Spoken Kannada: Preliminary Lessons 2: Asking Questions

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Lesson 2: Asking Questions

Lesson 2: Yes-No questions
English gloss	Transliterated Kannada	»¾Õ°
Question marker	-aa?	B?

Lesson 2.1: Interrogative Sentences
English gloss	Transliterated Kannada	»¾Õ°
1. Is this a book?	idu pustakav-aa?	Cu®± y®¼š®ÙN®î¯
Is that a room?	adu ruum-aa?	Au®± Š®²î®¾¯?
Is this a tabnalli?	idu meejaa?	Cu®± îµ±°c?
Is this a door?	idu baagilaa?	Cu®± „¯TŒ¯?
is this a pen?	idu penn-aa?	yµw¯Ý?
Is that a cupboard?	adu maaDaa?	Au®± NµŒ¯é?

Lesson 2.2: Negation
English gloss	Transliterated Kannada	»¾Õ°
3. no (not located)	illa	C©å
no (not identical)	alla	A©å

Lesson 2.3: Negative Sentences
a. No, that is not a book.	alla, adu pustaka alla	A©å, Au®± y®¼š®ÙN® A©å
b. No, this is not a window.	alla, idu kiTiki alla	A©å, Cu®± OiO A©å
c. No, this is not a cabinet.	alla, idu maaDu alla	A©å, Cu®± Nµ©±é A©å
d. No, this is not a door.	alla, idu kiTiki alla.	A©å, Cu®± OiO A©å
e. No, this is not a pen.	alla, idu pennu alla.	A©å, Cu®± yµw®±Ý A©å
h. No, this is not a table, it’s a book.	alla, idu meej-alla, idu pustaka.	A©å, Cu®± îµ±°c± A©å, Cu®± y®¼š®ÙN®
i. No, this is not a table, it’s a room.	alla, idu meeju alla, idu ruumu.	A©å Cu®± îµ±°c± A©å, Cu®± Š®²î®±±
i. No, this is not a door, it’s a cabinet.	alla, idu baagiluu alla, idu maaDu.	A©å, Cu®± „¯T©± A©å, Cu®± Nµ©±é

Lesson 2.4: Place Names, locations
4. America	ameerikaa	Aîµ±°‹N¯
India	inDyaa	Cºm‡®¾¯
England	inglaaNDu	CºS¯åºl®±
Germany	jarmani	cî®±Áx
France	fraans	‚¬Š¯w®±é
Russia	raSyaa	Š®Ç¯ã
Office	aafiis	BzÀðš®±
post office	poosT aafiis	yµ½°š¯ÔB zÀðš®±

Lesson 2.5: Stative Verbs
4. be known	gottu	Sµ²q®±Ù
be liked	iSTa	CÇ®Ô
be needed, wanted	beeku	„µ°N®±
be sufficient	saaku	š¯N®±

Lesson 2.6: Interrogative Identity constructions
a. Are you (an) American?	niivu amerikkan-aa?	x°î®¼ Aîµ±‹N®w¯?
b. Is s/he (an) Indian?	avaru inDyanaa?	A®± Cºm‡®±w¯?
c. Am I a teacher?	naan Tiiccarraa?	w¯w®± i°X®Š¯?
d. Is s/he the Professor?	avaru prafasaraa?	A®± y®ä‚®š®Š¯?
e. Is this America?	idu amerikkaa-v-aa?	Cu®± Aîµ±‹N¯î¯?
f. Is this India?	idu inDyaa-v-aa?	Cu®± Cºm‡®¾¯î¯?
g. Are you a student?	niivu sTuuDenTaa?	x°î®¼ š®±Ôlµn¯Ô?
h. Is she a student?	avaLu sTuuDenTaa?	A®± š®²Ôlµn¯Ô?

