14th Aug, 2024

1st Person

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

I am Ram nānu rām
I nānu
I am an engineer nānu engineer
this is my book idu nanna pustaka
my nanna
that is my book adu nanna pustaka
this book is mine ī pustaka nandu
mine nandu
that book is mine ā pustaka nandu
me nange give me coffee nange coffee koḍu / koḍi
we nāvu we work in Benz nāvu Benzalli kelasa māḍtīvi
this is our house idu namma mane
our namma
that is our house adu namma mane
this house is our’s ī mane namdu
our’s namdu
that car is our’s ā car namdu
us namge give us water namge nīru koḍi

I am ram : nānu rām

I want coffee : nange coffee bēku
I work in Benz : nānu Benzalli kelasa māḍtīni / māḍtā iddīni

aeiou, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū
ṭḍṇḷ
halli : lizard
haḷḷi : village
haḷḷa : pot hole
huli : tiger
huḷi : sour

this is my book : idi nā pustakam this/that followed by <verb> use idu/adu

this book is mine : ī pustakam nādi this/that followed by <noun> use ī / ā

1. grammar
2. persons
3. tenses
4. vocabulary
 2nd Person

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

you come nīnu bā(s)
you(s) nīnu
you come here nīnu illi bā
you come nīvu banni
you(p) nīvu come here illi banni / banni illi
who are you nīvu yāru
you(s) ninge what do you want ninge yēnu bēku
you(p) nimge what do you want nimge yēnu bēku
your(s) ninna this is your pen idu ninna pen
your(p) nimma this is your pen idu nimma pen
your’s(s) nindu this pen is your’s ī pen nindu
your’s(p) nimdu this pen is your’s ī pen nimdu

where is your(s) house ninna mane yelli

where is your(p) house nimma mane yelli

singular - you sing : nūvu pāḍu, nī pāḍu

formal - you sing : mīru pāḍaṇḍi, nīnga pāḍunga

in 2nd person plural / formal generally verbs end with “I” (eg. banni, koḍi, māḍi, ōḍi, hāḍi)

bekku : cat

bēku : want
 3rd Person

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

avanu he is ram avanu/ivanu ram
he(s)
ivanu he is my friend avanu/ivanu nanna geḷaya
avaḷu she is geeta avaḷu geeta
she(s)
ivaḷu she is my sister avaḷu nanna sahōdari
avaru
he(f) /she(f) he/she is my teacher avaru nanna gurugaḷu / shikshaka
ivaru
avaru
they they are my students avaru nanna students
ivaru
these ivaru these are my students ivaru nanna students
those avaru those are my students avaru nanna students
it idu / adu it is on the table adu table mēle ide
avara
their this is their house idu avara mane
ivara
avana
his that is his bike adu avana bike
ivana
avaḷa
her that is her dress adu avaḷa dress
ivaḷa
them avara that book is with them ā pustaka avara hatra ide
the cat is on the table bekku table mēle ide
ram(s) is on the table ram table mēle iddāne
geeta is on the table geeta table mēle iddāḷe
he/she(f) is on the table avaru table mēle iddāre
he has done the work (s) avanu kelasa māḍiddāne
he/she has done the work (f) avaru kelasa māḍiddāre
she has done the work (s) avaḷu kelasa māḍiddāḷe

aṇṇa : elder brother

anna : cooked rice

the book is with me :pustaka nan hatra ide : kitaab mere paas hai
the school is near my house :school nanna mane hatra ide : school mere gharke paas hi
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Quick revision

this book is mine ī pustaka nandu

this is my book idu nanna pustaka
you(s) come nīnu bā
you(p) come nīvu banni
you(s) don’t come nīnu barbēḍa
he(p) is a teacher avaru / ivaru teacher

Interrogatives

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

what is your(s) name ninna hesaru yēnu
what is his(s) name avana hesaru yēnu
what yēnu what is his(p) name avara hesaru yēnu
what is her(s) name avaḷa hesaru yēnu
what is this idu yēnu
when are you(s) coming nīnu yāvāga bartiyā
when are you(p) coming nīvu yāvāga bartīra

when is he(s) coming avanu yāvāga bartāne

when yāvāga when is she(s) coming avaḷu yāvāga bartāḷe
when is he/she(f) coming avaru yāvāga bartāre
when are they coming avaru yāvāga bartāre
when are they going avaru yāvāga hōgtāre
nīnu yāke late
why are you(s) late niṇu yāke taḍavāgi bande
ninge yāke tāda āitu
why yāke ninge idu yāke bēku
why do you want this idu ninge yāke bēku
yāke ninge idu bēku
yāke idu ninge bēku
where are you nīnu yelli iddīya
where is kumar(s) kumar yelli iddāne
where is geeta(s) geeta yelli iddāḷe
where yelli where is your father ninna tande yelli iddāre
where is the book pustaka yelli ide
where is the dog nāyi yelli ide
who are you nīnu yāru / nīvu yāru
who is your friend ninna geḷaya yāru
who yāru who(f) is that avaru yāru
who is going yāru hōgtāre
which colour do you like ninge yāva colour ishṭa
yāva
which which colour do you want ninge yāva colour bēku
yāvudu which is your house ninna mane yāvudu
 how did you come(s) nīnu hēge bande
how did you come(p) nīvu hēge bandri
hēge how are you(s) nīnu hēge iddiyā
how how is the weather weather hēge ide
how is your mother nimma amma hēge iddāre
how far is mysore mysore yeshṭu dūra ide
yeshṭu
how much is this idu yeshṭu
(quantify) how many people came yeshṭu jana bandru

you should come  nīvu barbēku ---- tāvu barbēku

 TENSES

1st Person - Singular

Verb Verb Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense

English Kannada + de + tā iddīni + tīni
I ran I am running I will run
run ōḍu
nānu ōḍ-de nānu ōḍ-tā iddīni nāṇu ōḍ-tīni
I did I am doing I will do
do māḍu
nānu māḍ-de nānu māḍ-tā iddīni nānu māḍ-tīni
I read I am reading I will read
read ōdu
nānu ōd-de nānu od-tā iddīni nānu ōd-tīni
I wrote I am writing I will write
write bari
nānu bar-de nānu bari-tā iddīni nānu bari-tīni
I came I am coming I will come
come bā
nānu ban-de nānu bar-tā iddīni nānu bar-tīni
I saw I am seeing I will see
see nōḍu
nānu nōḍ-de nānu nōḍ-tā iddīni nānu nōḍ-tīni
I gave I am giving I will give
give koḍu
nānu koṭṭe nānu koḍ-tā iddīni nānu koḍ-tīni
ask I asked / I listened I am asking / listening I will ask / listen
kēḷu
listen nānu kēḷ-de nānu kēḷ-tā iddīni nānu kēḷ-tīni
tell I told I am telling I will tell
hēḷu
say nānu hēḷ-de nānu hēḷ-tā iddīni nānu hēḷ-tīni
I learnt I am learning I will learn
learn kali
nānu kal-te nānu kali-tā iddīni nānu kali-tīni
I drove I am driving I will drive
nānu ōḍus-de nānu ōḍus-tā iddīni nānu ōḍus-tīni
drive ōḍsu
nānu drive māḍ-de nānu drive māḍ-tā iddīni nānu drive māḍ-tīni

ask your teacher  ninna teacherna kēḷu

ask you mom  ammanna kēḷu
listen to your teacher  teacher hēḷodanna kēḷu

hēḷu means tell / say

hēlu means SHIT
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TENSES

1st Person – Plural (we = vi)

Verb Verb Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense

English Kannada + udvi + tā iddīvi + tīvi
we ran we are running we will run
run ōḍu
nāvu ōḍ-udvi nāvu ōḍ tā iddīvi nāvu ōḍ tīvi
we did we are doing we will do
do māḍu
nāvu māḍ udvi nāvu māḍ tā iddīvi nāvu māḍ tīvi
we came we are coming we will come
come bā
nāvu ba ndvi nāvu bar tā iddīvi nāvu bar tīvi
we said / told we are telling we will tell
tell / say hēḷu
nāvu hēḷ udvi nāvu hēḷ tā iddīvi nāvu hēḷ tīvi

Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense

1st person - singular
+ de + tā iddīni + tīni
Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense
1st person - plural + udvi + tā iddīvi + tīvi

RECAP

1. nānu nāḷe bar tīni (come)

2. nāvu kelasa maḍ tā iddīvi (working)
3. nānu nenne bande (came)
4. nāvu nenne bandvi (came)
5. nāvu ivattu bartīvi / bandvi / bartāiddīvi (come)
6. nānu hālu kuḍi tā iddīni (drinking)
7. nānu nidde _______ (māḍtīni, māḍde, māḍalla, māḍbēku)

want to  generally you say “bēku”

I want to sing : nānu hāḍ bēku
I will sing : nānu hāḍ tīni
I want to run : nānu ōḍ bēku
I don’t want to run : nānu ōḍalla
we will come : nāvu bartīvi
we will not come : nāvu baralla

1. ______ yāru? (nīvu, nīnu, avanu, avaḷu, avaru)

 2. ______ Shilpa (nānu, avaḷu, avaru, nīnu, nīvu, ivaḷu, ivaru)
3. _____ hesaru Kumar (ninna, nanna, avana, avara, ivara, ivana)
4. nīvu _____ (banni, yāru, hōgi, hāḍi, ōḍi, ōdi, nōḍi, koḍi, kumar, ramesh, teacher)
5. idu ______ shāle (nanna, namma, avana, avara, ivana, ivara, avaḷa, ivaḷa, ninna, nimma)

Tenses (Second Person – Singular- nīnu)

Verb Verb Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense

English Kannada + de + tā iddīya + tīya
you ran you are running you will run
run ōḍu
nīnu ōḍ de nīnu ōḍ tā iddīya nīnu ōḍ tīya
you did you are doing you will do
do mādu
nīnu māḍ de nīnu māḍ tā iddīya nīnu māḍ tīya
you wrote you are writing you will write
write bari
nīnu bar de nīnu bari tā iddīya nīnu bari tīya
you came you are coming you will come
come bā
nīnu ban de nīnu bar tā iddīya nīnu bar tīya
you saw you are seeing you will see
see nōḍu
nīnu nōḍ de nīnu nōḍ tā iddīya nīnu nōḍ tīya
you walked you are walking you will walk
walk naḍi
nīnu naḍ de nīnu naḍi tā iddīya nīnu naḍi tīya
you gave you are giving you will give
give koḍu
nīnu koṭṭe nīnu koḍ tā iddīya nīnu koḍ tīya

Tenses (Second Person – Plural- nīvu)

Verb Verb Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense

English Kannada + dri + tā iddīri + tīri
you ran you are running you will run
run ōḍu
nīvu ōḍu dri nīvu ōḍ tā iddīri nīvu ōḍ tīri
you did you are doing you will do
do māḍu
nīvu māḍu dri nīvu māḍ tā iddīri nīvu māḍ tīri
you wrote you are writing you will write
write bari
nīvu baru dri nīvu bari tā iddīri nīvu bari tīri
you came you are coming you will come
come bā
nīvu ban dri nīvu bar tā iddīri nīvu bar tīri
you walked you are walking you will walk
walk naḍi
nīvu naḍu dri nīvu naḍi tā iddīri nīvu naḍi tīri
you gave you are giving you will give
give koḍu
nīvu koṭṭ ri nīvu koḍ tā iddīri nīvu koḍ tīri
 Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense
1st person – singular
+ de + tā iddīni + tīni
1st person – plural Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense
we=vi + dvi + tā iddīvi + tīvi
Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense
2nd person – singular
+ de + tā iddīya + tīya
Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense
2nd person – plural + dri + tā iddīri + tīri

Exercise
I am coming nānu bartāiddīni
we are coming nāvu bar tā iddīvi
we came nāvu bandvi
you(s) came nīnu bande
you(p) came nīvu bandri
I went nānu hōde
I will run nānu ōḍtīni
we will walk nāvu naḍitīvi
I will run today nānu ivattu ōḍtīni
ivattu nānu ōḍtīni
we sang yesterday nāvu nenne hāḍudvi
we will go nāvu hōg tīvi
we will go to office nāvu office-ge hōgtīvi
we will go to office tomorrow nāvu nāḷe office-ge hōgtīvi
we came from school to house nāvu schoolinda manege bandvi

whenever you say “TO <noun>” then <noun>+ge

I am going to office : office-ge
I am going to school : school-ge
I am going to home : mane-ge
I gave it to him : avan-ge

whenever you say “FROM <noun>” then <noun>+inda

I am coming from office : office-inda
he is coming from temple : dēvastāna-inda

I will go from bangalore to mysore : nānu bangaloreinda mysorege hōgtīni

he took it from her : avanu avaḷinda togoṇḍa
I came : nānu ban-de (they)
I took : nānu togoṇ-ḍe (day)

a, e, I, o, u
give me __ orange (a / an) : an
give me __ pen (a)
there is an elephant
there is a lion

I have an umbrella
he is studying in a university
there is a union
he is a member of parliament
he is ___ MP (an) emm pee
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Tenses (Third Person)

Verb Gender Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense

he did he is doing he will do

masculine(s)
avanu māḍ-da avanu māḍ-tā-iddāne avanu māḍ-tāne
she did she is doing she will do
feminine(s)
avaḷu māḍ-dlu avaḷu māḍ-tā-iddāḷe avaḷu māḍ-tāḷe
do plural he/she/they did he/she/they are doing he/she/they will do
māḍu formal avaru māḍ-dru avaru māḍ-tā-iddāre avaru māḍ-tāre
the dog did the dog is doing the dog will do
nāyi māḍ-tu nāyi māḍ-tā-ide nāyi māḍ-atte
neuter
the book fell the book is falling the book will fall
pustaka bit-tu pustaka bīḷ-tā-ide pustaka bīḷ-atte
he sang he is singing he will sing
masculine(s)
avanu hāḍ-da avanu hāḍ-tā-iddāne avanu hāḍ-tāne
she sang she is singing she will sing
feminine(s)
sing avaḷu hāḍ-dlu avaḷu hāḍ-tā-iddāḷe avaḷu hāḍ-tāḷe
hāḍu plural he/she/they sang he/she/they are singing he/she/they will sing
formal avaru hāḍ-dru avaru hāḍ-tā-iddāre avaru hāḍ-tāre
the bird sang the bird is singing the bird will sing
neuter
hakki hāḍ-tu hakki hāḍ-tā-ide hakki hāḍ-atte

hakki : bird
akki : rice (raw)
anna : cooked rice
aṇṇa : elder brother
Covered until now:
1. First person
2. Second person
3. Third person
4. Genders
5. Interrogatives
6. Far & Near
7. Singular / informal
8. Plural / Formal
9. Tenses

Until is associated with TIME : Wait until I come or wait until next week
Till is associated with DISTANCE : I will come with you till the gate

gāḍi chalisu / ōḍsu

chase away the dog : nāyina ōḍsu
Next chapters will be Vocabularies:
1. Parts of the body
2. vegetables
3. numbers
4. colours
5. days of the week
6. measurements
7. timelines
8. relations
9. fruits etc
10. commonly used words
 Parts of the body (plural = add gaḷu)

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

head tale I have a headache nange tale nōvu(ache) ide
leg kālu the dog has four legs nāyige nāku/nālakku kālu ide
eye kaṇṇu her(s) eyes are black avaḷa kaṇṇu kappu ide
nose mūgu the elephant has a long nose ānēge udda mūgu ide
teeth hallu he has 32 teeth avanige 32 hallu ide
chest yede the doctor saw my chest X-ray doctor nanna yede x-ray nōḍ-dru
ear kivi the elephant has big ears ānege doḍḍa kivi ide
stomach hoṭṭe he has stomach ache avanige hoṭṭe nōvu ide
shoulder bhuja rama has broad shoulders rāmāge agala bhuja ide
I have 2 hands nange eraḍu kai ide
we have 2 hands namge eraḍu kai ide
hand kai he has 2 hands avange eraḍu kai ide
she has 2 hands avaḷge eraḍu kai ide
he/she(f) has 2 hands avarge eraḍu kai ide
finger beraḷu there are 5 fingers in one hand ondu kaiyalli aidu beraḷu ide
hair kūdalu she has long, black hair avaḷige udda, kappu kūdalu ide
lips tuṭi the baby has red lips maguge kempu tuṭi ide
back bennu he had back ache avanige bennu nōvu ittu
tongue nālige the snake has 2 tongues hāvuge eraḍu nālige ide
neck kattu the giraffe has a long neck giraffege udda kattu ide
feet pāda the baby has small feet maguge chikka pāda ide
nail uguru the bear has long nails karaḍige udda uguru ide

there is a dog : waha ek kutta hi

the dog has 4 legs : us kutteki
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Timelines

