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Kannada Grammar

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:

And:  ಮತ್ತು  [Mattu] Audio Under: ಕೆಳಗೆ   [Keḷage] Audio
Before: ಹಿಂದೆ  [Hinde] Audio After: ಆಮೇಲೆ  [Āmēle] Audio
Inside: ಒಳಗೆ  [Oḷage] Audio Outside: ಹೊರಗೆ  [Horage] Audio
With: ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ  [Joteyalli] Audio But: ಆದರೆ  [Ādare] Audio
For: ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ  [Adakkāgi] Audio From: ಅದರಿಂದ  [Adarinda] Audio
To: ಅದಕ್ಕೆ  [Adakke] Audio In: ಅಲ್ಲಿ  [Alli] Audio

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: ಏನು?  [Ēnu?] Audio Who?: ಯಾರು?  [Yāru?] Audio
How?: ಹೇಗೆ?  [Hēge?] Audio Why?: ಏಕೆ?  [Ēke?] Audio
Where?: ಅಲ್ಲಿ?  [Alli?] Audio

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: ಸಾದ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ  [Sādyavilla] Audio Rarely: ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ  [Tātkālika] Audio
Sometimes: ಯಾವಾಗಲಾದರು  [Yāvāgalādaru] Audio Usually: ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ   [Sāmān'yavāgi] Audio
Always: ಯಾವಾಗಲು  [Yāvāgalu] Audio Very: ತುಂಬಾ  [Tumbā] Audio

Most commonly used pronouns in Kannada:

I: ನಾನು   [Nānu] Audio You: ನೀನು   [Nīnu] Audio
He: ಅವನು   [Avanu] Audio She: ಅವಳು  [Avaḷu] Audio
We: ನೀವು  [Nīvu] Audio They: ಅವರು  [Avaru] Audio

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: ನನ್ನ   [Nanna] Audio Your: ನಿನ್ನ   [Ninna] Audio
His: ಅವನ   [Avana] Audio Her: ಅವಳ  [Avaḷa] Audio
Our: ನಮ್ಮ   [Nam'ma] Audio Their: ಅವರ  [Avara] Audio

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: ನಾನು ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ  [Nānu iṅglīṣ mātanāḍuttēne] Audio
You speak French: ನೀನು ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಿಯ   [Nīnu phren̄c mātanāḍuttiya] Audio
He speaks German: ಅವನು ಜರ್ಮನ್ನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ  [Avanu jarmannnalli mātanāḍuttāne] Audio
She speaks Italian: ಆಕೆ ಇಟಾಲಿಯನ್ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾಳೆ  [Āke iṭāliyan mātanāḍuttāḷe] Audio
I visited France: ನಾನು ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿದೆ   [Nānu phrāns bhēṭi māḍide] Audio
I will drink milk: ನಾನು ಹಾಲು ಕುಡಿಯುತ್ತೇನೆ   [Nānu hālu kuḍiyuttēne] Audio

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: ನನಗೆ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗುತ್ತೆ  [Nanage arthavāgutte] Audio
I don't understand you: ನೀವು ನನಗೆ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ  [Nīvu nanage arthavāguvudilla] Audio
I don't speak French: ನಾನು ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಮಾತನಾಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ  [Nānu phren̄c mātanāḍuvudilla] Audio
This is my house: ಇದು ನನ್ನ ಮನೆ  [Idu nanna mane] Audio
That restaurant is far: ಆ ರೆಸ್ಟೋರೆಂಟ್ ತುಂಬಾ ದೂರ   [Ā resṭōreṇṭ tumbā dūra] Audio
No problem: ಏನು ತೊಂದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲ  [Ēnu tondare illa] Audio

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.


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