All days end in -āḻca: tiṅkaḷāḻca (Mon) ... ñāyaṟāḻca (Sun).
I can name the days of the week and use innu, nāḷe and innale.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ഇന്ന് തിങ്കളാഴ്ച ആണ്.
Today is Monday.
ഞായറാഴ്ച ഞങ്ങൾ കടപ്പുറത്തേക്ക് പോകുന്നു.
On Sunday we go to the beach.
നാളെ കാണാം!
See you tomorrow!
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Every day name ends in -ആഴ്ച (-āḻca), 'weekday': തിങ്കളാഴ്ച (Moon-day = Monday), ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച (Mars-day = Tuesday), ബുധനാഴ്ച (Mercury), വ്യാഴാഴ്ച (Jupiter), വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച (Venus = Friday), ശനിയാഴ്ച (Saturn = Saturday), ഞായറാഴ്ച (Sun-day). The planet logic mirrors Latin/English!
Time anchors: innu (today), nāḷe (tomorrow), innale (yesterday).
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesMixing up innu (today) and innale (yesterday). Forgetting that ñāyaṟāḻca (Sunday) starts the Kerala week in calendars.
innu/innale confusion
Daily-routine sentences anchored to day words.
ഇന്ന് തിങ്കളാഴ്ച ആണ്.
Today is Monday.
innu + day + āṇu.
ഞായറാഴ്ച ഞങ്ങൾ കടപ്പുറത്തേക്ക് പോകുന്നു.
On Sunday we go to the beach.
Day word first sets the time frame.
നാളെ കാണാം!
See you tomorrow!
nāḷe kāṇām - the everyday goodbye.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises