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Learn Kannada PART A.
Many of my community friends living in Mumbai have not had the opportunity to read and write
Kannada. They speak in Malayalam or in Tulu and always had a flavour of speaaking Kannada. They
always wanted to learn how to converse with a common man on Mangalore / Bangalore roads. Henceto make it simple and easy, I am going to write a series of words and sentences that can help you inlearning kannada. Feel free to share your thoughts or any suggestions to make this unique concept
better :
LESSON # 1
KANNADAWORD
ENGLISH WORD SIMPLE SENTENCE
Naanu Me / I am Naanu software engineer. (I am a
software engineer)
Neenu You Neenu student. (You are a student)
Namma Ours Namma desha Bharata. (Our country is
Bharata).
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Nimma Yours Nimma ooru ABC. (Your home town is
ABC)
Yaaru Who Teacher yaaru? (Who is the teacher?)
Yaavaga When Class yaavaga? (When is the class?)
Yelli Where Ramu yelli? (Where is Ramu?)
Avaru He/She (with respect). Also they /those people
Avaru teacher.(He / She is a teacher)
Ivaru He / She. This person / these people Ivaru students. (These people are
students)
Ooru Place / hometown Nanna ooru ABC. (My place is ABC)
Hesaru Name Nanna hesaru XYZ. (My name is XYZ)
Gottu Know Nanage English gottu. (I know English)
Gottilla Dont know Nanage C++ gottilla. (I dont know C++)
Ishta Like Nanage tea ishta. (I like tea.)
Baagilu Door Idu baagilu. (This is the door).
Kitaki Window Adu kitaki. (That is the window)
Kurchi Chair Idu kurchi. (This is chair)
Meju Table Adu meju. (This is table)
Mane House Idu namma mane. (This is my house)
Baa Come Neenu illi baa. (you come here)
Banni Come(with respect) Neevu illi banni. (you come here)
Hege How Neenu illige hege bande? (How did youcome here?)
LESSON # 2
KANNADA
WORD
ENGLISH WORD SIMPLE SENTENCE
Idu This / It Idu pustaka. (this is book)Idunanna pennu.(it is my pen)
Adu That Adu nanna mane (that is my house)
Yaake Why Neenu yaake allige hode? (why did you go there?)
Yenu What Idu yenu? (What is this?)
Houdu Yes Houdu, adu nanage beku. (Yes, I need it)
Alla Not Nanna hesaru ABC alla. (My name is not ABC)
Beku Want Nanage pencil beku. (I want pencil)
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Beda Do not want Nanage idli beda. (I do not want Idli)
Hogu / Hogi Go / wrp Neenu hogu / Neevu hogi. (You go)
Hoda / Hodaru (he) Went / wrp Avanu hoda / Avaru hodaru. (He went)
HodaLu / Hodaru (she) Went AvaLu hodaLu/ Avaru hodaru. (She went)
Banda / Bandaru (he) Came Avanu banda / Avaru bandaru. (He came)
BandaLu / Bandaru (she) Came Avalu bandalu / Avaru bandaru. (She came)
Alli There Alli pustaka ide. (Book is there)
Illi Here Illi nodu (See here)
Baa / Banni Come Bega baa. (Come fast)
Thago / Thagolli Take Pen thago (Take the pen)
KeLu / keLi Listen / wrp Nanna maathu kelu (Listen to me)
HeLu / HeLi Tell Nanage kathe helu (Tell me a story)
OLage Inside Olage yenu ide? (What is inside?)
Horage Outside Horage maLe ide. (It is raining outside)
Nilli Stop Alli nilli. (Stop there)
Eega Now Eega neenu baa. (Come now)
Aaga Then Aaga maLe bantu. (It rained then)
LESSON # 3
English-Kannada
I Nanu
He Avanu
She Avalu
You Neenu
It Adu
This Idu
That Adu
A vandhu
Mother Thaayi/amma
Father Appa/thandhe.
Come(You come) Baa
Came Baandha(male) /Bandhalu(female)
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Will come Baaruthare
Open Bhichu
Opened Bhichidhe
Will open Bhichabeku
Sit Kuthko/ Kulithuko
Walk Nadee
Eat Thinnu
Drink Kudee
Win Gellu
Go Hogu/Horadu
Run Odu
I go Nanu hoguthene
He goes Avanu hoguthane
He eats an apple Avanu sebu(apple) thinuthane
He is eating an apple Avanu sebu thinnuthidhane
He ate an apple Avanu sebu thindhanu
I saw the film last week Nanu hodha wara picture/
chalanachitra nodidhanu
She came by bus yesterday Avalu ninne businalli bandhalu
They went to the mosque Avaru masidhi/darga ge hodharu
He slept the whole night Avanu eedi raatri malaghidhanu
He wrote well in the examination Avanu pariksheyalli chennaghi
madidhanu/
Avanu pariksheyalli chennaghibaredhanu
He has eaten Avanu thindhidhane
He will eat Avanu thinnuthane
He will go Avanu hoguthane
He will come Avanu baruthane
What is your name? Ninna hesarenu?/ Ninna hesaru
yenu?
What Yenu?
Your Ninna
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Name Hesaru
What did you do? Neenu yenu maduthiya?
What should I do? Nanu yenu madabeku?
What can I do? Nanu yenu madabhahudhu?/ nanu
yenu madaballe
What are the questions? Yenu prashnegalu?
What were the questions? Yenu prashnegaliddhavu?
What is the last question? Koneya prashne yenu?
What is written in the letter? Pattradhalli/Kaagadhadalli yenu
baredhidhe?
What you had been told? Ninege yenu hellalaghithu?
What will be the answer? Uttara yenirabhahudhu?
Why did you come? Neenu yaake bandhe?
Why did you sleep? Neenu yaake malaghidhe?
Why did you tell him to go? Neenu avanige yakee hoghalikkehellidhe?
Why did he bring the bag? Avanu yaake cheela thandhanu?
Why did she pay the money? Avalu yakee dhuddu kottalu?
Why did they sit there? Avaru alli yakee kootharu?
Why do you drive the car? Neenu gaadi yakee biduthiya?/
Neenu yakee gaadi chalayisuthiya?
Why are they late for the
meeting?
Avaru meetingige yaake
thadavadharu?
How did you come? Neenu hege bandhe?
How did you sleep? Neenu hege malaghidhe?
How did you drive? Neenu hege gaadi chalayisidhe?.
How did you write? Neenu hege baredhe?
How many apples are there in
my hand?
Nanna kaiyalli yestu sebu idde?
How many did you take? Neenu yestu thagedhukonde?
How much did he pay you? Avanu ninage yestu hana kottanu?
How much distance to go? Yestu doora hoghabheku?
How was the journey yesterday? Ninneya prayana heghithu?
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Which way did you come? Neenu yaava daariyalli bandhe?
Which is your favourite colour? Ninna istavadha banna yavudhu?/
ninege yava banna ista?
In which room did you sleep? Neenu yava koneyalli malaghidhe?
Which story did you tell? Neenu yava khathe helidhe?
Which is the sweetest fruit? Yallakintha saviyatha hannu
yavudhu?
Which is the best newspaper inHindi?
Hindiya yava patrike sarvashresta?
Which Indian state has the
largest population?
Bharatha deshada yava rajyadalli
jasti janasankye?
Where did you come from? Neenu yellindha bandhe?/ ninna
ooru yavadhu?
Where did you sleep? Neenu yelli malaghidhe?
Where is the managers cabin? Managerina kone yavudhu?
Where should I go? Nanu yellige hogabeku?
Whom should I contact? Nanu yaranna samparkisabeku?
Is it a book? Idu pustakava?/ idu pustaka naa?
It is a book Ide pustaka/ ide pustaka
Is it the answer? Idu uttarana?
It is the answer Ide uttara
Will you come with me? Neenu nanna joteghe baaruthiya?
I shall come with you. Naanu ninna jotege barythene
Will you give me your pen? Ninna pennu/ kalam nanagekoduthiya?
Yes, of course. Avashyavaghi koduthene
Do you love me? Neenu nannannu preethisuthiya?
Yes, I love you. Hovadhu naanu ninnapreethisuthene
Can you give me your pen? Nanege ninna penanakodabhahudha?/
Ninna kalam nanaghe koduthiya?
