Must in Malayalam
Must, as a statement of obligation, is നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu), meaning that something is compulsory. With a verb, Malayalam normally shows the same force by adding the ending seen in ചെയ്യണം (cheyyanam), must do.
Must, is compulsory, cannot be left out; on a verb the obligation is shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, must go.
വണ്ടി ഓടിക്കുമ്പോൾ ഹെൽമെറ്റ് നിർബന്ധമാണ്.
vandi odikkumpol helmettu nirbandhamaanu.
A helmet is a must while riding.
All Malayalam words for “must”
- നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) — Must, is compulsory, cannot be left out; on a verb the obligation is shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, must go.
- ചെയ്യണം (cheyyanam) — Gotta, have got to, must; Malayalam adds the ending -nam to the verb, as in cheyyanam, gotta do it.
- അടിയന്തിരം (adiyanthiram) — Urgency, urgent matter, religious ceremony that must be observed, celebration or festival, emergency.
- തരണം (tharanam) — Should or must give.
- നികുതികൾ (nikuthikal) — Taxes. Money that people and businesses must pay to the government.
- നിയമങ്ങൾ (niyamangal) — Rules, regulations, the laws of a place or a game; laws; the rules made by a government that people must obey, legal rules.
- വില (vila) — Cost, the price of something, what must be paid for it.
- വേണം (venam) — Want, to need, to wish for; Malayalam says enikku venam, I want; should, ought to, need to; on a verb the obligation is usually shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, should go; needs, requires, must have; Malayalam says venam, it is needed; wants, needs, would like to have; in Malayalam the person wanting takes the dative and the thing wanted is the subject; needed, required, wanted; Malayalam says venam, it is needed, and inflects it for tense as venamayirunnu for was needed; wanna, want to; Malayalam says venam for wanting something, as in enikku chaaya venam, I want tea.
നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) states that a thing is compulsory, ചെയ്യണം (cheyyanam) and തരണം (tharanam) show the obligation on a verb, and the rest, such as നികുതികൾ (nikuthikal) and നിയമങ്ങൾ (niyamangal), are only things one must pay or obey.
Common questions
How do you say must in Malayalam?
നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) says that something is compulsory.
How do you say must do?
Attach the obligation to the verb, as in ചെയ്യണം (cheyyanam).