Lesson 2.7: Interrogative Locational Constructions
English gloss	Transliterated Kannada	»¾Õ°
5. in (locative suffix)	-alli, -nalli, -dalli	ªå, w®ªå, u®ªå
in the room	ruum-n-alli	Š®²ºw®ªå
in the cabinet	maaDalli	Nµ©éªå
in Philadelphia	filaDelfiyaad-alli	zÀélµªß‡®¾¯l®ªå
in California	kalifoorniyaadalli	N®ª‚µ½°xÁ‡®¾¯u®ªå
in America	amerikkaa-d-alli	Aîµ±‹N¯u®ªå
in India	inDyaa-d-alli	Cºm‡®¾¯l®ªå
in, on the table/desk	meej-n-lalli	îµ±°cݪå

5 a. Are you in the room?	niivu ruumnalli iddiir-aa?	x°î®¼ Š®²ºw®ªå CvÛ°Š¯?
5 b. Are you in Philadelphia?	niivu filaDelfiyaa-dalli iddiiraa?	x°î®¼ zÀélµªß‡®¾¯u®ªåvÛ°Š¯?
5 c. Are you in America?	niivu amerikkaadalli iddiir-aa?	x°î®¼ Aîµ±‹N¯u®ªåvÛ°Š¯?
5 d. Are you in India?	niivu inDyaadalli iddiir-aa?	x°î®¼ Cºm‡®¾¯l®ªå CvÛ°Š¯?
5 e. Yes, I am in the room.	havdu, naan ruumnalli iddiini	œ®î®¼u®±, w¯w®± Š®²ºw®ªå CvÛ°x
5 f. Yes, I am in Philadelphia.	havdu, naan filaDelfiyaadalli iddiini	œ®î®¼u®±, nAnu zÀélµªß‡®¾¯ u®ªå CvÛ°x
5 g. Yes, I am in America.	havdu, naan amerikkadalli iddiini	œ®î®¼u®±, w¯w¬Ý Aîµ±‹N¯u¬
5 h. Yes, I am in the office.	havdu, naan aafiisnalli iddiini	œ®î®¼u®±, w¯w®± BzÀðš®Ýªå CvÛ°x
5 i. Yes, the book is on the table/desk.	havdu, pustaka meejnall-ide.	œ®î®¼u®±, y®¼š®ÙN® îµ±°cݪåuµÛ
5 j. Yes, the book is in the post office.	havdu, pustaka poosT aafiisnall-ide	œ®î®¼u®± y®¼š®ÙN® yµ½°š¯ÔzÀðý¬ªåuµ

6 a. No, I am not in the room.	illa, naan ruumnall-illa. C©å w¯w®± Š®²ºw®ªå©å
6.b No, I am not in India.	illa, naan inDyaadall-illa. C©å w¯w®± Cºm‡®¾¯l®ªå©å
6 c. No, the student is not in the office	illa, sTuuDenT aafisnall-illa. C©å š®²Ôlµºg¬ BzÀðš®Ýªå©å
6 d. No, you are not in the room.	illa, niivu ruumnall-illa. C©å x°î®¼ Š®²ºw®ªå©å
6 e. No, the book is not in the office.	illa, pustaka aafiisnall-illa. y®¼q®N® BzÀðš®Ýªå©å
6 f. No, the pen is not in the cupboard.	illa, pennu maaDnal-illa. C©å yµw®±Ý Nµ©éÉݪ©å
6 g. Yes, that is in the room.	havdu, adu ruumnall-ide. œ®î®¼u®± Au®± Š®²ºw®ªåuµ
6 h. Yes, this is here.	havdu, idu ill-ide. œ®î®¼u®± Cu®± Cªåuµ
5 i. Yes, the U of Penn is in Philadelphia.	havdu, `U of Penn’ filaDelfiyaadall-ide. œ®î®¼u®± ‡®±² AîµÞw¬ zÀélµªß‡®¾¯l®ªåuµ

Lesson B: Interrogative Locational and Identity Sentences
7. Is it?	ideyaa? Cuµ‡®¾¯? irukk-aa?	Éç¡´Ô?
7 a. Is the book on the table	pustaka meejnalli idyaa? y®¼š®ÙN® îµ±°cݪå Cuµ‡®¾¯?
7.b. Is the student in the room?	sTuuDenT ruumnalli iddaaraa? š®²Ôlµºg¬ Š®²ºw®ªå Cu¯ÛŠ¯?
7 c. Is he an American?	avaru amerikanaa? A®± Aîµ±‹N®w¯?
7 d. Are you an Indian?	niivu inDyanaa? x°î®¼ Cºm‡®±w®?
7 e. Is she in the room?	avaLu ruumnalli iddaaLaa? A®± Š®²ºw®ªå Cu¯Û¡¯?
7 f. Are you in America?	niivu amerikkaadall-iddiiraa? x°î®¼ Aîµ±‹N¯l®ªå CvÛ°Š¯?