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

second kshaṇa wait for a second ondu kshaṇa wait māḍi
I will come in 5 minutes nānu aidu nimishadalli bartīni
I will go in 5 minutes nānu aidu nimishadalli hōgtīni
minute nimisha
he will come in 5 minutes avanu aidu nimishadalli bartāne
she will come in 5 minutes avaḷu aidu nimishadalli bartāḷe
the bus came 2 hours late bus eraḍu ghaṇṭe taḍavāgi bantu
hour ghaṇṭe he came late by one hour avanu ondu ghaṇṭe taḍavāgi banda
the train will arrive 2 hours late train eraḍu ghaṇṭe taḍavāgi baratte
nānu avananna eraḍu dina hinde nōḍde
day dina I saw him 2 days back
nānu eraḍu dina hinde avannana nōḍde
week vāra there are 7 days in a week ondu varadalli ēḷu dina ide
ondu tingaḷalli muvattu dina ide
tingaḷu there are 30 thirty days in a month
month ondu tingaḷalli nāku vāra ide
māsa there are 4 weeks in a month
ondu māsadalli nāku vāra ide
year varsha the baby is 2 years old maguge eraḍu varsha āitu
nānu ivattu rātri manege hōgtīni
nānu manege ivattu rātri hōgtīni
night rātri I will go home today night ivattu rātri nānu manege hōgtīni
manege nanu ivattu rātri hōgtīni
manege ivattu rātri nānu hōgtīni
tomorrow morning I will go to gym nānu nāḷe beḷegge gymge hōgtīni
morning beḷegge
I will not go to gym tmrw morning nānu nāḷe beḷegge gymge hōgalla
noon madhyāna it is very hot in the noon madhyāna tumbā bisi ide
early beḷēggina
I have a flight early morning nānge beḷeggina java flight ide
morning jāva
I will go to the temple in the evening nānu dēvastānakke sanje hōgtīni
sanje
evening
sāyankāla we will go to the temple tomorrow nāvu nāḷe sanje aidu ghaṇṭege
evening at 5 o’clock dēvastānakke hōgtīvi
he(s) will come today evening avanu ivattu sanje bartāne
ivattu she(s) will come today afternoon avaḷu ivattu madhyāna barṭāḷe
today
indu they will come today avaru ivattu bartāre
the parcel will come today parcel ivattu baratte
tomorrow nāḷe my mom is coming tmrw morning nanna tāyi nāḷe beḷegge bartāre
day after
nāḍiddu I will come day after tmrw nānu nāḍiddu bartīni
tmrw
yesterday nenne he came yesterday morning avanu nenne beḷegge ban-da
day
I had an exam day before yesterday nange monne exam ittu
before monne
I wrote the exam day before yest. nānu monne exam bar-de
yesterday
next mundina I will come next week nānu mundina vāra bartīni
konēya
ram is sitting in the last row ram konēya rownalli kūtiddāne
last kaḷeda
I came here last week nānu kaḷeda vāra illige bande
hōda
 he came the previous day avanu hindina dina banda
previous hindina
it rained heavily the previous day hindina dina tumbā maḷe bantu

I 1st person
will come future tense
in alli, dalli

-3 āche monne
-2 day before yesterday monne
-1 yesterday nenne
0 today ivattu / indu
+1 tomorrow nāḷe
+2 day after tomorrow nāḍiddu
+3 āche nāḍiddu

Recap Exercise
I came today nānu ivattu bande
we came today nāvu ivattu band-vi
he(s) came today morning avanu ivattu beḷegge ban-da
he(p) came today evening avaru ivattu sanje ban-dru
she will not come tomorrow avaḷu nāḷe baralla
she didn’t come yesterday avaḷu nenne barlilla
she has not come avalu bandilla
she will come tomorrow avaḷu nāḷe bartāḷe
she will sing tomorrow avaḷu nāḷe hāḍtāḷe
we will run 6 kms today evening nāvu ivattu sanje 6 kms ōḍtīvi
her 3 friends are coming to my home avaḷa mūru friends nāḍiddu nanna manege
day after tmrw bartāiddāre

ittīchage
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20 : ippattu
43 : nalavat mūru
39 : muvattombattu
123 : nūru ippattmūru
97 : tombattēḷu
0 : sonne
kōṭi : crore
kōti : monkey

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

½ ardha give me ½ kilo of butter nange ardha kilo beṇṇe koḍi
¼ kālu give him ¼ litre of ghee avange kālu litre tuppa koḍu
he gave me ¾ kg tomato avanu nange mukkālu kg tomato koṭṭa
I gave him ¾ kg tomato nānu avange mukkālu kg tomato koṭṭe
¾ mukkālu
he ran ¾ mile yesterday avanu nenne mukkālu mile ōḍ-da
I ran ¾ mile yesterday nānu nenne mukkālu mile ōḍ-de
for half – more than 1 add give me 1.5 kg potato
1.5 ondu vare
vare nange onduvare kg ālugeḍḍe koḍi
3:30 mūruvare i will come at 3:30 nānu mūruvarege bartīni
2:15 eraḍukālu it is 2:15 now ivāga eraḍu kālu
 ardha kālu mukkālu
1 ondu vare ondu kālu ondu mukkālu
2 eraḍu vare eraḍu kālu eraḍu mukkālu
5 aidu vare aidu kālu mūru mukkālu

Order of numbers
1st First ondane / modal-ane
2nd Second eraḍ-ane
3rd Third mūr-ane

English sentence Kannada sentence

I ran 3.5 kms today morning nānu ivattu bēḷegge mūruvare km ōḍ-de
I will run ½ km in the evening nānu sāyankāla ardha km ōḍtīni
he ran from his house to the temple avanu nenne sanje aiduvarege avana mane-
yesterday evening at 5:30 inda temple-ge ōḍda
nānu nanna geḷeyana jote(with) ivattu beḷegge
I ran with my friend today morning at 6:15
ārukālge ōḍ-de
nānu mattu nanna geḷeya ivattu beḷegge
my friend and I ran today morning at 6:15
ārukālge ōḍ-dvi
nange eraḍu kg tomato mattu ardha kg
give me 2 kg tomato and half kg potato
ālugeḍḍe koḍi
I will come in half an hour nānu ardha ghaṇṭēli bartīni
avanu ondu ghaṇṭe-inda wait māḍtāiddāne
he is waiting for the past 1 hour
avanu kaḷeda ondu ghaṇṭe-inda kāi-tā-iddāne
 Directions

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

north uttara the himalayas are to the north of India himālaya bhāratada uttara ide
kanyakumari dakshiṇa bhāratadalli
south dakshiṇa kanyakumari is in South India
ide
east pūrva the sun rises in the east sūrya pūrvadalli udaya āgatte
west pashchima the sun sets in the west sūrya pashchimadalli muḷuguttāne
left eḍa
turn left after the building building ādmēle eḍakke tirugi
leftside eḍagade
right bala
turn right before the school shālege munche balagaḍe tirugi
rightside balagaḍe
sīda
straight come straight from the signal signalinda sīda banni
nēra
in oḷage I am in the room nānu room oḷage iddīni
inside oḷagaḍe I will go inside the room nānu room oḷage hōgtīni
out horage
it is very cold outside horagaḍe tumbā chaḷi ide
outside horagaḍe
up come up the stairs meṭṭalu mēle bā
mēle
on the book is on the table pustaka table mēle ide
mēlgaḍe
above there is a shop above the hotel hotel mēle ondu shop ide
down look down keḷage nōḍi
keḷage
below stand below that tree mara keḷage nilli / nintkōḷi
keḷagaḍe
under the cat is under the table bekku mēju keḷage ide
front munde stop in front of that gate ā gate munde nilsi
forward mundgaḍe go a little forward and stop swalpa munde hōgi nilsi
back there is a temple behind my house nanna mane hinde dēvastāna ide
hinde
backward stand behind me nanna hinde nilli / nintkōḷi
hindgaḍe
behind come back hinde bā / banni
eduru
opposite the school is opposite the library shāle library eduru ide
edurugaḍe
side
sit beside me nan pakka kūtkōḷi
adjacent pakka
the school is adjacent to my house shāle nan mane pakka ide
beside
middle
madhya there is a tree in the middle of the road raste madhyadalli ondu mara ide
centre
 11th Sep, 2024

