Pokaam in Malayalam
This token is Malayalam already, not English: it is the verb for going with the ending that makes an offer or grants permission, so it means shall we go or we may go. The entries explain that ending, with ആം (aam) for shall and ആയിരിക്കാം (aayirikkaam) for may or might be.
Shall; Malayalam has no separate word for shall, the sense is carried by the verb ending -aam for offers and suggestions (namukku pokaam, shall we go) and by the future ending -um.
നമുക്ക് നാളെ പോകാം.
namukku naale pokaam.
Shall we go tomorrow.
All Malayalam words for “pokaam”
- ആം (aam) — Shall; Malayalam has no separate word for shall, the sense is carried by the verb ending -aam for offers and suggestions (namukku pokaam, shall we go) and by the future ending -um.
- ആയിരിക്കാം (aayirikkaam) — May, might be, possibly is; permission and possibility are also shown by the ending aam on the verb, as in pokaam, may go.
Malayalam has no separate word for shall or may, so there is nothing to translate word for word; the sense sits in the ending the token already carries.
Common questions
How do you say pokaam in Malayalam?
It is Malayalam as it stands, the verb to go plus the ending that gives shall or may.
Which English words does that ending match?
Shall and may, as the entries ആം (aam) and ആയിരിക്കാം (aayirikkaam) set out.