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[Sharla]

Kannada Phrase of the Day - 17

Dear All,

Good evening. This is in continuation of the 'Them' class introduced
in
the last email.

avanu: He
avaLu: She

Yesterday's exercise:
1. AvaLu tumba koopa maaDkotaaLe (rewriting this to 'him'):
Avanu tumba koopa maaDkotaane.

2. Maneyalli avaLee tinDi maaDkotaaLe (rewriting this to him):
Maneyalli avanee tinDi maaDkotaane.

3. Avanu namma manege bandidda (rewriting this to 'her'):
AvaLu namma manege bandidlu

4. Avanu aa shaaleyalli ooduttiddaane (rewriting this to her):
AvaLu namma shaaleyalli oduttiddaaLe.

Today: Avaru: They (or She/He with respect)

Usage
1. Avaru yaavaaglu nagtaanee irtidru. He/She/They were always smiling/
laughing
avaru: They/He/She
yaavaaglu (yaava-aaglu): Always.
nagtaanee (nagthaa-nE nE as in name): always smiling
irtidru: (irta + idru): used to (denotes past continuous)

Please note that just saying 'nagtaane' without the extended E would
mean 'he (singular) smiles/laughs'. Here, you have to extend
nagthaan'E' to give the verb the feeling of continuation.

Here is a summary of the past 3 emails w.r.t 'they':
avanu: He
avaLu: She
avaru: They

Thanks and regards,
Sham
August 2008

Approximate vowel pronunciation:
Short vowels: Elongated vowels:
o as in “open”/ oo as in “soap”
e as in “egg”/ ee as in “tape”
a as in “cut” / aa as in “ah”
i as in “it” / ii as in “eat”
u as in “put” / uu as in “tooth”

This lesson is considered OPEN SOURCE by the author, and as such, may
be used and modified for non-commercial purposes, provided that the
author (Sham Kashyap) is given credit, and the information remains
OPEN SOURCE in its further uses.

Adapted for Kannada 4 the Day by S. J. Chakravarthy, August 2008