Should in Malayalam
Malayalam has no separate word for should. The obligation is built into the verb with an ending, and the nearest standalone word is വേണം (venam), which means it is needed or wanted and does duty for ought to and must.
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 “should”
- 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.
- തരണം (tharanam) — Should or must give.
- ഭൃത്യന് (bhrithyan) — Who should be protected and governed, servant, dependant.
- ലക്ഷ്മണരേഖ (lakshmanarega) — (idm.) a line or limit that should not be transgressed.
തരണം (tharanam) shows the pattern, should give, with the obligation inside the verb itself, while bhrithyan and lakshmanarega are unrelated entries that merely use should in their English glosses.
Common questions
How do you say should in Malayalam?
Add the obligation ending to the verb, or use വേണം (venam) when you mean that something is needed.
What is the difference between venam and the verb ending?
venam states that something is wanted or needed, while the ending puts the obligation on the action itself.