Malayalam Adjectives

Welcome to the second Malayalam lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Malayalam to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

black കറുപ്പ് [kṟu pep]

grey നരച്ച [nerechch]

white വെള്ള [veḷeḷ]

blue നീല [nīl]

green പച്ച [pechch]

yellow മഞ്ഞ [meñeñ]

red ചുവപ്പ് [chu vepep]

brown ചവുണ്ട [chvu ṇeṭ]

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules - Malayalam + Pronunciation
my house is white [noun + adjective] എന്ടെ വീടിന് വെള്ള നിറമാണ് [eneṭe vīṭeine veḷeḷe neiṟemaṇ]
your country is big [noun + adjective] നിങ്ങളുടെ രാജ്യം വലുതാണ് [neineneḷu ṭe rajeye' velu thaṇ]
new books are expensive [plural + adjective] പുതിയ പുസ്തകങ്ങള്‍ വിലയേറിയതാണ് [pu theiye pu sethekneneḷe‍ veileyeṟeiyethaṇ]
we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective] ഞങ്ങള്‍ ഇവിടെ സന്തുഷ്ടരാണ് [ñeneneḷe‍ iveiṭe senethu sśeṭeraṇ]
she has three small dogs [adjective + plural] അവള്‍ക്ക് മുന്ന് ചെറിയ പട്ടിയുണ്ട് [aveḷe‍kk mu nene cheṟeiye peṭeṭeiyu ṇeṭ]
this language is very easy [adverb + adjective] ഈ ഭാഷ വളരെ എളുപ്പമാണ് [ī bhasśe veḷere eḷu pepemaṇ]
I have a small green house [adjective + adjective] എനിക്ക് ഒരു പച്ച വീട് ഉണ്ട് [eneikk oru pechch vīṭe uṇeṭ]

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold കുളിരുള്ള [ku ḷeiru ḷeḷ]

hot ചുടുള്ള [chu ṭu ḷeḷ]

cloudy മേഘാവൃതം [meghaverethe']

rainy മഴ യുള്ള [meḻe yu ḷeḷ]

snowy മഞ്ഞു വീഴുന്ന [meñeñu vīḻu nen]

sunny തെളിഞ്ഞ [theḷeiñeñ]

windy കാറ്റുള്ള [kaṟeṟu ḷeḷ]

warm ചെറു ചുടുള്ള [cheṟu chu ṭu ḷeḷ]

Conversation in Malayalam

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English - Malayalam - Pronunciation
hi ആഹ് [ah]
how are you? എങ്ങനെ ഉണ്ട് [enenene uṇeṭ]
I'm good, thank you നല്ലത്, നന്ദി [nelelethe, nenedei]
and you? അങ്ങോ? [aneno?]
what is your name? എന്താ അങ്ങയുടെ പേര്? [enetha aneneyu ṭe pere?]
my name is Maya എന്‍റെ പേര് മായ [ene‍ṟe pere may]
nice to meet you കണ്ടു മുട്ടിയതില്‍ സന്തോഷം [kṇeṭu mu ṭeṭeiyetheile‍ senethosśe']

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