das Brot? (What does the bread cost? — das Brot stays nominative, the subject of kosten)
ഈ റൊട്ടിയുടെ വില എന്താണ്? (this bread-of price what-is — റൊട്ടി itself never takes an object marker)
It's tempting to put the item you're asking about into the accusative, since you're 'dealing with' it — but kosten treats the item as the grammatical subject doing the costing, not an object being acted on, so it stays nominative in both languages: das Brot needs no case change, and Malayalam only marks റൊട്ടി with a possessive (-യുടെ), never an object suffix. Save the accusative for when you're the one taking an action on the item, as in Ich nehme den Kaffee ('I'll take the coffee') from Food & Ordering.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- ഇതിന്റെ വില എന്താണ്?ithinte vila enthaanu?
- English
- What does this cost?
- Malayalam
- ഇതിന് പത്ത് യൂറോ ആണ്.ithinu patthu yuro aanu.
- English
- That costs ten euros.
- Malayalam
- വില കുറഞ്ഞത് / വില കൂടിയത്vila kuranjathu / vila koodiyathu
- English
- cheap / expensive
- Malayalam
- പണംpanam
- English
- money
- Malayalam
- പണം കൊടുക്കുകpanam kodukkuka
- English
- to pay
- Malayalam
- കാഷ് കൗണ്ടർcash counter
- English
- the checkout / cash register