Often in Malayalam
Often is പലപ്പോഴും (palappozhum), built from the word for several plus a word for times, so it literally means at many times. It is long but very common, and it goes before the verb in a sentence.
Most common translation
Often, very often, frequently.
അവന് പലപ്പോഴും വൈകി വരും.
avan palappozhum vaiki varum.
He often comes late.
All Malayalam words for “often”
- പലപ്പോഴും (palappozhum) — Often, very often, frequently.
- ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുക (ulkkolluka) — Contains; to hold or have something inside, to include; everyday speech often just says undu or adangiyirikkunnu.
- കൂടി (koodi) — Also, too, as well; often used together with the suffix um on the word.
- ദശലക്ഷം (dashalaksham) — Million, ten lakh; Malayalam more often counts in lakhs, so pathu laksham is also said.
- ദശലക്ഷങ്ങൾ (dashalakshangal) — Millions; very large numbers, tens of lakhs; everyday Malayalam more often counts in lakhs and crores.
- പഴം (pazham) — Fruit. A ripe fruit; by itself it often means a banana.
- വാഴപ്പഴം (vazhappazham) — Banana. The ripe fruit of the plantain; often called simply pazham.
- ശേഷിക്കുന്നു (sheshikkunnu) — Remains; is left over, still continues to be there; in speech people often say baakkiyundu.
- സംയോജനം (samyojanam) — Combination, the joining of two or more things into one; in everyday speech the English word kombinesan is often used.
palappozhum is the adverb you want. കൂടി (koodi) means also or too and only lands on often inside certain phrases, while the remaining entries simply happen to use often in their English explanations.
Common questions
How do you say often in Malayalam?
പലപ്പോഴും (palappozhum).
Where does palappozhum go in a sentence?
Before the verb, like most Malayalam adverbs, with the verb itself left at the end.