Can you lift the box? Neenu dabbiyanna yethe balliya?/
Ninindha dabbi yathellu sadhyava?
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Can you write the exam? Ninindha parikshe bariyalusadyana?
Did you have your lunch? Oota madhidheya?/ oota aayitha?
How are you? Hegiddhiya?/ Neenu heghiddhiya?
I am fine Nanu chenagiddene.
LESSON # 4
GREETINGS
HELLO NAMASKARA
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THUMBA DHANYAVADAGALU
GOODBYE HOGI BARUTHEENE
HOW ARE YOU ? NEEVU HEGIDHEERA?
FINE THANK YOU CHENNAGIDHENE DHANYAVADAGALU
WELCOME SUSVAGATHA
I LOVE BANGALORE NAANU BENGALOORANNUPREETHISUTHENE
BANGALORE IS BEAUTIFUL BENGALOORU SUNDARAVAGIDHE
HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS HRUDHAYAPURVAKA
SHUBHASHAYAGALU
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! NEEVU SUNDARAVAGIDHIRI
INTRODUCTION
MY NAME IS. NANNA HESARU
I AM A(PROFESSION) NANNA UDYOGA
I AM FROM.(PLACE OF ORIGIN) NAANUOORINAVANU
HAPPY TO MEET YOU NIMMANNU BETI MADI
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SANTOSHAVAYITHU
YES HOWDHU
NO ILLA
SORRY, IM LATE KSHAMISI THADA AAYITHU
ENQUIRY
WHAT IS YOUR NAME ? NIMMA HESARU YENU?
HOW DO I GO THERE? ALLIGE NAANU HEGE HOGUVUDHU?
HOW MUCH IS THIS? IDHU YESHTU?
WHERE IS YOUR HOUSE? NIMMA MANE ELLI IDHE?
WHERE IS THE NEAREST POLICESTATION ?
HATHIRADHA POLICE STATION YELLIIDHE?
WHERE CAN I GO SHOPPING ? NAANU SHOPPING MADALU YELLI HOGABEKU
CAN YOU HELP ME ? NANAGE SAHAYA MADUTHEERA?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ? NEEVU YENU MADUTHIDHEERA?
WOULD YOU JOIN ME FOR LUNCHTODAY ?
EEVATHU NANNA JOTHE OOTAMADUVIRA?
HOW DO I GO TO THE AIRPORT ? NAANU VIMANANILDHANA KE HEGEHOGUVUDHU?
WHAT ARE THE TOURISTS SPOTS
AROUND ?
SUTHHA MUTHHALINA TOURIST
SPOTUGALU YAVUDHU?
WHERE SHALL WE MEET ? NAAVU YELLI BETI AAGONA?
WAS THERE A CALL FOR ME? NANAGE YARAADHARU DURAVANI KAREMADIDHARA?
WHERE CAN I MAKE A PHONE
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WHERE CAN I MAKE A PHONE
CALL? DURAVANI KARE YELLI MADA BAHDHU?
