Understand in Malayalam
To understand is മനസ്സിലാക്കുക (manassilaakkuka), built from the word for mind plus a verb of making, so literally to take into the mind. Say ma-nas-si-laa-kku-ka. It is the standard verb, used of grasping a meaning and of realising a situation.
മനസ്സിലാക്കുക (manassilaakkuka)
Understand, to grasp the meaning; to realise or comprehend something.
എനിക്ക് കാര്യം മനസ്സിലായി.
enikku kaaryam manassilaayi.
I understood the matter.
All Malayalam words for “understand”
- മനസ്സിലാക്കുക (manassilaakkuka) — Understand, to grasp the meaning; to realise or comprehend something.
- ഉള്ക്കൊള്ക (ulkkolka) — Grasp, understand, bear, experience, contain.
- പുരിയുക (puriyuka) — Do, create, make, act, give, watch attentively, understand.
- വ്യക്തമായി (vyakthamaayi) — Clearly, plainly, in a way that is easy to see or to understand.
ഉള്ക്കൊള്ക (ulkkolka) is a more literary verb for taking in or containing, and പുരിയുക (puriyuka) lists understand among many older senses, so neither is the everyday choice.
Common questions
How do you say understand in Malayalam?
To understand is മനസ്സിലാക്കുക (manassilaakkuka).
How do I say I understood?
Malayalam uses the intransitive past of the same root rather than the causative verb മനസ്സിലാക്കുക (manassilaakkuka), and that is how people say got it in conversation.