Malayalam Language
Malayalam Language tests grammar, vocabulary and usage: sandhi, samasam, vibhakti, vakyashuddhi, paryayapadam, vipareethapadam, pazhamchollu and shabda roopangal.
Grammar areas
- Sandhi: joining two words and identifying the change (ലോപം, ആഗമം, ദ്വിത്വം).
- Samasam: compressed compounds; know ദ്വന്ദ്വ, തത്പുരുഷ and ബഹുവ്രീഹി.
- Vibhakti: case endings from the first to the seventh.
- Vakyashuddhi: correct spelling, number agreement and word order.
Vocabulary
- Paryayapadam (synonyms), vipareethapadam (antonyms) and pazhamchollu.
- Common idiom: 'കൈയിൽ കാശുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ കാലിൽ ശക്തിയുണ്ട്' suggests that money gives confidence.
Worked example
Correct the sentence: 'അവർ എന്റെ സുഹൃത്ത് ആണ്.' 'Avar' is plural, so the predicate must be plural: 'അവർ എന്റെ സുഹൃത്തുക്കൾ ആണ്.' Malayalam nouns and verbs agree in number with the subject; the singular 'സുഹൃത്ത്' with 'അവർ' is a number error.
Traps
- Confusing similar-sounding pairs such as 'അഭ്യസനം' and 'അഭ്യാസം'.
- Applying Tamil or Sanskrit sandhi rules blindly.
- Taking a pazhamchollu literally.
- Mixing spoken and written forms.
- Ignoring plural agreement in a sentence.