Lesson 4
Lesson 4
1. Conversation.
Tiwari: bramhagiri' injiniyaring What kind of college
kaaleeju entha kaaleeju? Bramhagiri Engineering
College is?
Hegde : adu oLLeya kaaleeju. It is a good college.
Tiwari: adu khaasagi kaaleejoo? Is it a Private college or
sarkaarikaaleejoo? Governmnent College?
Hegde : adu sarkaari kaaleeju alla. It is nota government
khaasagi kaaleeju, college. It is a private
college.
Tiwari: adu doDDa kaaleejaa? Is it a big college?
Hegde: havdu. adu doDDa kaaleeju. Yes it is a big college.
Tiwari: adu hosa kaaleejaa? Is it a new college?
Hegde: alla. adu hosa kaaleeju alla. No. It is not a new college.
swalpa haleya kaaleeju. A little old.
2.Structure Pattern
2.1. maysuuru oLLeya nagara. Mysore is a good city.
moohana oLLeya huDuga. Mohan is a good boy.
naagaraaja oLLeya adhikaari. Nagaraja is a good officer.
2.2. adu keTTa pustaka. It is a bad book.
avaLu keTTa huDugi. She is a bad girl.
avanu ke'TTa manushya. He is a bad person.
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2.7. avanu hosa vidyaarthi. He is a new student.
adu hosa SarTu. It is a new shirt.
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3.4. JO botart oD, F dDd. rOroJ,
4. Exercise
4.1. Fillinthe blanks using the appropriate word.
4.1.1. adu sinimaa.
4.2. Fill in the blanks using the Kannada equivalent of the English
words given in the bracket.
4.2.1 reekha oLLeya naTi (very)
4.2.2. adu gaDiyaara. (big)
4.2.3. idu kaaleeju (private)
4.2.4. namma kaaleeju tumbaa (far off)
4.2.5. namma mane mane (old)
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4.4.3. It is neither a big college nor a small college.
4.4.4. Mysore is a good city.
4.5. Answer the following questions.
4.5.1 karnaaTakada raajadhaaniyaavudu?
4.5.2 nimma kaaleejina hesaru eenu?
4.5.3 nimma kaaleeju doDDa kaaleejoo cikka kaaleejoo?
4.5.4 nimma kaaleeju hosa kaaleejaa?
4.5.5 nimma kaaleeju entha kaaleeju?
5. Vocabulary
entha *what type of"
oLLeya 'good'
keTTa bad'
khaasagi private
cikka 'Small'
duura far"
doDDa big'
saNNa 'small'
sarakaari 'government'
swalpa 'a little'
hattira "near'
hl;|Leya 'old'
heege 'how
hosa 'new'
5.1. Additional Vocabulary
adhikaari 'officer
angaDi 'shop'
aramane 'palace'
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kathe *story'
nagara *city'
naTa 'actor"
naTi 'actress'
paTTaNa city'
manushya person
SarTu 'shirt
women'
hengasu