Want in Malayalam
വേണം (venam) is how Malayalam says want: the thing wanted takes the subject slot and the person wanting goes into the dative, so I want tea comes out as to me tea is wanted. Say ve-nam. The same word carries should and need to.
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 “want”
- 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.
- ആഗ്രഹിച്ചു (aagrahichu) — Wanted, wished for, desired; past tense of aagrahikkuka, to want.
- അഭംഗി (abhamgi) — Want of beauty or grace.
- എന്തും (enthum) — Whatever, anything at all; used before a verb, as in take whatever you want.
- നിരുത്സാഹം (nirulsaaham) — Want of enthusiasm, indifference, lack of interest.
- ഭംഗികേട് (bangiked) — Want of grace, impropriety, clumsiness, awkwardness.
- വേണ്ട (venda) — Don't want, not necessary.
വേണ്ട (venda) is its negative, do not want or no need, and it is the polite refusal you will hear at any table in Kerala.
Common questions
How do you say want in Malayalam?
Want is വേണം (venam), used with the dative, so the one who wants is marked as the person to whom it is wanted.
How do you say I do not want it?
വേണ്ട (venda) on its own does the job, and it is also the standard way to decline an offer of food.