സുഖമാണോ?
sukhamaano?
The Malayalam phrase for "are you fine?" is സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamaano?)
സുഖമാണോ? is a common greeting used to ask someone about their general well-being or health. It functions both as a literal inquiry about someone's health and as a general social greeting similar to "How are you?" Additionally, you can use എല്ലാം സുഖമാണോ? to ask "Is everything fine?"
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is built from സുഖം, which literally means comfort, ease or well-being.
How do you pronounce it?
sukhamaano?
Did you know?
- While സുഖമാണോ? asks about well-being, a more common way to start a conversation in Kerala is to ask കഴിച്ചോ?, which means 'did you eat?'
- Depending on the tone, സുഖമാണോ? can be used sarcastically to ask someone if they are feeling 'too comfortable' while avoiding a task.
- The suffix -ആണോ? (-aano?) functions as a question particle that turns the noun 'comfort' into the question 'is it comfort?'
Examples in context
- സുഖമാണോ?sukhamano?Are you fine?
- അമ്മയ്ക്ക് സുഖമാണോ?ammaykk sukhamano?Is mother fine?
- നിങ്ങൾക്ക് സുഖമാണോ?ningal kku sukhamano?Are you fine? (polite)
Example conversation
Two friends meet unexpectedly on the street.
- മനോജ് Manojമീര, സുഖമാണോ?Meera, sukhamano?Meera, are you fine?
- മീര Meeraഅതെ, മനോജ്, എനിക്ക് സുഖമാണ്.Athe, Manoj, enikku sukhamanu.Yes, Manoj, I am fine.
- മീര Meeraനിനക്ക് സുഖമാണോ?Ninakku sukhamano?Are you fine?
- മനോജ് Manojഎനിക്കും സുഖമാണ്.Enikkum sukhamanu.I am fine too.
