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The Kannada grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Kannada and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
To ask questions, use the following:
What?: ಏನು? [Ēnu?] ![]() |
Who?: ಯಾರು? [Yāru?] ![]() |
How?: ಹೇಗೆ? [Hēge?] ![]() |
Why?: ಏಕೆ? [Ēke?] ![]() |
Where?: ಅಲ್ಲಿ? [Alli?] ![]() |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
Never: ಸಾದ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ [Sādyavilla] ![]() |
Rarely: ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ [Tātkālika] ![]() |
Sometimes: ಯಾವಾಗಲಾದರು [Yāvāgalādaru] ![]() |
Usually: ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ [Sāmān'yavāgi] ![]() |
Always: ಯಾವಾಗಲು [Yāvāgalu] ![]() |
Very: ತುಂಬಾ [Tumbā] ![]() |
Most commonly used pronouns in Kannada:
I: ನಾನು [Nānu] ![]() |
You: ನೀನು [Nīnu] ![]() |
He: ಅವನು [Avanu] ![]() |
She: ಅವಳು [Avaḷu] ![]() |
We: ನೀವು [Nīvu] ![]() |
They: ಅವರು [Avaru] ![]() |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
My: ನನ್ನ [Nanna] ![]() |
Your: ನಿನ್ನ [Ninna] ![]() |
His: ಅವನ [Avana] ![]() |
Her: ಅವಳ [Avaḷa] ![]() |
Our: ನಮ್ಮ [Nam'ma] ![]() |
Their: ಅವರ [Avara] ![]() |
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
Some extra grammatical structures:
The above Kannada grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Kannada vocabulary to obtain some popular Kannada phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |