Useful words

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 List of useful words
Word Statement Close ended question
and open ended question

positive negative positive negative

Know gottu gottilla gottaa gottillwa

Like ishTa ishTa-illa ishTa-naa ishTa-illwa
Want beku beDa/bekilla bekaa beDwa/bekillwa
Enough saaku saaladu saakaa saaladaa
Over/done aayitu aagilla aayitaa aagillwa
Okay/alright/ sari sari-illa sari-naa sari-illwa
Right/correct
wrong/incorrect tappu tappalla tappaa tappallwa
Yes howdu howdaa
No illa illwa

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Sentence using “Useful” words
u nanage nrutya(dancing) gottu u uppu saaladu, innu beku
u nimage naTane (acting) ishTa-naa? u nanage saambaar beDa, chaTni saaku
u nimage kannaDa bhaashe hege gottu? u nimma kelasa aayitaa?
u nanage sihi (sweets) ishTa-illa u aDuge (cooking) aag-illa
u nimage cool drink bekaa? u namage tumba haNa (money) yaake beku?
swalpa saaku
u ishTu uppu (salt) saakaa?
u nimma kelasa yaavaaga aayitu?

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There, here and Where?
As you already know ‘where’ is ‘elli’ in kannaDa. So what are the kannaDa words
for here and there?
There = alli
Here = illi
Notice ‘a’ in alli and ‘i’ in illi. In kannaDa ‘a’
implies farther and ‘i’ implies near-by. So you will
Examples: see that ‘a’ and ‘i’ are part of many words in
nanna file elli ide? kannaDa.
nimma water bottle elli?
alli enu ide?
illi empty space ide
nimma kai-gaDiyaara(wrist watch) illi ide

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Therein/at (as in a place/venue) = nalli
Examples:
naavu meeting nalli ideevi
neevu market nalli ideeraa?
nanna naayi kennel nalli ide
Movie aa cinema nalli ide
neevu yaava oorinalli ideeri?
fridge nalli haalu (milk) illwa?

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To, from and till
To/at (as in a specific time) = ge
From = inda
Till/until = varege/tanaka
Please note: In English, words like at, from, to and till are prepositions, but in
kannaDa, nalli, ge, inda, varege are suffixes.
Examples:
‘Fish swims in water’ is translated as ‘meenu (fish) neeri-nalli (in water) eejutte
‘From here till there’ is translated as ‘illi inda alli varege’
1. nanage kannaDa nalli sonne(zero) inda koTi(crore)varege sankhyegaLu(numbers)
gottu
2. illi inda nimma mane-ge shortest route yaavudu?
3. beLigge(morning) inda sanje(evening) tanaka namage kelasa ide
4. Movie 5:30 PM-ge ide
Memorise these three suffixes nalli, ge, inda as they are used very often in conversations.
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A simple conversation
Knock knock.. Alia, mane-nalli ideeraa?
Oh, Sonam! howdu, ideeni. oLage banni (come in). hege ideeri?
chennaagi ideeni. neevu chennaagi ideeraa?
naanu kooDa chennaagi ideeni. fridge-nalli ice cream ide, nimage ishTanaa?
tumba ishTa aadare (but) nanage cough ide. eega (now) chaha (tea) saaku.
sari. ooTa aayitaa?
howdu, aayitu. nimma mane-nalli enu aDuge?
namma mane-nalli bisi beLe bhat.
oh ho! nanage swalpa beku. nimage biriyaani recipe gottaa?
nanage gottilla. bisi beLe bhat tagoLi (take).
tumba chennaagide. dhanyavaada.

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