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Malé-standard Dhivehi is recognisable by its Thaana script, colloquial verb endings, and everyday English loanwords such as ކޯލު and ކަރަންޓު.

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Can you send me the location?

ލޮކޭޝަން ފޮނުވާލަދޭނެތަ؟

ލޮކޭޝަން is the everyday English loanword used in Malé speech, while ފޮނުވާލަދޭނެތަ softens the request into a familiar polite form.

The power is out again.

އަލުން ކަރަންޓު ނެތް.

ކަރަންޓު is the ordinary Maldives loanword for electricity, and the short ނެތް gives this the direct spoken rhythm used at home.

Have you eaten yet?

ކާން ކައިފިންތަ؟

ކައިފިންތަ is the familiar perfect-question form; in Maldivian families, asking about eating is also a routine greeting.

I don't have any money on me.

މަށާ ކައިރީ ފައިސާ ނެތް.

ކައިރީ means with or on one's person, signaling that the speaker has no cash available right now.

My older brother is at home.

ކޮއްކާ ގޭގަ ހުރޭ.

ކޮއްކާ is the Dhivehi kin term for an older brother, while ގޭގަ is the colloquial Malé form for at home.

I have to go to work now.

މިހާރު މަ ވަޒީފާއަށް ދާން ޖެހޭ.

ދާން ޖެހޭ is the Dhivehi necessity construction, signaling that the speaker must go.

I'm really happy.

މަ ވަރަށް އުފާވެރިވެއްޖެ.

އުފާވެރި means happy or joyful, and ވެއްޖެ marks a change into that feeling.

I'll call you tonight.

މިރޭ ތިޔަށް ފޯނުކުރާނަން.

ފޯނުކުރާނަން uses the Dhivehi first-person future ending ނަން, signaling the speaker's intended action.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

Dhivehi in Thaana script; Malé standard.

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