Kannada Kali

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Kannada Learning Programme
By:
CAd£ï PÀĪÀiÁgï (Anjan Kumar)
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 Brief History of Kannada

 One of the Dravidian languages

 First written record in Kannada is traced back to
Emperor Ashoka’s Brahmagiri Edict (legal command)
230 BC.
 Full length Kannada stone inscription was found in
Halmidi which dates back to 450 CE.
 Other native languages of Kannada are Tulu, Kodava
and Konkani.
 Kannada and Telugu scripts looks similar and are
derived from Brahmi script.
 Like other Dravidian languages, Kannada has also
been greatly influenced by Sanskrit in terms of
vocabulary, grammar and literary styles
 Phases of Evolution
Poorva Halegannada or Pre-ancient Kannada
 Till 9th Century CE
 Oldest existing record of Kannada literature is poetry in tripadi by Kappe Arabhatta
which dates back to 700 CE
Halegannada or Ancient Kannada
 9th to 14th Century CE
 Jain and Virashaiwa literature
 Pampa, Ranna, Ponna, Basavanna are the eminent literary persons of that era.
Nadugannada or Middle Kannada
 14th to 18th Century
 Daasa Saahithya (literature)
 Purandara Dasaru, Kanaka Dasaru, Jagannatha Dasaru etc
Hosagannada or Modern Kannada
 From the end of 19th Century
 Poetry, Prose, Novels, Drama
 Muddanna, Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, Kuvempu, Bendre, Shivaram Karanth, Girish
Karnad, UR Ananthamurthy, SL Bhairappa to name a few.
 Before learning

1. To learn any language, focus should be on its pronunciation.

So emphasize on the pronunciation.

2. Unlike other language the same word takes different form in

different conversations.
ex: hOguttEne will be pronounced generally as hOgtEne or hOgtini
nAnu hOgutthEne
nAnu hOgtini
You will get adjust to one style as and when you practice

3. Like any other Indian language lot of English words are used in
conversations.
Ex: bus (bassu), car (caaru)
 Before learning (cont)

4. A Language can be learnt only by using it, practicing it. So dont stop your
learning just in this session. Practice it outside.
Watch kannada news, films, interviews.
Listen to FM RadioMirchi (98.3), SFM (93.5), BigFM(92.7),
Rainbow (101.3), RadioOne (94.3) etc.

Once you are ok with basic sentence forming try to apply it. Talk with your
colleagues, security, office boys, shops, hotels, bus, auto, market everywhere..

5. Try to translate to Kannada from your own languages, since grammar is

similar across all the Indian languages.
Dont try to translate from English.
Ex:
English: what is your name?
Kannada: enu ninna hesaru?

Hindi: thera naam kya he?

Kannada: ninna hesaru enu?
To read Kannada in English

What you Pronounce it as in English Ex in

see Hindi
a a in at ghar
A/aa a in path saath
i i in ill dil
ee e in teeth geeth
u ue in blue bura
U/oo oo in booth dood
h
e e in Well. lage
E e in there mEra
ai i in mind paisa
To read Kannada in English

l l in little lage
L Touch your palate with your tongue. Now
say 'L'
d th in the dEr
D D in dirty Dar
t t in tabla thum
T t in table teher

n n in nice naam
N Touch your palate with your tongue. Now rakshaN
say 'N'
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Session 2
Basic Words
First Person Pronouns

Kannada English

Singular
naanu Me / I am
naanu software engineer I am a software engineer
naanu Ram Its me, Ram

Plural
naavu We
naavu bengaloorinavaru We are from Bengalooru
First Person Pronouns

Kannada English

Singular
nanna Mine / My
nanna hesaru Ram My name is Ram
nanna mane My home

Plural
namma Our (Ours) / We
namma dEsha bhaarata Our country is Bharatha
namma mane Our home
First Person Pronouns

Kannada English

Singular
nanage To me / For me
nanage neeru bEku I want water

Plural
namage To us / For us
namage neeru bEku We want water

Note: ‘ge’ means – to or for

 Usage of First person singular
I am a driver
___ driver
I want a job
___ kelasa bEku
My name is Raj
___ hesaru Raj