Colour-s (baṇṇa-gaḷu)

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

I have 3 red pencils nan hatra mūru kempu pencils ide
he gave me 2 red books avanu nange eraḍu kempu pustaka koṭṭa
red kempu
avaḷu avanige enṭu kempu pens koṭḷu
she gave him 8 red pens
avaru ivarige enṭu kempu pens koṭru
moṭṭe biḷi baṇṇa ide
white biḷi the egg is white in colour moṭṭe biḷiyaāgi ide
moṭṭe baṇṇa biḷi ide
kappu
black her shoes are black avaḷa shoes kappu ide
kari
blue nīli the sky is blue in colour ākāsha nīli baṇṇa ide
the leaves are green in colour yelegaḷu hasiru baṇṇa ide
green hasiru
my sister likes green colour nanna sahōdarige hasiru baṇṇa ishṭa
yesterday she gave me 2 yellow avaḷu naṇge nenne eraḍu haḷadi hūvu
yellow haḷadi
flowers koṭḷu
brown kandu some fruits are brown in colour kelavu haṇṇugaḷu kandu baṇṇa ide
my son likes orange colour nanna magange kittaḷe baṇṇa ishṭa
orange kittaḷe keep these 2 orange fruits on the ī eraḍu kittaḷe haṇṇu mēju mēle iḍu
table
grey būdi the elephant is grey in colour āne būdi baṇṇa ide
yesterday morning she wore a pink avaḷu nenne beḷegge gulābi dress
pink gulābi
dress hākoṇḍḷu

Keep iḍu 7
these ī 1
2 eraḍu 2
orange kittaḷe 3
fruits haṇṇu 4
on the mēle 6
table mēju 5

the baby’s lips are red maguge tuṭi kempāgi ide

my dad will give me a blue shirt day after nanna tande nange nāḍiddu sanje nīli shirt
tmrw evening koḍtāre
my mom will give her a green dress tmrw nanna tāyi avaḷige nāḷe hasiru dress koḍtāre
there are seven colors in a rainbow kāmana billalli yēḷu baṇṇa ide
want only “want” use “nange” I want coffee
nange coffee bēku
want to if want is followed by use “nānu” I want to come
“to” nānu barbēku
have if have is followed by a use “hatra” I have a car
physical external nan hatra car ide
object I have a dog
nan hatra nāyi ide
have if have is followed by a use “nange” I have an idea
non physical thing nange ondu idea ide
(you cannot see) I have a headache
nange tale nōvu ide
OR
a physical thing that is I have long legs
part of you nange udda kālu ide
have to if have is followed by use “nānu” I have to go
“to” nānu hōgbēku
12th Sep, 2024

REVISION TEST

I have 7 red pencils nan hatra yēḷu kempu pencils ide

my friend gave me 3 books yesterday nenne nanna geḷaya nange mūru pustaka koṭṭa
that cow has 4 legs, 2 eyes and one ā hasuge nāku kālu, eraḍu kaṇṇu mattu ondu
white tail biḷi bāla ide
my mom got 3.5 kg of carrot for 100 nanna tāyi mūruvare kg carrotna nūru rupayge
rupees togoṇḍru
yesterday evening I had severe
nenne sāyankāla nange tumbā tale nōvu ittu
headache
I will give you a blue book tomorrow nānu ninge nāḷe sanje nāku ghaṇṭege ondu nīli
evening at 4 o’clock pustaka koḍtīni
I will not give you a blue book tomorrow nānu ninge ondu nīli pustaka nāḷe koḍalla
I will see you in front of the school
nānu ninna nāḷe beḷegge shāle munde nōḍtīni
tomorrow morning
nīvu nange nāḷe tōpi koḍtīra?
can you give me a cap tomorrow?
nīnu nange nāḷe tōpi koḍtīya?
can you give me 4 green books and 3 nange nīnu nāḷe sanje nāku hasiru putaka
red caps tomorrow evening? mattu mūru kempu tōpi koḍtīya?
I have a kannada class today evening at nange kannada class ivattu sanje aidu
5 o’clock in my house ghaṇṭege nanna maneyalli ide
he runs daily for 2 hours avanu prati dina eraḍu ghaṇṭe ōḍtāne
he runs daily at 2 o’clock avanu prati dina eraḍu ghaṇṭege ōḍtāne
I will not come to office day after
nānu nāḍiddu officege baralla
tomorrow
I came here last week nānu kaḷeda vāra illige bande
namge ondu chaha mattu eraḍu coffee biscuits
give us one tea and 2 coffee with biscuits
jote koḍi
with = jote
I came with my father nānu nanna tande jote bande
my father and mother came yesterday by
nanna tande mattu tāyi nenne trainalli bandru
train
my father and mother came yesterday nanna tande mattu tāyi nanna sahodara jote
with my brother nenne trainalli bandru
the book is with him pustaka avana hatra ide
he came with my friend avanu nanna gelaya jote banda

he bought it for 100 rupees : usne sou rupayi ka kharida

he runs daily for 2 hours : wo prati din do ghaṇṭe daudtā hai
he runs daily at 2 o’clock : who prati din do baje daudtā hai
 Person Positive Negative
nānu bartīni nānu baralla
nānu nōḍtīni nānu nōḍalla
1st person
nāvu bartīvi nāvu baralla
nāvu ōdtīvi nāvu ōḍalla
nīnu bā nīnu barbēḍa
nīvu banni nīvu barbēḍi
2nd person
nīnu nōḍu nīnu nōḍbēḍa
nīvu nōḍi nīvu nōḍbēḍi
avanu bartāne avanu baralla
avanu banda avanu barlilla
3rd person
avaru bartāre avaru baralla
avaḷu bartāḷe avaḷu baralla

you come to office tomorrow nīvu nāḷe officege banni

you don’t come to office tomorrow nīnu nāḷe officege barbēḍa
why didn’t you come to office nīvu yāke officege barlilla
ram(f) will come to office next week ram mundina vāra officege bartāre
where is kumar kumar yelli iddāne / iddāre
where was kumar kumar yelli idda / idru
where is sita sita yelli iddāḷe / iddāre
where was sita sita yelli idlu / idru
those red books are mine ā kempu pustakagaḷu nandu
I wake up daily at 5 AM nānu prati dina aidu ghaṇṭege yēḷtīni
give me one cup of hot coffee quickly nange ondu cup bisi coffee bēga koḍi
the coffee is not hot coffee bisi illa
the coffee is cold coffee taṇṇage ide
how much does this cost idara bele yeshṭu

temperature taṇṇage
Cold weather chaḷi
health negaḍi
 18th Sep, 2024

Relations (sambandha)