Lesson 2.8: Disjunctive (Either-Or) Constructions
English gloss	Transliteration	»¾Õ°
8. either (x) or (y)	-aa…-aa? B…B?
a. Is this a book or (is it) a pen?	idu pustakavaa pennaa? Cu®± y®¼š®ÙN®î¯ yµw¯Ý?
b. Is that a door or (is it) a window?	adu baagilaa kiTikiyaa? Au®± „¯TŒ¯ OiO‡®¾¯?
c. Is this a pen or a book?	idu pennaa pustakavaa? Cu®± yµw¯Ý y®¼š®ÙN®î¯?
d. Are you American or Indian?	niivu amerikanaa inDyanaa? x°î®¼ Aîµ±‹N®w¯ Cºm‡®±w¯?
e. Do you know German or (do you know) French?	jarman gottaa frenc gottaa? cî®±Á« Sµ²q®Ù ‚µäw®±Ï Sµ²q¯Ù?
f. Is this enough for you, or do you want more?	idu saakaa, beekaa? Cu®± š¯N®, „µ°P¯?
f. Is this enough work for you, or do you want more?	kelsa saakaa, beekaa? Nµ©š® ý¯N¯, „µ°P¯?
f. Do you like tea or coffee?	Tii iSTavaa kaafi iSTavaa? i° CÇ®Ôî¯ N¯zÀà CÇ®Ôî¯?

More Locative Formations: Nouns ending in -a
English gloss	Transliteration	»¾Õ°
9. in the book	pustaka-d-alli y®¼š®ÙN®u®ªå
tree	mara î®±Š®
in the tree	mara-d-alli î®±Š®u®ªå
trouble, problem	kaSTa N®Ç®Ô
in trouble	kaSTa-d-alli N®Ç®Ôu®ªå
work, task	kelsa Nµ©š®
at work, busy	kelsdalli Nµ©š®l®»ªå

More Locative Sentences
English gloss	Transliteration	»¾Õ°
a. Is the pen in the book?	pennu pustakadalli id(e)yaa? yµw®±Ý y®¼š®ÙN®u®ªå Cuµ‡®¾¯?
b. Is the book in the tree?	pustaka maradalli id(e)yaa? y®¼q®N® î®±Š®u®ªå Cuµ‡®¾¯?
c. Are you busy?	niivu kelsdalli iddiiraa? x°î®¼ Nµ©š®u®ªå CvÛ°Š¯?
d. Are you in trouble?	niivu kaSTadalli iddiiraa? x°î®¼ N®Ç®Ôu®ªå CvÛ°Š¯?

Spoken Kannada: Preliminary Lessons 1

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Preliminary Lessons

Lesson 1: Vocabulary
English gloss	Transliterated Kannada	Kannada Script
this thing (this one)	idu	Cu®±
that thing (that one)	adu	Au®±
one, a	(w)ondu	Cuµ²ºu®±
book	pustaka	y®¼š®ÙN®
window	kiTiki	OiO
door	baagilu	„¯T©±
table	meeju	îµ±°c±
room	ruumu	Š®²î®±±
cabinet, cupboard	maaDu	Nµ©±é
what?	(y)eenu	Iw®±

Lesson 1.1: Sentences
1. What is this thing?	id(u) (y)eenu?	Cuµ°w®±?
2. What is that thing?	ad(u) (y)eenu?	Auµ°w®±?
3.a This is a book.	id-ond(u) pustaka	Cuµ²ºu®±
b. This is a window.	idu kiTiki	Cu®± OiO
c. This is a door.	idu baagilu	Cu®± „¯T©±
d. This is a table.	idu meeju	Cu®± îµ±°c±±
e. This is a room	idu ruumu	Cu®± Š®²î®±±
f. This is a cupboard	idu maaDu	Cu®± Nµ©±é
4. What is that (thing)?	adu (y)eenu?	Au®± Iw®±?
5.a. That is a book.	adu pustaka	Au®± y®¼š®ÙN®
b. That is a window.	adu kiTiki	Au®± OiO
c. That is a door.	adu baagilu	Au®± „¯T©±
d. That is a table.	adu meeju	Au®± îµ±°c±
e. That is a room.	adu ruumu	Au®± Š®²î®±±
f. That is a cupboard.	adu maaDu	Au®± Nµ©±é
6. Which thing?	yaav(u)du?	‡®¾¯î®¼u®±?
7.a. Which (thing) is a pen?	pennu yaavdu?	yµw®±Ý ‡®¾¯î®¼u®±?
b. Which (thing) is a window?	kiTiki yaavdu?	OiO ‡®¾¯î®¼u®±?
c. Which (thing) is a door?	baagilu yaavdu?	„¯T©± ‡®¾¯î®¼u®±?
d. Which (thing) is a table?	meeju yaavdu?	îµ±°c± ‡®¾¯î®¼u®±?
e. Which (thing) is a cupboard?	maaDu yaavdu?	Nµ©±é ‡®¾¯î®¼u®±?
i. Which (thing) is a pensil?	pensilu yaavdu?	yµx驱 ‡®¾¯î®¼u®±?
8.a. This is (the/a) book.	idu pustaka	Cu®± y®¼š®ÙN®
b. That is (the/a) room.	adu ruumu	Au®± Š®²î®±±
c. This is a pen.	idu pennu	Cu®± yµw®±Ý
d. That is a cupboard.	adu maaDu	Au®± Nµ©±é
e. That is a table.	adu meeju	Au®± îµ±°c±

