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Kannada Learning Programme
By:
CAd£ï PÀĪÀiÁgï (Anjan Kumar)
anjankumarhg@gmail.com
anjankumar@alcatel-lucent.com
Brief History of Kannada
3. Like any other Indian language lot of English words are used in
conversations.
Ex: bus (bassu), car (caaru)
Before learning (cont)
4. A Language can be learnt only by using it, practicing it. So dont stop your
learning just in this session. Practice it outside.
Watch kannada news, films, interviews.
Listen to FM RadioMirchi (98.3), SFM (93.5), BigFM(92.7),
Rainbow (101.3), RadioOne (94.3) etc.
Once you are ok with basic sentence forming try to apply it. Talk with your
colleagues, security, office boys, shops, hotels, bus, auto, market everywhere..
l l in little lage
L Touch your palate with your tongue. Now
say 'L'
d th in the dEr
D D in dirty Dar
t t in tabla thum
T t in table teher
n n in nice naam
N Touch your palate with your tongue. Now rakshaN
say 'N'
Baraha Transliterator
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Session 2
Basic Words
First Person Pronouns
Kannada English
Singular
naanu Me / I am
naanu software engineer I am a software engineer
naanu Ram Its me, Ram
Plural
naavu We
naavu bengaloorinavaru We are from Bengalooru
First Person Pronouns
Kannada English
Singular
nanna Mine / My
nanna hesaru Ram My name is Ram
nanna mane My home
Plural
namma Our (Ours) / We
namma dEsha bhaarata Our country is Bharatha
namma mane Our home
First Person Pronouns
Kannada English
Singular
nanage To me / For me
nanage neeru bEku I want water
Plural
namage To us / For us
namage neeru bEku We want water
He is my brother
avanu ____ tamma
I am going to work
___ kelasakke hOguttiddIni
I have fever
___ jwara ide
Second Person Pronouns
Kannada English
Singular
neenu You
neenu software engineer You are a software engineer
neenu Ram You are Ram
Plural
neevu You (plural form)
neevu bengaloorinavaru You are from Bengalooru
Second Person Pronouns
Kannada English
Singular
ninna Your / Yours
ninna hesaru Ram Your name is Ram
ninna mane Your home
Plural
nimma Your / Yours (plural form)
nimma dEsha bhaarata Your country is Bharatha
nimma mane Your home
Second Person Pronouns
Kannada English
Singular
ninage To you / For you
ninage Enu bEku ? What you want ?
Plural
nimage To you / For you (plural form)
nimage kannaDa gotta ? Do you know kannaDa ?
Case System
(Concentrate on highlighted once)
First Person
naavu namma namage
(plural)
Second Person
neenu ninna ninage
(singular)
Second Person
neevu nimma nimage
(plural)
Session 4
Usage of Pronouns
our country is India
hamAra dEsh bhArat hain
___ dEsha bhArata
namma dEsha bhArata
teach us kannaDa
ham ko kannaDa sikhA do
___ kannaDa kalisi
namage kannaDa kalisi
my company is Lucent
mEra company Lucent hain
___ company Lucent
nanna company Lucent
we know kannaDa
hum kannaDa jaante hain
___ kannaDa gottu
namage kannaDa gottu
ex:
nanna hesaru Ram
my name is Ram
ex:
nanna kelasa consulting
my job is consulting
Basic Nouns
ex:
nanna ooru bengaLooru
my city is bengaLooru
ex:
idu nanna mane
this is my house
Interrogative Pronouns
English Kannada
What Enu
What is your name? ninna hesaru Enu?
What is that? adu Enu?
name
hesaru
house
mane
town / city
ooru
which
yaavudu / yaava
what
Enu
Usage of Pronouns with Interrogation
which is your city? (plural)
aap ka shahar koun sa hain?
nimma ooru yaavudu?
which is my job?
mera kaam kounsaa hain?
nanna kelasa yaavudu?
namaskaara
hindi: namaste
greeting when we meet someone or
when we are leave someone
Verbs
(emphasising first and second person)
Present tense
pustaka alli ide There is a book
neenu elli iddeeya? Where are you?
naanu illi iddeeni I am here
Past tense
neenu elli idde? Where were you?
naanu alli idde I was there
Future tense
neenu elli irtiya? Where you will be?
naanu alli irtIni I will be there
Session 6
Verbs
Examples Present tense
My house is in Koramangala
nanna mane Koramangala dalli ide
Where is bus?
bus elli ide?
bus is here
bus illi ide
Film is fine
film chennaagi ide
Verbs
Examples Present tense
Yes. I am here
houdu. naanu illi iddeeni
Yes. I am in my home
houdu. naanu nanna maneyalli iddeeni
I am in work
naanu kelasadalli iddeeni
Verbs
I am fine
naanu chennaagi iddeeni
I was there
naanu alli idde
Verbs
Examples Future tense
I will be in my house
naanu nanna maneyalli irteeni
I will be in Mysooru
naanu mysoorinalli irteeni
Session 7
abhyaasa
No. I am in my home.
nahi. main mera ghar me hoon
illa. naanu nanna maneyalli iddeeni
Verbs
ide (plural)
Present tense
neevu elli iddeera? Where are you?
naavu illi iddeevi We are here
Verbs
Examples Present tense
We are fine
naavu chennaagi iddeevi
Verbs
ide (plural)
Past tense
neevu elli idri? Where were you?
naavu alli idvi We were there
Verbs
We were there
naavu alli idvi
ide (plural)
Future tense
neevu elli irteera? Where you will be?
naavu alli irteevi We will be there
Verbs
Examples Future tense
We will be in Mysooru
naavu mysoorinalli irteevi
Session 8
abhyaasa
We are fine
ham acche hain
naavu chennaagiddeevi (chennaagi iddeevi)
Where we should be
naavu elli irbEku?