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

tāyi where is your mother nimma tāyi yelli iddāre
mother
amma my mother is with her friend nanna tāyi avara friend jote iddāre
avara tande ivattu bartāre
tande his father will come today
father avara tandege eppattaidu varsha
appa his father is 75 years old
āgide
brother sahōdara I have 2 brothers nange eraḍu sahōdara-ru iddāre
nanna aṇṇa delhiyalli iddāre /
elder brother aṇṇa my elder brother is in Delhi
iddāne
younger her younger brother is playing avaḷa tamma horagaḍe āḍ tā
tamma
brother outside iddāne
sister sahōdari my sister tied the rakhi nanna sahōdari rākhi kaṭṭu-dlu
elder sister akka my elder sister gave me this book nanna akka nange ī pustaka koṭ-ḷu
my younger sister went to college nanna tangi college-ge ēḷu
at 7 o’clock ghaṇṭege hōd-lu
younger
tangi
sister
my younger sister will go to college nanna tangi college-ge ēḷu
at 7 o’clock ghaṇṭege hōg-tāḷe
avaḷa maga maneyalli ōḍ-tā-
son maga her son is running in the house
iddāne
that girl is my daughter ā huḍugi nanna magaḷu
daughter magaḷu that girl in the blue dress is my ā nīli dressalli iruva huḍugi nanna
daughter magaḷu
she gave a blue shirt to her avara gaṇḍage avaru ondu nīli
husband gaṇḍa
husband shirt koṭru
my wife is going to the mall in a nanna heṇḍati mallge biḷi cāralli
wife heṇḍati
white car hōgtāiddāre
avara māva delhiyinda bar-tā-
uncle māva his uncle is coming from Delhi
iddāre
nanna athe avaḷige / avarige ondu
aunt athe my aunt gave her a watch
watch koṭru
grandson mommaga raju has one grandson rajuge ondu mommaga iddāne
grand
mommagaḷu his grand daughter’s name is rupa avara mommagaḷa hesaru rupa
daughter
ajja my grandfather was a teacher nanna ajja teacherāgi idru
grand father
thatha my grandfather is a teacher nanna ajja teacherāgi iddāre
grandmother ajji my grandmother has 3 children nanna ajjige mūru makkaḷu iddāre

bīgaru = in-laws

my mom and dad came : nanna appa, amma bandru

you come and sit here : nuvu vochi ikkada kurcho : nīnu illi bandu kūtko
Use the word “because” in a sentence three times consecutively.

Use the word “AND” in a sentence FIVE times consecutively.

BLACKANDWHITE

GIVE A SPACE BETWEEN BLACK AND AND AND AND AND WHITE

idara bele yeshṭu : how much does this cost

idara bele yēnu : what is the price of this

I saw him yesterday : nānu avananna nenne nōḍde : maine usse kal dekhata
I gave him a book : nānu avanige pustaka koṭṭe : maine usse ek kitāb …..
 19th Sep, 2024
Vegetables (tarakāri-gaḷu)

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

brinjal badne-kai I like green brinjal nange hasiru badnekai ishṭa
onion īruḷḷi give me 2.5 kgs of onion nange eraḍuvare kg īruḷḷi koḍi
bitter
hāgalu kāi he doesn’t like bitter gourd avanige hāgalukāi ishṭa illa
gourd
bottle I don’t eat bottle gourd nānu sōrēkāi tinnalla
sōre kāi
gourd don’t eat bottle gourd sōrēkāi tin bēḍa / bēḍi
ridge
hīre kāi my friend likes ridge gourd bajji nanna geḷayange hīrēkāi bajji ishṭa
gourd
snake paḍavala my mother got 2 snake gourds nanna tāyi thōṭadinda eraḍu paḍavala
gourd kāi from the garden kāi togoṇḍu bandru
potato ālu geḍḍe potato chips are very tasty ālu geḍḍe chips tumbā ruchi iratte
she gave her 1.5 kg beans in a avaḷu avaḷige onduvare kg huruḷikāi
beans huruḷi kāi
white bag biḷi bāgalli koṭḷu
meṇasina I used green chillies for making nānu upma māḍakke hasiru meṇasina
chilly
kāi upma kāi use māḍde
there are 3 green tomatoes and 4 basketallli mūru hasiru tomato mattu
tomato tomato
red tomatoes in the basket nāku kempu tomato ide
lady’s
beṇḍē kāi lady’s finger is good for memory memoryge beṇḍekāi oḷḷēdu
finger
eating cucmber in summer is bēsige kāladalli southekāi tinnadu
cucumber southe kāi
good oḷḷēdu
coriander kottambari I have coriander leaves in my
nanna tōṭadalli kottambari soppu ide
leaves soppu garden
curry karibēvina give me 2 bunches of curry nange eraḍu kaṭṭu karibēvina soppu
leaves soppu leaves koḍi
lemon nange nimbekai / nimbe haṇṇu
nimbe kāi I like lemon pickles
raw uppinakāi ishṭa
I used 3 coconuts today for nānu ivattu mūru tenginakāī sweet
coconut tenginakāi
making sweets māḍakke use māḍde
tender I drink one tender coconut water nānu prati dina beḷegge ondu yeḷanīru
yeḷanīru
coconut daily in the morning kuḍitīni
ginger shuṇṭi my mother likes ginger tea nanna tāyige shuṇṭi tea ishṭa
I have white radish but not red nan hatra biḷi mūlangi ide, ādare
radish mūlangi
radish kempu mūlangi illa
cabbage kōsu how much does this cabbage cost ī kōsu bele yeshṭu
ī būdu kumbaḷakāi doḍḍadu mattu
bhāra ide
būdu
ash gourd this ash gourd is big and heavy
kumbaḷakāi
ī būdu kumbaḷakāi doḍḍadāgi,
bhāravāgi ide

there is a dog there : alli ondu nāyi ide

there are many dogs there : alli tumba nāyigaḷu ive
I have 2 brothers : nange eraḍu sahōdara iddāre
I have 1 brother : nange obba sahōdara iddāne
I have a car : nan hatra car ide
I have 2 cars : nan hatra eraḍu car-gaḷu ive

I can come, but I have work : nānu barabahudu, ādare nange kelasa ide
I ran, even then I missed the bus: nānu ōḍde, ādarū bus miss māḍde
25th Sep, 2024

Variations of a single verb (idd…..)

I am here nānu illi ______ (iddīni)

we are here nāvu illi______ (iddīvi)
I will be in office nānu officealli ______ (irtīni)
we will be in office nāvu officealli ______ (irtīvi)
are you(s) there in office? nīnu officealli ______ (iddīyā)
are you(p) there in office? nīvu officealli ______ (iddīrā)
he(s) is there in office avanu officealli ______ (iddāne)
she(s) is there in office avaḷu officealli ______ (iddāḷe)
he / she(f) is there in office avaru officealli ______ (iddāre)
they are in office avaru officealli ______ (iddāre)
is he(s) there in office? avanu officealli ______ (iddānā)
is she(s) there in office? avaḷu officealli ______ (iddāḷā)
are they in office? avaru officealli ______ (iddāra)
is he(f) / she(f) in office? avaru officealli ______ (iddārā)
I was in office nānu officealli ______ (idde)
we were in office nāvu officealli ______ (iddvi)
was I in office? nānu officealli ______ (idnā)
were we in office? nāvu officealli ______ (idvā)
he(s) was there in office avanu officealli ______ (idda)
she(s) was there in office avaḷu officealli ______ (idlu)
he(f) / she(f) was there in office avaru officealli ______ (idru)
they were there in office avaru officealli ______ (idru)
was he(s) there in office? avanu officealli ______ (idnā)
was she(s) there in office? avaḷu officealli ______ (idlā)
was he(f) / /she(f) there in office? avaru officealli ______ (idrā)
were they in office? avaru officealli ______ (idrā)
will you(s) be in office? nīnu officealli ______ (irtīyā)
will you(f) be in office? nīvu officealli ______ (irtīrā)
will he(s) be in office? avanu officealli ______ (irtānā)
will she(s) be in office? avaḷu officealli ______ (irtāḷā)
will he(f) / she(f) be in office? avaru officealli ______ (irtārā)
will they be in office? avaru officealli ______ (irtārā)
will I be in office? nānu officealli ______ (irtīnā)
will we be in office? nāvu officealli ______ (irtīvā)
the car is in the office car officealli ______ (ide)
the car was in the office car officealli ______ (ittu)
is the car in the office? car officealli ______ (idiyā)
was the car in the office? car officealli ______ (ittā)
will the car be in the office? car officealli ______ (irattā)
 Measurements

