EstherKannada Fluenzy has been helping several students, professionals, housewives and language enthusiasts to learn a new language and put it to good use as and when required. Some of the categories of learners include total beginners, intermediates(those who studied the language in school, but never learnt to speak) and advanced learners(who know the vocabulary and … Read more
Speak in Kannada After Learning From This Kannada Fluenzy Blog A Kannada learner has been putting in great effort to learn the language. He practices what he learns at every opportunity. Below is a sample of sentences that he has sent for correction. Since all learners will benefit, I have provided them for you below. … Read more
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 more
Conjunctions as you know in English Grammar, essentially join two or more simple sentences to give complete meaning to what is being expressed. So also in Kannada language, simple sentences when used together to form one sentence will give complete meaning when a conjunction is used to join them. If you have overheard 2 kannadigas … Read more
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 more
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 more
Vocabulary for the rainy days neni-get wet nenisu-soak nendu hode-got wet hasi-raw/wet/not cooked neer neeragi-watery neeralli-in the water neerina- of the water thyawa-wet thumba thyawa-very wet poorthi thyawa-completely wet wadde-wet maLeyalli wadde-wet in rain maLe neeru-rain water thumba maLe-lots of rain bhari maLe-lots of rain jooragi maLe beelthaayithu/surithayithu-raining heavily
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 more
Bangalore played host to the famous Big Fat Wedding of 2010-Vivek Oberoi and Priyanka Alva.Priyanka Alva is the daughter of danseuse Nandini Alva and the Late Jeevaraj Alva, an ex-minister of Karnataka. Nandini ia a Punjabi and Jeevaraj , a Mangalorean and so the wedding is a fusion of Punjabi and Mangalorean styles. The cuisine … Read more
Dasara festival is celebrated with great pomp and fervor each year with many ladies inviting people to come and view the dolls exhibited in their homes. In many parts of Karnataka state, dolls of Indian origin, namely idols of various dieties, are showcased along with Channapatna toys, Pattada Gombe which are dressed up in colorful … Read more
