Conversation Basics
Kannada is very essential for all professionals, particularly those that regularly need to interact with Kannadigas. Especially when you are a doctor and you have to diagonize first and treat later. For proper diagnosis, the doctor needs to understand the patient’s problem and for this, he needs to be a patient listener, and ask relevant questions in … Read moreKannada for Doctors and Medical Students-Interaction with Patients
Banni Kannada Kaliyonna!…………Let’s Learn Kannada! Click on the links below to learn more. Be sure to listen to the audio podcasts that accompany each post! You can pause or replay the podcast to practice pronunciation, which will help you speak correctly. You may need to listen more than once to get it right. You can … Read moreLet’s Learn Kannada-Beginner Basics
Many of my Kannada learners have the same request. Use of verbs in sentences. A previous post, entitled, “What are you doing ?”, shows you how the verbs change when you use them in each tense. The correct endings for the sentences needs to be addressed, which will also tell you how to use them … Read moreHow To Speak Simple Kannada Sentences in Past, Present & Future
We will see the different ways to address I, me myself, ourselves,our,etc. Naanu…….. I naana……… me? nannadu/nande…… mine nanna….. mine naane……..I only/myself naannalla…….not me naanu wobbane…….. only I/only me Naavu……I/We namma……our nammadu…….ours naave………we only naavalla……..not us naavu ibbaru………we both/both of us Simple sentences using the above: Naanu bande…… I came. Nannannu baa antha karedaru………They called … Read moreSIMPLE SENTENCES 06 ( I,me and myself)
Here are the translations to the Quiz in Simple Sentences 05. Check them out! She is going to school. AvaLu shaalege hogthaLe. She will not go home today. Ee hothu avaLu manege hogalla. Her husband is a very handsome man. AvaLa ganda nododikke bahaLa chennagiddane. Alert her about the traffic jam. Traffic bagge avalige heLu. … Read moreSIMPLE SENTENCES 05-Answers To Quiz
In Simple Sentences 03, you learnt to use Avanu, Avana, Avananna, Avanadu all to do with the male, for the female gender, we similarly use AvaLa, AvaLadu, AvaLu, AvaLanna, AvaLige, AvaLinda, etc. So, ready for another quiz? Try to translate the following simple sentences. She is going to school. She will not go home today. … Read moreSIMPLE SENTENCES 05
You are encouraged to view the following video on India’s Free Lunch that shows poor students attending Government schools in Bangalore partaking of the midday meal scheme. In Kannada,it is called Bisi Oota Karyakrama which literally means Hot Meal Program. People and children are interviewed in Kannada with subtitles in English and this is a … Read moreSIMPLE SENTENCES-04
The Difference Between “AVANA”, “AVANIGE” and “AVANANNA”, “AVANADU”. In previous sessions, you have learnt the use of “Avanu”, we will now see the use of “avana”, “avanige” and “avananna”, “avanadu”. Let us see some examples: He is my son. Avanunanna maga.What is his name? Avana hesaru yeanu? In the example, “Give him 100 rupees”, Avanige … Read moreSIMPLE SENTENCES – 03
Our Universe is so wonderful. Change of weather vocabulary is the content of this session. Sun—soorya Moon—chandra star—tare/nakshatra sky—aakaasha /gagana earth—bhoomi wind—gaaLi fire—benki water—neeru world—jagatthu / prapancha ice /snow / —hima mist /dew—manju SIMPLE SENTENCES ADDRESSING WEATHER CONDITIONS MoDa muchide. MaLe barabohudu. It is cloudy. Might rain. GaaLi joraagi bisuthe.MaLe barolla. It is very windy.It … Read moreSIMPLE SENTENCES-02