He is my brother
avanu ____ tamma
I am going to work
___ kelasakke hOguttiddIni
I have fever
___ jwara ide
Second Person Pronouns

Kannada English

Singular
neenu You
neenu software engineer You are a software engineer
neenu Ram You are Ram

Plural
neevu You (plural form)
neevu bengaloorinavaru You are from Bengalooru
Second Person Pronouns

Kannada English

Singular
ninna Your / Yours
ninna hesaru Ram Your name is Ram
ninna mane Your home

Plural
nimma Your / Yours (plural form)
nimma dEsha bhaarata Your country is Bharatha
nimma mane Your home
Second Person Pronouns

Kannada English

Singular
ninage To you / For you
ninage Enu bEku ? What you want ?

Plural
nimage To you / For you (plural form)
nimage kannaDa gotta ? Do you know kannaDa ?
 Case System
(Concentrate on highlighted once)

suffix meaning example

1 u Nominative itself naanu, adu

2 annu Accusative nannannu,

(objective) adannu
3 iMda Instrumental with, by, nanninda,
through adarinda
4 ge, kke Dative to / for nanage,
adakke
5 deseyinda Ablative

6 a, ra Possessive its / of nanna, adara

7 alli Locative at / in nannali,

adaralli
8 E, O Vocative O! / Oh! / nAnE!, adE!
Ah!
Session 3
 Pronouns Comparison

First Person naanu nanna nanage

(singular) (me, myself) (mine) (to / for me)

First Person
naavu namma namage
(plural)

Second Person
neenu ninna ninage
(singular)

Second Person
neevu nimma nimage
(plural)
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 Usage of Pronouns
our country is India
hamAra dEsh bhArat hain
___ dEsha bhArata
namma dEsha bhArata

teach us kannaDa
ham ko kannaDa sikhA do
___ kannaDa kalisi
namage kannaDa kalisi

which is your place? (plural)

aap kA shahar kounsA hain?
___ ooru yAvudu?
nimma ooru yAvudu?
 Usage of Pronouns
where are you from? (plural)
aap kidar ke ho?
___ elliyavaru?
neevu elliyavaru?

my company is Lucent
mEra company Lucent hain
___ company Lucent
nanna company Lucent

where are you going?

tum kahAn jA rahe hO?
___ ellige hOgtiddIya?
neenu ellige hOgtiddIya?
 Usage of Pronouns
where is your house? (plural)
aap kA ghar kahAn hain?
___ mane ellide?
nimma mane ellide?

this is for you

ye tEre liye
idu ___
idu ninage

we are learning kannaDa

hum kannaDa seekh rahe hain
___ kannaDa kaliyutiddEve
naavu kannaDa kaliyutiddEve
 Usage of Pronouns
do you know kannaDa (plural)
aap kannaDa jaante hO?
___ kannaDa gotta?
nimage kannaDa gotta?

we know kannaDa
hum kannaDa jaante hain
___ kannaDa gottu
namage kannaDa gottu

which is your language?

thErA bhAshA kounsA hain?
___ bhAshe yAvudu?
ninna bhAshe yAvudu?
 Basic Nouns

(1) name – hesaru

ex:
nanna hesaru Ram
my name is Ram

(2) job / work – kelasa

ex:
nanna kelasa consulting
my job is consulting
 Basic Nouns

(3) town / city – ooru

that suffixes in bengaLooru, mysooru,

mangaLooru

ex:
nanna ooru bengaLooru
my city is bengaLooru

(4) house / home – mane

ex:
idu nanna mane
this is my house
 Interrogative Pronouns

English Kannada

What Enu
What is your name? ninna hesaru Enu?
What is that? adu Enu?