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

length
udda the guraffe has a long neck giraffege udda kattu ide
long
wide
the road is very wide raste tumbā agala ide
width
agala the river is very wide nadi tumbā agala ide
broad
ram has broad shoulders ramge agala bhuja ide
breadth
tall
ettara ram is 6 feet tall ram āru aḍi ettara iddāne
height
short kuḷḷu shyam is shorter than ram shyam ramginta kuḷḷu iddāne
doḍḍa
big the elephant is a big animal āne doḍḍa prāṇi
doḍḍadu
chikka there is a small tree in front of my
small nanna mane munde ondu chikka mara ide
chikkadu house
heavy bhāra the red bag is heavy kempu bag bhāra ide
fat the hippo is a fat animal hippo dappa prāṇi
dappa
thick this is a thick book idu dappa pustaka
thin
saṇṇa that boy is very thin ā huḍuga tumbā saṇṇa iddāne
slim
little swalpa I need a little sugar for my coffee nanna coffege swalpa sakkare bēku
more jāsti I want more sugar nange jāsti sakkare bēku
depth āḷā this river is very deep ī nadi tumbā āḷā ide
ī tankdu parimāṇa yeshṭu
volume parimāṇa what is the volume of this tank
ī tankina parimāṇa yeshṭu
fill tumbu my stomach is full nanna hoṭṭe tumbide.

bahudu means can, may, perhaps

he may come : avanu barabahudu
you may say : heḷbahudu

he may not come : avanu barade irabahudu OR avanu baralla anta kāṇatte
let me see : nānu nōḍtīni
show me a phone : phone tōrsi
I could not see : nange kāṇlilla
26th Sep, 2024

Revision

1. nānu ______ walking māḍ-de (ivattu, nenne, beḷegge, parkalli, eraḍu ghaṇṭe, geḷaya
jote, nidhānavāgi, bēga, obne, hāḍkoṇḍu, hāḍu kēḷkoṇḍu
2. _____ kūdala baṇṇa ______ (nanna / kappu, nimma / biḷi…..)
3. _____ avana pustaka (idu, adu)
4. _____ _____ 24 ghaṇṭe ide (ondu dinadalli, allige hōgakke, amma barakke, prati dina)
5. ī mātrēna ______, _______, _______ togōḷi (beḷegge, madhyāna, rātri)
6. ī mātrēna ______, _______, _______ togōḷi (dināglu, mūru, sarti)
7. ī mātrēna ______, _______, _______ togōḷi (ivattu, nāḷe, nāḍiddu)
8. ī mātrēna ______, _______, _______ togōḷi (bisi, nīru, jote)
9. ī mātrēna ______, _______, _______ togōḷi (ūṭa, māḍakke, munche)
10. ī mātrēna ______, _______, _______ togōḷi (madhyāna, ūṭa, ādmēle)
11. ī mātrēna ______, _______, _______ togōḷi (dinā, beḷegge, ardha)
12. nange _____ maga iddāne (ondu, obba)
13. nimma maneyalli _____ ideyā? (īruḷḷi, TV, Car, nāyi, current…..)
14. nimma maneyalli _____ iddānā? (avanu, ram, nanna maga, servant…)
15. nimma maneyalli _____ iddāḷa? (avaḷu, sita, maid……)
16. nimma maneyalli ______ iddarā? (aṇṇa, namma appa, makkaḷu, yārādru….)
17. ākāsha baṇṇa _____ (nīli)
18. nimma _____ maneyalli yāru iddāre? (jote, appa, pakkada, eduru, doḍḍa, hosa, mysore..)
19. who is there in your house? : nimma maneyalli yāru iddāre?
20. is dad there in your house? : ninna maneyalli appa iddāra?
21. are you at home? : nīvu maneyalli iddīrā?
22. will you come? : nīvu bartīrā?
23. will your mother come? : nimma amma bartārā?
24. is he there? : avanu alli iddānā?
25. he is there : avanu alli iddāne
26. is she there? : avaḷu alli iddāḷā?
27. she is there : avaḷu alli iddāḷe
28. nānu kannada _______ (kalitāiddīni, kalibēku, mātādbēku, kalte, ōdde, ōdtīni, baritīni,
barde…)
29. namma maneyalli _____ jana mattu ______ car ide (mūru/ondu, tumbā/tumbā,
tumbā/doḍḍa, nāku/biḷi…)
 30. rāmu innū _______ (bandilla, tindilla, tin-tā-iddāne, bari-tā-iddāne…)
31. rāmu innu ______ (baralla)
32. ______ varsha covid lockdown ittu (eraḍu, kaḷeda, 2021, āche,….)
33. namge _____, _____ mattu _____ kannada class ide (ivattu, nāḷe, nāḍiddu)
34. namge _____, _____ mattu _____ kannada class ide (bhudavāra, guruvāra, shanivāra)
35. nange kannada nanna ______ hēḷkoṭru (teacher, geḷaya, tande, tāyi..)
36. nīvu ______ pustaka koḍtīrā? (avarige, nanna, ā, kannada, kempu, nange, eraḍu, nāḷe,
beḷegge, avaḷa, avana, avara, chikka, haḷeya, hosa..)
37. please talk to me in kannada : dayaviṭṭu nanna jote kannadadalli mātāḍi

nanna kūdala baṇṇa kappu : mere balonka rang kāla hai : yennuḍaya
nange kappu baṇṇa kūdalu : mere kāle bāl hai : yenakku

avaḷige udda kappu kūdalu ide

avaḷa kūdalu kappu ide
 3rd Oct, 2024

Days of the week

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

namma office bhānuvāra close āgiratte
bhānuvāra our office is closed on sunday
sunday nāvu namma officena bhānuvāra close
ravivāra we will close our office on sunday
māḍtīvi
monday sōmavāra it’s difficult to wake up on Monday sōmavāra ēḷadu kashṭa

tuesday mangaḷavāra we will go to mysore on tuesday nāvu mysorege mangaḷavāra hōgtīvi

we attended the meeting on
wednesday bhudavāra nāvu bhudavāra meeting attend māḍudvi
wednesday
prati guruvā nānu nanna tāyi jote
dēvastānakke hōgtīni

I go to temple with my mother nānu nanna tāyi jote prati guruvāra

thursday guruvāra
every thursday dēvastānakke hōgtīni

nānu dēvastānakke prati guruvāra nanna

tāyi jote hōgtīni
nanna maga prati shukravāra biḷi baṭṭe
hākotāne
my son wears white uniform every
friday shukravāra
friday
nanna maga prati shukravāra biḷi
samavastra dharisuttāne
saturday shanivāra my friend is coming on saturday nanna geḷaya shanivāra bartāiddāre

I will go on monday nānu sōmavāra hōgtīni

he will go on monday avanu sōmavāra hōgtāne

she will come on monday avaḷu somavāra bartāḷe

he will not go on monday avanu sōmavāra hōgalla

they will come next wednesday avaru mundina bhudavāra bartāre

he went to his village last sunday avanu kaḷeda bhānuvāra avana haḷḷige hōda
 Animals (prāṇi-gaḷu)

