Hi Raj
Hi Peter
R: evide pookunnu ? = where are [you] going ?
P: chumma onn'u n'adakkaan. Nee evidekaa? = simply, just to walk Where are you going?
R:njaan market il pookunnu = I am going to market.
P: enthu vaangaan aanu ? = to buy what?
R: kurachu miin vaanganam = [I] have to buy some fish
P: ooh nalla idea. njaanum oppam varaam. enikkum miin vanganam = ooh good idea. I will also come along. I also have to buy fish
R: ninaku miin athra ishtam aano? = do you like fish that much?
P: enikku ishtamaanu. ninako? = I like. Do you ?
R: enikku valiya ishtam illa. pakshe ammaku ishtam aanu. = I dont like very much (=I dont have big like). But mum likes.
P: namukku bus il pookaam = let us go by bus
R: s'ari. pookaam. = OK. lets go
===============GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY===============
chumma = simply, merely
veruthe = simply, merely
onn'u = just, once
evidekaa = evidekkaanu = evideku aanu? = to where is/are. ..(evidekaa is very informal and is used only in spoken language.)
evideku = evide + ku = to where
pookunnu = is going
vaangaan = to buy
kurachu = some, little, less
kooduthal = more
miin = fish
nalla = good
njaanum = njaan +um = i also
enikkum = enikku +um = for me also (see grammar table 1: " I have to.." )
oppam = along, along with, together
athra = that much
ishtamaanu = ishtam aanu ( ishtam = like, love)
valiya = big
ninako? = ninaku + o = to you ? ('o' is added to make it a question sound)
namukku = nammalku = to us
| The 'aanu' coming at the end of a sentance (mostly it comes so) is combined with the previous word. Sometimes to keep continuity a 'y' is added only if the previous word ends in a vowel. In these lessons, it is not done so to identify words easily. Ex:
pookuka aanu => pookukayaanu
varuka aanu => varukayaanu
vaangaan aanu => vaangaanaanu
cheyyaan aanu => cheyyaanaanu
ishtam aanu => ishtamaanu
evideku aanu => evidekaanu
ishtam aano? => ishtamaano?