Which yaavudu / yaava

Which is your country? nimma dEsha yAvudu?
naavu yaava hotel ge
Which hotel we go?
hOgONa?
Session 5
 abhyaasa (Practice)
job
kelasa

name
hesaru

house
mane

town / city
ooru

which
yaavudu / yaava

what
Enu
 Usage of Pronouns with Interrogation
which is your city? (plural)
aap ka shahar koun sa hain?
nimma ooru yaavudu?

what is your job?

tEraa kaam kyaa hain?
ninna kelsa Enu?

our company name is Lucent

hamaara company ka naam Lucent hain
namma company hesaru Lucent

which is your house? (plural)

aap ka ghar koun saa hain?
nimma mane yaavudu?
 Usage of Pronouns with Interrogation
our house is in Bengalooru
hamaara ghar bengaloor main hain
______ ____ bengaloorinalli ide

which is my job?
mera kaam kounsaa hain?
nanna kelasa yaavudu?

what is the name of your city?

tEra shahar kaa naam kya hain?
ninna oorina hesaru Enu?

my city’s name is Mysooru

mEra shahar kaa naam Mysooru hain
nanna oorina hesaru Mysooru
 Greetings

namaskaara

hindi: namaste
greeting when we meet someone or
when we are leave someone
 Verbs
(emphasising first and second person)

ide (singular) present

Present tense
pustaka alli ide There is a book
neenu elli iddeeya? Where are you?
naanu illi iddeeni I am here

Past tense
neenu elli idde? Where were you?
naanu alli idde I was there

Future tense
neenu elli irtiya? Where you will be?
naanu alli irtIni I will be there
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 Verbs
Examples Present tense

Where is your house?

ninna mane elli ide?

My house is in Koramangala
nanna mane Koramangala dalli ide

Where is bus?
bus elli ide?

bus is here
bus illi ide

How is the film?

film hEge ide?

Film is fine
film chennaagi ide
 Verbs
Examples Present tense

You are here

neenu illi iddeeya..

Yes. I am here
houdu. naanu illi iddeeni

Are you there in your house?

neenu ninna maneyalli iddeeya?

Yes. I am in my home
houdu. naanu nanna maneyalli iddeeni

Where are you?

neenu elli iddeeya?

I am in work
naanu kelasadalli iddeeni
 Verbs

Examples Present tense

How are you?
neenu hEge iddeeya..

I am fine
naanu chennaagi iddeeni

Examples Past tense

Where were you?

neenu elli idde?

I was there
naanu alli idde
 Verbs
Examples Future tense

Where you will be?

neenu elli irteeya?

I will be in my house
naanu nanna maneyalli irteeni

You will be in work?

neenu kelasadalli irteeya?

Yes. I will be in my work.

houdu. naanu nanna kelasadalli irteeni

Where you will be tomorrow?

naaLe neenu elli irteeya?

I will be in Mysooru
naanu mysoorinalli irteeni
Session 7
 abhyaasa

Your car is there

thEra car vahaan hain
ninna car alli ide

Our house is in Mysooru

Hamaara ghar Mysooru main hain
namma mane Mysoorinalli ide

Where is your office? (plural)

aap kaa office kahan hain?
nimma office elli ide?
 abhyaasa

How is our house?

hamaara ghar kaisa hain?
namma mane hEgide (hEge ide)?

Your house is good

aap kaa ghar achcha hain
nimma mane chennaagide (chennaagi ide)

Where were you?

thum kahaan the?
neenu elli idde?
 abhyaasa

You will be in office tomorrow?

thum kal office main rehte ho?
neenu naaLe office nalli irteeya?

No. I will be in house

nahi. main ghar me rahoonga
illa. naanu maneyalli irteeni

Yesterday, where were you?

kal thum kahaan the?
ninne, neenu ellidde (elli idde)?
 abhyaasa

Yesterday, I was there in my town

kal, main mera shahar me tha
ninne, naanu nanna oorinalli idde

Are you there in work?

thum kaam pe ho?
neenu kelasadalli iddeeya?

No. I am in my home.
nahi. main mera ghar me hoon
illa. naanu nanna maneyalli iddeeni
 Verbs

ide (plural)

For First person: Second part will be with ‘v’

For Second Person: Second part will be with ‘r’

Present tense
neevu elli iddeera? Where are you?
naavu illi iddeevi We are here
 Verbs
Examples Present tense

You are here

neevu illi iddeera..

Yes. we are here

houdu. naavu illi iddeevi

Are you there in your house?

neevu nimma maneyalli iddeera?

Yes. we are in our home

houdu. naavu namma maneyalli iddeevi

Where are you today?

ivattu neevu elli iddeera?

