You in Malayalam
നീ (nee) is you to one person, and it is familiar: parents, friends and classmates use it freely, while strangers and elders get a polite form instead. Choosing wrongly is noticed at once.
Most common translation
You, the person spoken to; nee to one person informally and ningal politely or to more than one.
നീ എവിടെ പോകുന്നു?
nee evide pokunnu?
Where are you going?
All Malayalam words for “you”
- നീ (nee) — You, the person spoken to; nee to one person informally and ningal politely or to more than one.
- ഇവിടം (ividam) — This place, (honorific) you, your.
- അങ്ങ് (angu) — There, yonder, far away; you(used respectfully), your honour.
- അടിസ്ഥാനപരമായി (adisthaanaparamaayi) — Basically; fundamentally, in essence, when you look at the main point.
- അവിടുന്ന് (avidunnu) — Thou, honorific term for you.
- ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ (illenkil) — Unless, if not; Malayalam attaches -illenkil or -enkil to a negative verb, as in padichillenkil, unless you study.
- എന്തും (enthum) — Whatever, anything at all; used before a verb, as in take whatever you want.
- ഐഡന്റിറ്റി (aidantitti) — Identity. Who or what someone is; the qualities that make a person distinct, also proof of who you are.
- ഓപ്ഷൻ (opshan) — Option; a choice open to you, one of the alternatives available, a setting you can pick on a device.
- കാലുകൾ (kaalukal) — Feet, the plural of foot, the parts of the body you stand on; as a unit of length adi is used; legs. The limbs used for standing and walking; also the supports of a table or chair.
- തവ (thawa) — Your, yours, for you.
- നിങ്ങൾ തന്നെ (ningal thanne) — Yourself, you yourself, done by you and nobody else; as an object it becomes ningalethanne.
- പരിചയമുള്ള (parichayamulla) — Familiar, known from before, not strange; of a person, one you are acquainted with.
- ലിങ്ക് (linku) — Link, an internet address you can click; also a connection or a link of a chain, kanni.
- സീനിയർ (seeniyar) — Senior, higher in age, rank or standing; a person in a class or a job above you.
അങ്ങ് (angu) and അവിടുന്ന് (avidunnu) are the honorific forms, and ഇവിടം (ividam) literally means this place, used as a respectful you the way English once used your honour.
Common questions
How do you say you in Malayalam?
നീ (nee) to someone you are close to. A separate polite form covers everyone else and also serves as the plural.
Is nee rude?
To an elder or a stranger, yes. The choice between the familiar and the polite form is not optional in Malayalam.