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

dog nāyi we have 3 dogs in our home namma maneyalli mūru nāyi ide
elephant āne there are many elephants in india bhāratadalli tumbā āne ide
tiger huli the tiger has black and yellow stripes hulige kappu mattu haḷadi paṭṭe ide
lion simha the lion is the king of the jungle simha kāḍina rāja
cow hasu this cow gives 2 litres of milk ī hasu eraḍu litre hālu koḍatte
bear karaḍi the bear has long nails karaḍige udda uguru
buffalo yemme buffalo’s milk is very white yemme hālu tumbā biḷi ide
jinke tumbā bēga ōḍatte
deer jinke te deer runs very fast
jinke tumbā vēgavāgi ōḍatte
nāvu nenne sanje ondu chirate
leopard chirate we saw a leopard yesterday evening
nōḍudvi
camel oṇṭe there are lots of camels in rajasthan rajasthanalli tumbā oṇṭe ide
monkey kōti there are many monkeys on that hill ā beṭṭadalli tumbā kōti ide
hasu kandu baṇṇa mattu karu biḷi
the cow is brown and the calf is white
baṇṇa ide
calf karu
hasu kandu baṇṇa ādare karu biḷi
the cow is brown but the calf is white
baṇṇa ide
rat ili the rat ate all the vegetables ili ellā tarakārina tintu
cat bekku the cat ate the rat bekku ilina tintu
goat āḍu the goat has 2 horns āduge eraḍu kombu ide
donkey katte the donkey carries heavy loads katte tumbā bhāra horatte
snake hāvu snakes don’t have legs and ears hāvuge kālu mattu kivi illa
the fox is a clever animal nari ondu buddhivanta prāṇi
fox nari
the fox is a cunning animal nari ondu kutantra prāṇi
there are black and white pigs in this
pig handi ī ūralli kappu mattu biḷi handi ide
city
peacock navilu the peacock is a beautiful bird navilu ondu sundara hakki / pakshi
there are many crows in india and all bhāratadalli tumbā kāge ide mattu
crow kāge
of them are black ellā kāge kappu baṇṇa ide
mīnu nīralli iratte
fish mīnu fish lives in water
mīnu nīralli vāsa māḍatte
nānu māmsahariyalli kōḷina mātra
chicken kōḷi I only eat chicken in non veg
tintini
pigeon pārivāḷa we should not have pigeons at home namma maneyalli pārivāla itkobārdu

some snakes are ________ (poisonous / venomous)

some frogs are _______ (poisonous / venomous)
hillock : guḍḍa
hill : beṭṭa
mountain : parvata

the tiger is our national animal : huli namma rāshtrīya prāṇi

 9th Oct, 2024

Tastes

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

I like sweet dishes nange sihi tinḍi ishṭa
sweet sihi
the tea is too sweet tea tumbā sihi ide
this food tastes bitter ī aḍuge kahi ide
bitter kahi
he had a bitter experience last week kaḷeda vāra avanige kahi anubhava
āitu
sour huḷi tamarind is very sour huṇisē haṇṇutumba huḷi ide
the sambar is very spicy sambar tumbā khāra ide
hot / spicy khāra
the doctor has told me not to eat spicy doctor nange khāra tinbēḍa anta
foods hēḷiddāre
salty uppu too much of salt is not good for health tumbā uppu ārōgyakke oḷḷeyadalla

doctor ne mujhe teekha bhojan khāne-se mana kiya

we use the word ‘anta’ whenever we need to communicate with 2nd / 3rd person
Basically, conveying to the 2nd person what the 3rd person has said
OR
conveying to the 2nd person, asking him/her to convey to the 3rd person

conveying to the 2nd person what he told me to run avanu nange ōḍu anta hēḷda
the 3rd person has said
conveying to the 2nd person, ask Kumar to come tomorrow kumarna nāḷe bā anta hēḷu
asking him/her to convey to the
3rd person

ask / listen  kēḷu

tell  hēḷu

huli : tiger
huḷi : sour and also sambar
sāru : rasam

the teacher has told me to complete the HW teacher nange ivattu HW complete māḍu anta
today hēḷiddāre
tell your son to complete the HW today nimma magange ivattu HW complete māḍu
anta hēḷi
I told him not to see that movie nānu avange ā movie nōḍbēḍa anta hēḷde
he told me not to see that movie avanu nange ā movie nōḍbēḍa anta hēḷda
he asked me if I could give him the book avanu nanna pustaka koḍtiyā anta kēḷda
I asked him if he could give me the book nānu avannanna pustaka koḍtiya anta kēḷde
you told me not to run nīnu nange ōḍbēḍa anta hēḷde
you told me not to run yesterday, but why are nīnu nenne nange ōḍbēḍa anta hēḷde, ādre
you asking me to do now ivāga yāke ōḍu anta hēḷtā iddīya

Test

1. nimma mane yeshṭu _____ ide (dūra)

2. nimma mane _____ ide? (yelli, hēge)
3. nimma mane _____ ide. (chennāgi, sundaravāgi, doḍḍadāgi, alli, illi)
4. ā _____ baṇṇada car _____ ? (biḷi/nimdā, kempu/yeshṭu, kappu/bēkā, būdi/ishṭānā,
kappu/yelli, kappu/yārdu, kappu/nōḍudya)
5. ā _____ baṇṇada car _____. (haḷadi/nandu…)
6. adu _____ pustaka (nanna, avana, biḷi, doḍḍa, kashṭavāda, maths, oḷḷeya, keṭṭa……)
7. nange hālu _____ (bēku, ishṭa, sāku, koḍi, bēḍa, koḍabēḍa, kottilla, idiyā, manasu..)
8. nange kannada māttāḍakke _____ (ishṭa, kashṭa, baratte, gottu, …)
9. nange _____ idli _____ (eraḍu/bēku, ivattu/bēḍa, eraḍu/sāku, barī/sāku, dināglu/koḍtāre,
bisi/bēku, bisi/bēḍa, thatte/ishṭa, rava/bēku…..)
10. nanna geḷayanige swimming _____ (baratte, baralla, ishṭa, gottu, andre bhaya)
11. ā basketalli _____ mattu _____ ide (haṇṇu/tarkāri, …..)
12. chennaiyalli beach _____ (ide, chennāgide, koḷakāgide, shuddavāgide, sundaravāgide,
doḍḍadu, janapriya jāga..)
 10th Oct, 2024
Household articles and actions

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

wash
ogi I want to wash my clothes nānu nanna baṭṭe ogībēku
(clothes)
wash
toḷi wash the vessels in the evening sanje pātre toḷi
(utensils)
sweep the room now ivāga room guḍisu
sweep guḍisu
he swept the room avanu room guḍis-da
wipe the table mējanna oresu
mop / wipe oresu
mop the room after you sweep roomna guḍisu, āmēle oresu
chop hecchu chop the vegetables tarakārina hecchu

cut kattarisu the tailor cut the cloth tailor baṭṭena kattarisida

break oḍi break 2 coconuts eraḍu tenginakāi oḍi

grate the big coconut and keep it on doḍḍa tenginakaina turi, āmēle mēju
grate turi
the table mēle iḍi
grind rubbu use this coconut and grind the chutney ī tenginakāi upayōgisi chutney rubbu

vessels pātre wash the vessels and wipe it pātrena toḷedu, oresi iḍu
nelāna oresakke ī baṭṭena
floor nela don’t use this cloth to mop the floor
upayōgisabēḍa
throw the old broom and use the new haḷe porakena yesedu, hosa porakena
broom porake
broom use māḍu
water nīru this water is hot, be careful ī nīru bisi ide, hushāru
get ½ litre of coconut oil from the eduru angaḍiyinda arda litre tengina
oil yeṇṇe
opposite shop yeṇṇe togo
my dad got 20 kgs of rice from the nanna tande haḷḷiyinda ippattu kg akki
raw rice akki
village togoṇḍu bandru
cooked rice anna serve him some more rice avarige innu swalpa anna baḍisi

soak nenasu soak 3 kgs of rice tomorrow morning nāḷe beḷegge mūru kg akki nenasu
wash 1 cup of pulse and 3 cups of rice ondu cup bēḷe, mūru cup akki toḷedu
pulse/dal bēḷe
and soak it nenasu
huri fry the groundnuts kaḍalekāina huri
fry kari fry the poori poorina kari
bāḍsu fry the gravy gravyna bāḍsu
fold the clothes and keep it in the
fold maḍisu baṭṭēna maḍisi wardrōblli iḍu
wardrobe
cook (noun) aḍugebhaṭṭa the cook has not come today aḍugebhatta ivattu bandilla

cook (verb) aḍuge I will cook in the night nānu rātri aḍuge māḍtīni
Mock Discussions:

1. vegetable vendor and customer

2. Fruit vendor and customer
3. autorickshaw and passenger
4. police and citizen
5. landlord and tenant
6. teacher and parent
7. maid and employer
8. doctor and patient
9. bus conductor and passenger
10. asking for directions
11. departmental store
12. hotel / darshini
16th Oct, 2024