Today, we are at work

ivattu naavu kelasadalli iddeevi
 Verbs

Examples Present tense

How are you?
neevu hEge iddeera

We are fine
naavu chennaagi iddeevi
 Verbs

ide (plural)

For Second Person: Second part will be with ‘r’

For First person: Second part will be with ‘v’

Past tense
neevu elli idri? Where were you?
naavu alli idvi We were there
 Verbs

Examples Past tense

Where were you?

neevu elli idri?

We were there
naavu alli idvi

We were in our place

naavu namma ooralli idvi

We were in our work

naavu namma kelasadalli idvi
 Verbs

ide (plural)

Future tense
neevu elli irteera? Where you will be?
naavu alli irteevi We will be there
 Verbs
Examples Future tense

Where you will be?

neevu elli irteera?

We will be there in our house

naavu namma maneyalli irteevi

You will be in work?

neevu kelasadalli irteera?

Yes. We will be in our work.

houdu. naavu namma kelasadalli irteevi

Where you will be tomorrow?

naaLe neevu elli irteera?

We will be in Mysooru
naavu mysoorinalli irteevi
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 abhyaasa

How are you?

aap kaise hain?
neevu hEgiddeera (hEge iddeera)?

We are fine
ham acche hain
naavu chennaagiddeevi (chennaagi iddeevi)

Where were you?

aap kahaan the?
neevu elli iddri?
 abhyaasa

You will be in office tomorrow?

aap kal office main rahenge?
neevu naaLe office nalli irteera?

No. we will be in house

nahi. ham ghar me rahenge
illa. naavu maneyalli irteevi

Yesterday, where were you?

kal aap kahaan the?
ninne, neevu elliddri (elli iddri)?
 abhyaasa

Yesterday, we were there in our town

kal, ham hammara shahar me the
ninne, naavu namma oorinalli iddvi

Are you there in your work?

aap aapka kaam pe ho?
neevu nimma kelasadalli iddeera?

No. We are in our home.

nahi. ham hamaara ghar me hain
illa. naavu namma maneyalli iddeevi
Verb – ide

Present Past Future

First person iddeeni idde irteeni

Singular
Second person iddeeya idde irteeya
First person iddeevi idvi irteevi
Plural
Second person iddeera idri irteera
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 Verbs

ide other Forms

Singular iru – be there

neenu alli iru You be there
neenu maneyalli iru You be in home

Plural iri – be there

neevu illi iri You be there
neevu bengaLoorinalli iri You be in Bangalore

Singular / Plural irbEku – need to be present

naanu elli irbEku? Where I should be?
naavu elli irbEku? Where we should be?
 Verbs
Examples iru

Where I should be?

naanu elli irbEku?

You be there in Bengalooru

neenu bengaLoorinalli iru

Where we should be
naavu elli irbEku?

You should be there in Mysooru

neevu mysoorinalli irbEku

Please, tomorrow you be here

dayavittu, naaLe neenu illi iru

Right. Tomorrow I will be here

sari. naaLe naanu illi irteeni
 Verbs
Examples iru

Where we should be?

naavu elli irbEku?

You be there in your house (plural)

neevu nimma maneyalli iri
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 abhyaasa

Where is your house?

tumhaara ghar kahaan hain?
ninna mane ellide (elli ide)?

Our house is in Malleshwara

Hamaara ghar Malleshwara main hain
namma mane Malleshwara dalli ide

You are in your house (plural)?

aap aap kaa ghar pe ho?
neevu nimma maneyalli iddeera?
 abhyaasa

Yes. I am in my house.
haan. main mEra ghar main hoon
houdu. naanu nanna maneyalli iddeeni

Yesterday, where were you? (plural)

kal, aap kahaan the?
ninne, neevu ellidri (elli idri)?

We were in our town

hum hamaara shar me the
naavu namma oorinalli idvi
 abhyaasa

Please you be there in your house

krupaya, aap apne ghar pe rahiye
dayavittu, neevu nimma maneyalli iri

OK. I will be there in my house

teek hain. main mEra ghar me rahoonga
sari. naanu nanna maneyalli irteeni

Tomorrow, you will be there in Bengalooru? (plural)

kal, aap Bengalooru main rahenge?
naaLe, neevu Bengaloori nalli irteera?
 Verbs

ma aDu (singular) do

Present tense
kelasa mADu do the work
neenu Enu maaDtiddIya what are you doing
naanu kelasa maaDtiddIni I am doing the work
 Verbs
Examples maaDu

Where are you working?

neenu elli kelasa maaDtiddeeya?