DIRECTIONS
I WANT TO GO TO NAANU.HOGABEKU
I HAVE LOST MY WAY NAANU DHARITHAPPIDHINI
STRAIGHT AHEAD NERAVAGI MUNDHE
GO TO THE LEFT EDAGADE HOGI
GO TO THE RIGHT BALAGADE HOGI
OPPOSITE YEDHURUGADE
GENERAL
PLEASE DAYAVITTU
SORRY KSHAMISI
I WILL COME BACK NAANU VAPAS BARUTHENE
I WANT IT IDHU NANEGE BEKU
I DONT WANT IT IDHU NANEGE BEDA
THIS IS GOOD IDHU CHENNAGIDHE
LET US GO HOGONA
COME TOMORROW NAALE BANNI
GET ME A GLASS OF WATER NANAGE ONDHU LOTA NEERU KODI
I WANT TO TRY AGAIN NAANU MATTHE PRAYATHNISUVE
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III MEET YOU AT IN THEEVENING
NAANU SANJE BETI MADUVE
PLEASE WAIT UNTILL I AM BACK NAANU BARUVAVAREGE KAADHIRI
THE WEATHER IS PLEASANTHERE
ILLINA HAVAMAANA CHENNAGHIDHE
DRIVE SLOWLY NIDHAANAVAGI VAHANA CHALAYISI
PACK THESE THINGS EE SAAMAANUGALANNU PACK MAADI
LESSON # 5
Numbers :
English : One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten
Kannada : ondu, eraDu, mooru, naalku, aidu, aaru, ELu, enTu, ombattu, hattu
Pronouns :
English: I, You, He, She, We, They, This, That
Kannada : naanu, neenu, avanu, avaLu, naavu, avaru, idu, adu
Verbs:
English: go, come, sit, laugh, stop, call, tell, do, write, read
Kannada: hogu, baa, koothko, nagu, nillu, kare, heLu, maaDu, bare, odu
English: give, take, eat, drink, run, get up, dance, watch/look, wait, talk
Kannada: kodu, tegeduko, tinnu, kuDi, oDu, ELu, kuNi, noDu, kaayi, maatanaaDu
Objects:
English: lunch/dinner, water, tea, home, work, place
Kannada: ooTa, neeru, chahaa, mane, kelasa, ooru
Sentence formation in Tulu :
Pronouns:
English: I, You, He, She, We, They, This, That
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Tulu : yaan, ee, aaye, aal, nama, akl, undu, avu
Kannada : naanu, neenu, avanu, avaLu, naavu, avaru, idu, adu
Apart from the pronouns listed above, one important and common pronoun to use in any Indian
languge is the plural form of you, to address the person you are talking to.
In Tulu, you use eer.
In Kannada, you can use neevu or taavu.
Verbs:
Some of the common verbs used in day-to-day life
English: go, come, sit, laugh, stop, call, tell, do, write, read
Tulu: pola, bala, kullu, telipu, unt, leppu, pan, manpu, barela, odla
Kannada: hogu, baa, koothko, nagu, nillu, kare, heLu, maaDu, bare, odu
Some more verbs
English: give, take, eat, drink, run, get up, dance, watch/look, wait, talk
Tulu: koru, detonu, tin, par, balipu, lakk, nalipu, toola, kaapu, paater
Kannada: kodu, tegeduko, tinnu, kuDi, oDu, ELu, kuNi, noDu, kaayi, maatanaaDu
Listed above are the singular forms these verbs. It is important to use the plural form of these verbs as
otherwise it might be perceived as disrespect while talking to elders or the people you meet for the firsttime. So, here are the list of plural forms of the above verbs in their respective order. Also, it should be
noted that these verb forms are the ones used, when you directly talk to the person and not in 3rd
person narration.
Tulu: pole, bale, kullule, telipule, untle, leppule, panle, manpule, barele, odle
Kannada: hogi, banni, koothkoLLi, nagi, nilli, kareyiri, heLi, maaDi, bareyiri, odi
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Tulu: korule, detonule, tinle, parle, balipule, lakkle, nalipule, toole, kaapule, paaterle
Kannada: kodi, tegedukoLLi, tinni, kuDiyiri, oDi, ELi, kuNiyiri, noDi, kaayiri, maatanaaDi
By now, you would have realized that in Tulu for the verbs, if you add le at the end you would get theplural form of the same(atleast it is true for the verbs listed here). In Kannada, though the suffix may be
different for the words ending in different letters, i at the end is common.
Objects:
English: lunch/dinner, water, tea, home, work, place
Tulu: vaNas, neer, chaaya, ill, bEle, oor
Kannada: ooTa, neeru, chahaa, mane, kelasa, ooru
Simple Sentence Formation : As it is always better to start off with plural form of verbs whilelearning any Indian language, I have used the same below. For singular forms refer the list above.
English : You take this route.
Tulu : eer ee route detonle.
Kannada : neevu ee route thegedukoLLi.
(though this is undu in Tulu, in this context for this route, ee route is more appropriate. Same in thecase of Kannada. Also, usually in Indian languages verbs come last unlike in English, where it comes in
the middle of the sentence)
English : You run in the marathon.
Tulu : eer marathan d balipule.
Kannada : neevu marathonnalli ODi.
English : You sit in this chair.
Tulu : eer ee chair d kullule.
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Kannada : neevu ee chairnalli koothkoLLi.
