Pokanam in Malayalam
Like the previous entry this is Malayalam, the verb for going with the obligation ending, so it means must go or should go. വേണം (venam) is the word that carries the same sense on its own, and നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) states the compulsion outright.
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.
എനിക്ക് ഒരു ചായ വേണം.
enikku oru chaaya venam.
I want a tea.
All Malayalam words for “pokanam”
- 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.
- കരുതപ്പെടുന്ന (karuthappedunna) — Supposed; presumed, believed to be so; the English sense of supposed to is usually shown in Malayalam by the verb ending -anam, as in pokanam, meaning supposed to go.
- 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.
karuthappedunna is supposed or presumed and mentions the ending only in passing, so it is not a translation of the token.
Common questions
How do you say pokanam in Malayalam?
It is already Malayalam, the verb to go with the ending that means must or should.
Which word expresses must on its own?
നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) for compulsion, and വേണം (venam) for should or need to.