Looking for practical Sinhala to Malayalam (മലയാളം) phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Sinhala 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: focus on one section per day (travel Monday, dining Tuesday, and so on) if you are preparing for a Malayalam-speaking trip in a few weeks.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
හෙලෝ
നമസ്കാരം(namaskaram)
ස්තුතියි
നന്ദി(nandi)
සුභ උදෑසනක්
ശുഭോദയം(shubhodhayam)
සුභ පස්වරුක්
ശുഭ വൈകുന്നേരം(shubha vaikunneram)
සුභ සවසක්
ശുഭ സന്ധ്യ(shubha sandhya)
සුභ රාත්රියක්
ശുഭ രാത്രി(shubha raathri)
පසුව හමුවෙමු
ശേഷം കാണാം(shesham kaanam)
ගුඩ් බයි
വിട(vida)
ඔබගේ නම කුමක්ද?
നിന്റെ പേര് എന്താണ്?(ninte per enthanu?)
මගේ නම ජෝන්
എന്റെ പേര് ജോൺ ആണ്(ente per John aanu)
ඔබට කොහොමද?
സുഖമാണോ?(sukhamaano?)
ඔබට හමුවී සතුටුයි
നിനക്കു കാണാൻ സന്തോഷം(ninakku kaanaan santhosham)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
ඔබට ඉංග්රීසි කතා කරන්න පුළුවන්ද?
നിങ്ങൾ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് സംസാരിക്കുമോ?(niṅṅaḷ iṅglīṣ saṁsārikkumō?)
මට හින්දි හොඳින් කතා කරන්න බැහැ
ഞാൻ ഹിന്ദി നല്ല രീതിയിൽ സംസാരിക്കാറില്ല(ñān hindī nalla rīthiyil saṁsārikkāriḷḷa)