I am working in Lucent
naanu Lucent nalli kelasa maaDtiddeeni

Please do the work

dayavittu kelasa maaDu

I am doing work at home

naanu maneyalli kelasa maaDtiddeeni

You do your work

ninna kelasa neenu maaDu

You are working fine

neenu chennaagi kelasa maaDtiddeeya
 Verbs
Examples maaDu

What are you doing?

neenu Enu maaDtiddeeya?

I am taking meals
naanu oota maaDtiddeeni

OK. you take the meals

sari. neenu oota maaDu

I will be here
naanu illi irteeni
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 Verbs

ma aDu do

doing
kar rahan hoon
maa Dtid dee ni

did
kiya
maa Did e

will do
karoonga/ karta hoon
maa Dtee ni

will be doing
kartha rahoonga
maa Dtir teeni
 Verbs

maaDu (singular) do

Past tense
ninne oLLe kelasa
yesterday you did good work
maaDidde

Future tense
neenu adannu maaDtIya? Will you do that?
Verb – maaDu

Person Present Past Future

kar raha hoon kiya karoonga karta rahoonga

/karta hoon
First
Sing (iddeeni) (idde) (irteeni) (irteeni)
ular maaDtiddeeni maaDide maaDteeni maaDtirteeni

Second maaDtiddeeya maaDide maaDteeya maaDtirteeya

First maaDtiddeevi maaDidvi maaDteevi maaDtirteevi

Plur
al
Second maaDtiddeera maaDidri maaDteera maaDtirteera
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 abhyaasa

What are you doing? (plural)

aap kya kar rahe ho?
neevu Enu maaDtiddeera (maaDta iddeera)?

We are doing work

Hum kaam kar rahe hain
naavu kelasa maaDtiddeevi (maaDta iddeevi)

What you did? (plural)

aap kya kiya?
neevu Enu maaDidri?
 abhyaasa

What you do?

tum kya karte ho?
neenu Enu maaDteeya?

I do work
main kaam kartha hoon
naanu kelasa maaDteeni

We did the work

humne kaam kiya
naavu kelasa maaDidvi
Common Verbs
English Hindi Singular Plural prefix

come aana baa banni barta

go jaana hOgu hOgi hOgta

see dekh nODu nODi nODta

listen sun kELu kELi kELta

Common Verbs
English Hindi Singular Plural prefix

tell kaho hELu hELi hELta

eat khaana tinnu tinni tinta

give dEna kodu kodi kodta

take lEna thago thagoLi thagoL

ta
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 abhyaasa

What are you doing? (plural)

aap kya kar rahe ho?
neevu Enu maaDtiddeera (maaDta iddeera)?

We are doing work

Hum kaam kar rahe hain
naavu kelasa maaDtiddeevi (maaDta iddeevi)
 abhyaasa

What are you doing?

tum kya kar rahe ho?
neenu Enu maaDtiddeeya?

I am going to work
main kaam ko jaa raha hoon
naanu kelasakke hOgtiddeeni
 abhyaasa

I am telling you
main tumko bol raha hoon
naanu ninage haELtiddeeni

I am listening
main sun raha hoon
naanu kELtiddeeni
 abhyaasa

you are coming tomorrow

aap kal aa rahe ho
neevu naaLe bartiddeera

I will come
main aatha hoon
naanu barteeni
 abhyaasa

What you did yesterday?

kal thum kya kiya?
ninne neenu Enu mADide?

Yesterday I saw the match

kal main match dekha
ninne naanu match nODide
 abhyaasa

please you go (plural)

krupayaa aap jaayiye
dayavittu neevu hOgi

OK. I will go
accha. main jaatha hoon
aaytu. naanu hOgteeni
 abhyaasa

Where were you yesterday? (plural)

kal aap kahan the?
ninne neevu ellidri?

