Looking for practical Kiga to Malayalam (മലയാളം) phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Kiga phrase first, then the Malayalam translation (മലയാളം) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Malayalam.
Tip: pick five Malayalam phrases from the greetings section and use them in a real message today. Small daily practice beats cramming before a trip.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Okwagala
നമസ്കാരം(namaskaram)
Webale
നന്ദി(nandi)
Osiibye bulungi
ശുഭോദയം(shubhodhayam)
Osiibye bulungi
ശുഭ വൈകുന്നേരം(shubha vaikunneram)
Osiibye bulungi
ശുഭ സന്ധ്യ(shubha sandhya)
Osiibye bulungi
ശുഭ രാത്രി(shubha raathri)
Tugenda okukutana
ശേഷം കാണാം(shesham kaanam)
Nkwagala
വിട(vida)
Erinnya lyo ani?
നിന്റെ പേര് എന്താണ്?(ninte per enthanu?)
Erinnya lyange nze John
എന്റെ പേര് ജോൺ ആണ്(ente per John aanu)
Oli otya?
സുഖമാണോ?(sukhamaano?)
Nneebwanga okukuyita
നിനക്കു കാണാൻ സന്തോഷം(ninakku kaanaan santhosham)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Oli muwandiika kiingereza?
നിങ്ങൾ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് സംസാരിക്കുമോ?(niṅṅaḷ iṅglīṣ saṁsārikkumō?)
Sikuwandiika Hindi bulungi.
ഞാൻ ഹിന്ദി നല്ല രീതിയിൽ സംസാരിക്കാറില്ല(ñān hindī nalla rīthiyil saṁsārikkāriḷḷa)