I hope you will be able to form more sentence following the examples above. If you require moreverbs/sentences/objects please leave a comment in this post. In the next post, more complex sentences to
follow.
English : Hello, How are you?
Kannada : namaskaara, hEgideera?
Tulu : namaskaara, encha ullar?
English : Had your lunch?
Kannada : oota aayta?
Tulu : vaNas aanDa?
English : Where are you working?
Kannada : neevu elli kelasa maadtideera? (plural / with respect)
neenu elli kelasa maadtideeya? (singular)
Tulu : eer olu bEle maltondullar? (plural / with respect)
ee olu bEle maltondulla? (singular)
English : What are you doing?
Kannada : neevu enu maadtaa ideera? (plural / with respect)
neenu enu maadtaa ideeya? (singular)
Tulu : eer daada maltondullar? (plural / with respect)
ee daada maltondulla? (singular)
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English : All are welcome.
Kannada : nimagellarigu swaagata.
Tulu : maatergla swaagata.
English : Come
Kannada : banni
Tulu : bale
English : We will go to Mangalore.
Kannada : naavu mangaloorige hogoNa.
Tulu : nama Kudlag poyi. [Mangalore is called Kudla in Tulu]
English : How were the rains this year?
Kannada : ee sala male hegittu?
Tulu : ee sarthi barsa encha ittnd?
English : When did you come?
Kannada : neevu yaavaga bandri?
Tulu : eer Epa battini?
English : I am fine.
Kannada : naanu chennagideeni.
Tulu : yaan usaar ulle.
English : Will this bus go to Udupi?
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Kannada : ee bussu Udupi ge hogottadeye?
Tulu : ee bus Udupi g popunda?
English : Where is this address located?
Kannada : ee address elli barutte?
Tulu : ee address olu barpundu?
English : Ok, see you next time.
Kannada : sari, matte sigona.
Tulu : aavu, buka tikga.
English : I will come.
Kannada : naanu barteeni.
Tulu : yaan barpe.
More often we tend use or prefix please in our day to day conversations. Translations for the wordplease in Kannada and Tulu are given below.
English : Please
Kannada: dayavittu
Tulu : daya maltad
More Tulu phrases next time.
Update : As per suggestion from Sandeep, I have now included equivalent Kannada phrases too. Well,it will also serve the purpose of teaching Kannada. So, it will be appropriate now, to call this series of
posts, English Kannada Tulu speaking guide!
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Update : 11 Feb 2012 Adding some more Tulu phrases here.
English : It was a lot of help!
Kannada : tumba upakaara aaytu!
Tulu : mast upakaar aanD!
English : What happened?
Kannada : yenu aaytu?
Tulu : daane aanD?
English : How it happened?
Kannada : Hege aaytu?
Tulu : encha aanD?
English : I am happy to see you.
Kannada : (sigular) ninnannu noDi tumbaa khushi aaytu.
(plural) nimmannu noDi tumbaa khushi aaytu.
Tulu : (singular) ninan tood bhaari kusi aanD
(plural) yiren tood bhaari kusi aanD
English : Then, what is special?
Kannada : matte, enu vishesha?
Tulu : buka, daada vishesha?
English : You should tell
Kannada : (singular) neenu heLbeku
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(plural) neevu heLbeku.
Tulu : (sigular) ee panodu
(plural) eer panodu
English : Nothing else.
Kannada : yenu illa.
Tulu : daala ijji
Numbers :
English : One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten
Kannada : ondu, eraDu, mooru, naalku, aidu, aaru, ELu, enTu, ombattu, hattu
Tulu : onji, raDD, mooji, naal, ain, aaji, EL, enma, ormba, patt
In a restaurant :
English : What and all are there?
Kannada : enella ide?
Tulu : daada maatha undu?
English : Will that take some time?
Kannada : adakke tumbaa hottu aagutta?
Tulu : avek jinja portu aapunDaa?
English : Give me one masala dosa.
Kannada : nanage ondu masale dose koDi.
Tulu : enk onji masale dose korle.
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English : Bring it fast.
Kannada : idannu bega tanni.
Tulu : nEn bEka kanale.
English : I dont want that.
Kannada : nanage adu bEDa.
Tulu : enk avu boDchi.
English : I dont want that much.