General Vocabulary

English Kannada English sentence Kannada sentence

still innu he has still not come avanu innū bandilla

together oṭṭige ram and shyam came together ram mattu shyam oṭṭige bandru

with jote shyam came with ram shyam ram jote banda
nidhānavāgi naḍi
walk slowly
walk naḍi nidhānakke naḍi
walk with me nan jote naḍi

easy sulabha learning kannada is easy kannada kaliyadu sulabha

difficult kashṭa climbing a hill is difficult beṭṭa hattadu kashṭa

street bīdi my house is in the 3rd street nanna mane mūrane bīdiyalli ide
the floor is wet nela odde ide
wet odde
the cloth is wet baṭṭe odde ide
dry oṇa the clothes have dried baṭṭe oṇagide
laugh
nagu we all laughed when he told a joke avanu joke hēḷdāga nāvella nakvi
smile
cry aḷu don’t cry, mom will come now aḷabēḍa, amma ivāga bartāre
it gets dark at 6 PM āru ghaṇṭege kattale āgatte
dark kattale
come home before it gets dark kattale āgakke munche manege banni
light beḷaku there is plenty of light in the house maneyalli tumbā beḷaku ide
it is warm inside the house mane oḷage becchage ide
warm bechhage
it is warm near the fire benki pakka bechhage ide
tail bāla the bear does not have a tail karaḍige bālā illa
keep the book in the 2nd
shelf pustaka eraḍane shelfalli iḍu / iḍi
keep iḍu
keep the book wherever you want pustaka yelli bēkādrū iḍu
there are many windows in her house avaḷa maneyalli tumbā kiṭaki ide
window kiṭaki
close the 1st window and open the 2nd modalane kiṭaki mucchi, eraḍane kiṭaki
window tegi
get ½ kg of flowers for tomorrow pūja nāḷe pūjege ardha kg hūvu togo

flower hūvu give ½ kg of flowers for tomorrow pūja nāḷe pūjege ardha kg hūvu koḍu

want ½ kg of flowers for tomorrow pūja nāḷe pūjege ardha kg hūvu bēku
this cow gives milk ī hasu hālu koḍatte

that cow gives milk twice a day ā hasu dinakke eraḍu bāri hālu koḍatte
milk hālu
ā biḷi hasu beḷegge nāku ltr hālu
the white cow gives 4 ltrs of milk in the
koḍatte mattu sanje mūru ltr hālu
morning and 3 ltrs of milk in the evening
koḍatte
corner mūle the cat is sleeping in the corner bekku mūlēli nidde māḍ tā ide

smell vāsane I smell a gas leak nange gas vāsane bartā ide

spread haraḍu dengue spreads because of mosquitoes dengue soḷḷeyinda haraḍatte

 spread the wheat on the floor gōdina neladamēle haraḍu

nange hushārilla, āddarinda nānu

so āddarinda I was unwell, so I did not go to office
officege hōglilla
I did not go to office because I was nānu officege hōglilla yākeandre
because yākeandre
unwell nange hushārilla
nānu kūḍa nin jote bartīni
also kūḍa I will also come with you
nānū nin jote bartīni
even ādarū I ran, even then I missed the bus nānu ōḍde, ādarū bus miss āitu

but ādare I can come, but I have work nānu barabahudu, ādare kelasa ide

or athava give me coffee or tea nange coffee athava tea koḍi

please come again dayaviṭṭu matte banni
again matte
it is raining again matte maḷe bartāide
guest atithi we have guests at home nammaneyalli atithi iddāre

people jana there were lot of people in the temple dēvastānadalli tumbā jana idru

door bāgilu dad came, open the door appa bandru, bāgilu tegi / tegiri

when he told : hēḷ-dāga

when he came : ban-dāga
when he sang : hāḍ-dāga
when he ran : ōḍ-dāga

whenever : yāvāga bēkādru

wherever : yelli bēkādru
however : hēge bēkādru
whatever : yēnu bēkādru
whichever : yāvudu bēkādru
17th Oct, 2024

CONVERSATION (with a friend)

were you at home yesterday? nīvu, maneyalli, nenne idrā?

no, I was not at home illa, nānu maneyalli irlilla
then, where were you? matte, nīvu yelli idri?
I was in my garden nānu nanna tōṭadalli idde
were you there until evening nīvu sanjetanka allē idrā
yes, I was there until evening howdu, nānu sanjevarege allē idde
ok, where was your elder brother sari, nimma aṇṇa yelli idru?
he was at home avanu maneyalli idda
where was the chair kurchi yelli ittu
it was below the mango tree adu māvina mara keḷage ittu
bring it here now ivāga togoṇḍu banni
nānu ivāga hōgbēku, nāḷe togoṇḍu
I have to go now, can I get it tomorrow
barbahudā?
sari, marthog bēḍa
ok, do not forget
sari, mari bēḍa
would you like to have some coffee? nimge coffee koḍlā / bēkā?
yes, give me a little, let it be hot sari, swalpa koḍi, bisi irli
anything to eat? tinnakke yēnādru bēkā

NOUN, NOUN…..adjectives, preposition….. VERB

Conversation with Maid

what is your name ninna hesaru yēnu

my name is roopa nanna hesaru roopa

are you married nimge maduve āgidiya

yes, I am married howdu, nange maduve āgide

where else do you work bēre yelli nīnu kelasa māḍtiya

I work in 201 and 503 nānu 201 mattu 503alli kelasa māḍtini

can you also cook ninge aḍuge māḍakke baratta

yes madam, I know to cook howdu madam, nange aḍuge māḍakke gottu

what else do you know bēre yēnu ninge gottu

I can sweep, mop and wash the clothes and nange guḍisakke, oresakke, pātre toḷiyakke,
vessels baṭṭe ogiyakke baratte
how much salary do you want ninge yeshṭu sambaḷa bēku
nange 3000 sambaḷa mattu prati dina ondu
give me 3000 rupees and one coffee daily
coffee koḍi
3000 is too much, I will give you 2500 3000 tumbā jāsti, nānu 2500 koḍtini

no madam, it cannot be less than 3000 illa madam, 3000 kammi āgalla

ok, when can you start your work sari, yāvāga kelasa shuru māḍtiya

I will start from tomorrow nānu nāḷeyinda shuru māḍtini

General Conversation

English Kannada
how is the weather in Bangalore bengalūralli weather (hawa) hēgide
it is raining now īga maḷe bartā ide
did it rain last week too? kaḷeda vārānū maḷe bantā?
no it did not rain last week illā, kaḷeda vāra maḷe barlilla
will it be hot in summers bēsuge kāladalli bisi irutta
no, it will not be hot during summers illa, bēsige kāladalli bisi iralla
how are the winters chaḷigāla hēge iratte
it will be very pleasant tumbā hitavāgi iratte
it started raining now, do you have an
īga maḷe shuru āitu, nim hatra koḍe/chattri idiya
umbrella
I don’t have it, I forgot to bring nan hatra illa, nānu taradu marete

Revision
1. train _____ baratte? (yāvāga, yellinda, yeshṭu ghaṇṭege, yelli…)
2. train _____ baratte. (īga, illi, alli, bēga, mysorinda, sanje, nāḷe…..)
3. train _____ baratta? (īga, illi, alli, bēga, mysorinda, sanje, nāḷe….)
4. officege _____ hōgi _____ tirukkōḷi (sīda/eḍakke, …)
5. _____ kannada kali-tā-iddīni (nānu)
6. _____ kannada kali-tā-iddīvi (nāvu)
7. _____ kannada kali-tā-iddīri (nīvu)
8. _____ kannada kali-tā-iddāne (avanu / ivanu)
9. _____ kannada kali-tā-iddāre (ivaru /avaru)
10. _____ kannada kali-tā-iddāḷe (avaḷu / ivaḷu)
11. nāḷe nīnu _____ ghaṇṭege bartiyā? (yeshṭu, aidu, )
12. nānu barabahudu, _____ nange kelasa ide (ādare)
13. nange _____ nīru koḍi (swalpa, bisi, bēga, kuḍiyuva, kuḍiyakke, nīvu, ivāgle, taṇḍi, tumbā,
lōṭadalli…)

• it did not rain : maḷe barlilla

• it was not raining : maḷe bartirlilla
• it will not rain : maḷe baralla
• it is not raining : maḷe bartilla