Yes. I am in my house.
haan. main mEra ghar main hoon
houdu. naanu nanna maneyalli iddeeni
ma aDu (singular) do
Present tense
kelasa mADu do the work
neenu Enu maaDtiddIya what are you doing
naanu kelasa maaDtiddIni I am doing the work
Verbs
Examples maaDu
I am working in Lucent
naanu Lucent nalli kelasa maaDtiddeeni
I am taking meals
naanu oota maaDtiddeeni
I will be here
naanu illi irteeni
Session 11
Verbs
ma aDu do
doing
kar rahan hoon
maa Dtid dee ni
did
kiya
maa Did e
will do
karoonga/ karta hoon
maa Dtee ni
will be doing
kartha rahoonga
maa Dtir teeni
Verbs
maaDu (singular) do
Past tense
ninne oLLe kelasa
yesterday you did good work
maaDidde
Future tense
neenu adannu maaDtIya? Will you do that?
Verb – maaDu
I do work
main kaam kartha hoon
naanu kelasa maaDteeni
I am going to work
main kaam ko jaa raha hoon
naanu kelasakke hOgtiddeeni
abhyaasa
I am telling you
main tumko bol raha hoon
naanu ninage haELtiddeeni
I am listening
main sun raha hoon
naanu kELtiddeeni
abhyaasa
I will come
main aatha hoon
naanu barteeni
abhyaasa
OK. I will go
accha. main jaatha hoon
aaytu. naanu hOgteeni
abhyaasa
English Kannada
Who yaaru?
Who are you? neenu yaaru?
Who will go? yaaru hOgteera?
Where elli?
Where is Shyam? Shyam elli?
Where are you going? ellige hOgtiddeeya?
Where are you coming
ellinda bartiddeeya?
from?
Session 14
Interrogative Pronouns (cont)
English Kannada
Why yaake
Why you are here? neenu illi yaake iddeeya?
Why you are going? neenu yaake hOgtiddeeya?
When yaavaaga
When you came? neenu yaavaaga bande
neenu yaavaaga
When are you coming?
bartiddeeya?
From when are you learning neenu yaavaaginda kannada
Kannada? kalitiddeeya?
Interrogative Pronouns (cont)
English Kannada
How hEge
How you came? neenu hEge bande
How are you? neeu hEge iddeeya
today - ivattu
ex:
today I am in home
ivattu maneyalli iddeeni
today is holiday for office
ivattu office ge raja
yesterday – ninne
ex:
yesterday I was in home
naanu ninne maneyalli idde
yesterday was holiday for office
ninne office ge raja
Words (days)
tomorrow - naaLe
ex:
I will be in home tomorrow
naaLe maneyalli irteeni
Tomorrow is holiday for office
naaLe office ge raja
holiday – raja
ex:
its holiday. enjoy
raja ide. maja maaDi
need holiday
raja bEku
Words (days)
ex:
saw the match day before yesterday
monne match nODide
was there in my hometown day before yesterday
monne nanna oorinalli idde
ex:
day after tomorrow is holiday
naadiddu raja ide
will go to hometown day after tomorrow
naadiddu oorige hOgteeni
Words (days)
week - vaara
ex:
this week is holiday
ee vaara raja
ex:
this month I will be in my hometown
ee tingLu naanu oorinalli irteeni
Words (days)
year - varsha
ex:
this year rain is good
ee varsha maLe chennaagide
Words (time)
time – gante
ex:
what is the time
gante eshtu?
what time will you come?
neenu eshtu gantege barteeya?
Words (season)
season – kaala
period
rain – maLe
rainy season – maLe kaala (maLegaala)
hot - bisi
summer – bEsige kaala
cold - chaLi
winter – chaLi kaala (chaLigaala)
wind - gaaLi
Session 14
Words (short sentense)
English Kannada
English Kannada
know gottu
I know nanage gottu
you know? ninage gotta?
you know. ninage gottu
English Kannada
here illi
bus is here bus illi ide
I am here naanu illi iddeeni
there alli
bus is there bus alli ide
You are there neenu alli iddeeya
Words (distance related)
English Kannada
near hattira
nanna office mane hattira
my office is near to home
ide
I am near hotel naanu hotel hattira iddeeni
far doora
how far is the hotel? hotel eshtu doora ide?
we came from far naavu dooradinda bandvi
abhyaasa