Kannada : nanage asTondu bEDa.
Tulu : enka aat boDchi.
English : Give that one.
Kannada : adannu koDi.
Tulu : aven korle.
English : Give some water.
Kannada : neeru koDi.
Tulu : neer korle.
English : You have given a good service!
Kannada : oLLe service koTTri!
Tulu : eDDe service koriyar!
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Conversing with a Vendor :
English : How much does this cost?
Kannada : Idakkestu?
Tulu : nEk Et?
English : The price is too high.
Kannada : rate tumbaa jaasti aaytu.
Tulu : rate mast jaasti aand.
English : Please lower the cost.
Kannada : rate swalpa kammi maadi.
Tulu : rate onchooru kammi malpule.
English : Show me the new designs.
Kannada : nanage hosa designs tOrisi.
Tulu : enk posa designs tOjaale.
English : I will pay by cash.
Kannada : naanu cash pay maadteeni.
Tulu : yaan cash pay malpuve.
English : Please pack all the goods, I will come soon.
Kannada : ella saamaanu pack maaDidi, naaneega bartEne.
Tulu : maata saamaan pack malt deele, yaan itte barpe.
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English : When will the ordered goods arrive?
Kannada : order maaDida goods yaavaga barutte?
Tulu : order maltina goods Epa barpundu?
English : Yes, its been sometime now, since I had come here.
Kannada : howdu, naanillige bandu swalpa hottaytu.
Tulu : and, yaan iDe battd chooru portaanD.
English : Whats the time now?
Kannada : eega estu hottaayitu?
Tulu : itte Et portaand?
English : We will come again at 1 o clock.
Kannada : naavu 1 gantege matte bartEve.
Tulu : enkla 1 ganteg pira barpa.
English : Good work!
Kannada : oLLe kelasa!
Tulu : eDDe bEle!
English : Thanks.
Kannada : dhanyavaada.
Tulu : solmelu.
English : Hello, how are you?
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Kannada : namaskaara, hegideeya?
Tulu : namaskaara, enchulla?
English : I am fine.
Kannada : naanu chennagideeni.
Tulu : yaan usaarulle.
English : Are all well at home?
Kannada : manEli ella chennagidaara?
Tulu : illad maatha usaarullera?
English : Everyone is fine.
Kannada : ellru chennagidaare.
Tulu : maaterla usaaruller.
English : How is your work going on?
Kannada : ninna kelsa hege nadeetha ide?
Tulu : ninna bele encha nadattondunDu?
English : What did you have for tiffin today?
Kannada : ivattu tiffin ge enittu?
Tulu : ini tiffin g dada ittnD?
English : Anything else?
Kannada : mattenu vishya?
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Tulu : buka daada vishaya?
English : How was the coffee?
Kannada : coffee hegittu?
Tulu : coffee encha ittnD?
English : Coffee was good.
Kannada : coffee chenngittu.
Tulu : coffee eDDe ittnd.
English : Where did you go on weekend?
Kannada : weekend ell hogidde?
Tulu : weekend oDe poditta?
English : This time I had gone to Bangalore.
Kannada : ee sali bengaloorige hogidde.
Tulu : ee sarti bangalore poditte.
English : How was your weekend?
Kannada : Weekend hegittu?
Tulu : weekend encha ittnD?
English : It was superb.
Kannada : tumba chennagittu.
Tulu : mast eDDe ittnD.
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English : When did you come?
Kannada : yavaag bande?
Tulu : yepa battini?
English : I came yesterday.
Kannada : naanu ninne bande.
Tulu : yaan kODe battini.
English : Can you wait for me?
Kannada : nange kaayteeya?
Tulu : yenk kaapuvana?
English : Ok, I will wait.
Kannada : Ok, naanu kaayteeni.
Tulu : Ok, yaan kaapuve.
English : Can we meet today?
Kannada : ivattu naavu sigoNava?
Tulu : ini nama tikgana?
English : We will meet today at 4o clock.
Kannada : naavu ivattu 4 gantege meet aagoNa.
Tulu : nama ini 4 ganteg meet aaka.
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English : Can you come there?
Kannada : ninage alli barlikkagatta?
Tulu : nikk aDe barre aapunDa?