I had been to my native

main apne shahar go gaya tha
naanu namma oorige hOgidde
 abhyaasa

Will you work tomorrow

kal aap kaam karte ho?
naaLe neevu kelasa maaDteera?

No. tomorrow we will see the match

nahi. kal hum match dekhte hain
illa. naaLe naavu match nODteevi
 Interrogative Pronouns (cont)

English Kannada

Who yaaru?
Who are you? neenu yaaru?
Who will go? yaaru hOgteera?

Where elli?
Where is Shyam? Shyam elli?
Where are you going? ellige hOgtiddeeya?
Where are you coming
ellinda bartiddeeya?
from?
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 Interrogative Pronouns (cont)

English Kannada

Why yaake
Why you are here? neenu illi yaake iddeeya?
Why you are going? neenu yaake hOgtiddeeya?

When yaavaaga
When you came? neenu yaavaaga bande
neenu yaavaaga
When are you coming?
bartiddeeya?
From when are you learning neenu yaavaaginda kannada
Kannada? kalitiddeeya?
 Interrogative Pronouns (cont)

English Kannada

How hEge
How you came? neenu hEge bande
How are you? neeu hEge iddeeya

How much / How many eshtu

what is the time
time eshtu
(How much is the time)
How much is the
vegetable eshtu?
vegetable?
 Words (days / time)

today - ivattu

ex:
today I am in home
ivattu maneyalli iddeeni
today is holiday for office
ivattu office ge raja

yesterday – ninne

ex:
yesterday I was in home
naanu ninne maneyalli idde
yesterday was holiday for office
ninne office ge raja
 Words (days)

tomorrow - naaLe

ex:
I will be in home tomorrow
naaLe maneyalli irteeni
Tomorrow is holiday for office
naaLe office ge raja

holiday – raja

ex:
its holiday. enjoy
raja ide. maja maaDi
need holiday
raja bEku
 Words (days)

day before yesterday - monne

ex:
saw the match day before yesterday
monne match nODide
was there in my hometown day before yesterday
monne nanna oorinalli idde

day after tomorrow - naadiddu

ex:
day after tomorrow is holiday
naadiddu raja ide
will go to hometown day after tomorrow
naadiddu oorige hOgteeni
 Words (days)

week - vaara

ex:
this week is holiday
ee vaara raja

month - tingLu (tingaLu)

ex:
this month I will be in my hometown
ee tingLu naanu oorinalli irteeni
 Words (days)

year - varsha

ex:
this year rain is good
ee varsha maLe chennaagide
 Words (time)

time – gante

1’O clock – ondu gante

ex:
what is the time
gante eshtu?
what time will you come?
neenu eshtu gantege barteeya?
 Words (season)

season – kaala
period

rain – maLe
rainy season – maLe kaala (maLegaala)

hot - bisi
summer – bEsige kaala

cold - chaLi
winter – chaLi kaala (chaLigaala)

wind - gaaLi
Session 14
 Words (short sentense)

English Kannada

over? (question) aayta?

Finished your lunch? ninna oota aayta?

over (answer) aaytu

my lunch got over nanna oota aaytu
ok. I will come aaytu. naanu barteeni
 Words (short sentense)

English Kannada

know gottu
I know nanage gottu
you know? ninage gotta?
you know. ninage gottu

no, not there illa

bus is not here bus illi illa
I don’t know nanage gottilla
I have not seen naanu nOdilla
 Words (distance related)

English Kannada

here illi
bus is here bus illi ide
I am here naanu illi iddeeni

there alli
bus is there bus alli ide
You are there neenu alli iddeeya
 Words (distance related)

English Kannada

near hattira
nanna office mane hattira
my office is near to home
ide
I am near hotel naanu hotel hattira iddeeni

far doora
how far is the hotel? hotel eshtu doora ide?
we came from far naavu dooradinda bandvi
 abhyaasa

How is rain in your city? (plural)

aap ke shahar main baarish kaisa hain?
nimma ooralli maLe hEgide?

today its cold

aaj thand hain
ivattu chaLi ide
 abhyaasa

what is the time?

time kitna hain
gante eshtu?

you know where is bus-stand

aap bus-stand kahaan hain jaante hain?
nimage bus-stand ellide gotta?