Lesson 1.2: New vocabulary: Pronouns
you (polite)	niivu (polite)	x°î®¼
who? (which person?)	yaaru	‡®¾¯Š®±?
I	naanu	w¯w®±
he (non-pol.)	avanu	Aî®w®±
he(polite), that man	avaru	A®±
she(non-pol), that woman	avaru	A®±
they	avaru	A®±S®¡®±
1.3: Identity Questions
10.a. Who are you?	niiv(u) yaaru?	x°î®¼ ‡®¾¯Š®±?
b. Who am I?	naan(u) yaaru?	w¯w®± ‡®¾¯Š®±?
c. Who is that man?	avar(u) yaaru?	Aî®w®± ‡®¾¯Š®±?
d. Who is that woman?	avaL(u) yaaru?	A®± ‡®¾¯Š®±?
11.a. an American(citizen)	amerikkan	Aîµ±‹N®«
b. an Indian(citizen)	iNDiyan	Aîµ±‹N®«
c. a (male) student	sTuuDeNTu	š®²ÔXµåo±Ô
d. a teacher (pol.)	Tiiccaru, meesTru	i°X®Š®±
12.a. He is an American	avar(u) amerikkan	A®± Aîµ±‹N®«
b. She is an Indian	avaL(u) iNDyan	A®± Aîµ±‹N®«
c. I am a teacher	naan(u) Tiiccaru	w¯w®± i°X®ÏŠ®±
3. I am astudent	naan(u) sTuuDenTu	w¯w®± š®²lµo±Ô
Lesson 1.3: new vocabulary: location
13. here	illi	Cªå
there	alli	Aªå
where?	elli?	Hªå?
be located, be in a temporary state.	iru	CŠ®±
(it) is (located)	ide	Cuµ
(You) are (located)	iddiiri	CvÛ°‹
(he, pol.) is (located)	iddaare	Cu¯ÛŠµ
he (non-pol)	iddaane	Cu¯Ûwµ
(she) is (located)	iddaaLe	Cu¯Û¡µ
(I) am (located)	iddiini	CvÛ°x

1.4: Asking and Answering Questions
14.a. Where is the book?	pustaka yell-ide?	y®¼š®ÙN® Hªåuµ
b. Where is the window?	kiTiki yell-ide?	OiO Cªåuµ
c. The book is here.	pustaka ill-ide.	y®¼š®ÙN® Cªåuµ
d. The window is there.	kiTiki all-ide.	OiO Aªåuµ
e. The cupboard is here.	maaDu ill-ide.	Nµ©±é Cªåuµ
f. Where is the door?	baaglu yell-ide?	„¯T©± Hªåuµ?
g. The door is there.	baaglu all-ide.	„¯T©± Aªåuµ
15. Where am I?	naanu ell-iddiini?	w¯w®± HªåvÛ°x
b. You are here.	niivu ill-iddiiri.	x°î®¼ CªåvÛ°‹
c. Where is he?	avaru ell-iddaare.	A®± Hªåu¯ÛŠµ?
d. Where is the teacher?	Tiiccaru ell-iddaare?	i°X®Š®± Hªåu¯ÛŠµ ?
e. The professor is here.	prafasar ill-iddaare.	y®ä‚®š®Š®± Cªåu¯Šµ