English : Yes, I can come there.
Kannada : sari, nange allige barakkagutte.
Tulu : sari, enk aDe baroli.
English : Is it so?
Kannada : idu heego?
Tulu : undu inchana?
English : Yes, man.
Kannada : howdu maaraya.
Tulu : and marre.
English : Didt you know?
Kannada : ninge gottirlillva?
Tulu : nikk gottijjaanDa?
English : Glad to meet you.
Kannada : ninnannu noDi tumba khushiyaaytu.
Tulu : ninan tood mast kusiyaanD.
English : This watch is beautiful.
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Kannada : ee watchu tumba chennagide.
Tulu : ee watch bhaari sookunDu.
English : What to do now?
Kannada : eega yenu maaDodu?
Tulu : itte daada malpuni?
English : Can we talk now?
Kannada : naaveega maataaDoNava?
Tulu : nama itte paatergana?
English : Ok, see you next time.
Kannada : Ok, matte sigONa.
Tulu : Ok, bukka tikga.
English : Come, lets have tea.
Kannada : banni, chahaa kuDiyONa.
Tulu : balE, chaa parka.
The above phrase balE, chaa parka is commonly used in friendly conversations, when you invite someonefor tea. In fact, there is Tulu drama named balE, chaa parka, which made the phrase famous in Tulu
speaking community.
English : Come, sit.
Kannada : banni, kootkoLLi.
Tulu : balE, kulle.
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English : Can you bring a cup of water?
Kannada : nanage ondu loTa neeru tarteeya?
Tulu : yenk onji loTa neer kanapana?
English : I will also come with you.
Kannada : naanu kooDa ninna jote bartheeni.
Tulu : yaan laa ninnottugu barpe.
English : Whom should I ask?
Kannada : naanu yaaranna kELbEku?
Tulu : yaan yEren kEnoDu?
English : Which is your favourite color?
Kannada : ninge ishTavaada baNNa yaavudu?
Tulu : nikk ishTavaayina baNNa vovu?
English : Whats the time now?
Kannada : samaya esTaaytu?
Tulu : gante etaanD?
English : You should definitely come to our house during the festival.
Kannada : neevu habbakke namma manege khanDita barbEku.
Tulu : eer parbogu enklena illaDe nighaanT baroDu.
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English : I have to wake up early in the morning tomorrow.
Kannada : nange naaLe beLigge bega yELbEku.
Tulu : yenk elle polyakaanDe lakkoDu.
English : I have some other work today.
Kannada : nanage ivattu bEre kelasa ide.
Tulu : enk ini bEte bEle unDu.
English : Ramesha, your phone is ringing.
Kannada : Ramesha, ninna phone ring aagta ide.
Tulu : Ramesha, ninna phone ring aavondunDu.
English : Where are you man? I am waiting for you near Town hall.
Kannada : elliddi maaraya? naanu Town hall hatra kaayta ideeni.
Tulu : olulla maaraya? yaan Town hall da kaital kaatondulle.
English : Ice-cream at Ideals is too good.
Kannada : Ideals nalli ice-cream tumba chennagirutte.
Tulu : Ideals D ice-cream bhaari laayk uppunDuya.
English : Todays treat is mine.
Kannada : ivattina treat nandu.
Tulu : inita treat enna lekkada.
English : Shall we go to 3 Idiots today?
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Kannada : ivattu 3 Idiots noDoke hOgONva?
Tulu : ini 3 idiots tooyere pOya?
English : I liked it very much.
Kannada : nangantu bahaLa ishTa aaytu.
Tulu : enk maatra bhaari isTa aanD.
English : Read Five point Someone. It is really nice.
Kannada : Five point Someone Odu. tumbaa chennagide.
Tulu : Five point someone Od. bhaari laaykunDu.
English : No problem, I will meet you in the evening.
Kannada : thondre illa, naanu ninna sanje meet maaDteeni.
Tulu : malle ijji, yaan ninan bayyag meet aape.
English : Mangalore is a beautiful city.
Kannada : MangaLuru sundara nagara.
Tulu : kuDla porluda pEnTe.
English : Thank you all.
Kannada : nimagella dhanyavaadagaLu.
Tulu : nikleg maaterglaa solmelu.
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