Kannada Phrase of the Day – 20

[S J Chakravarthy]

Kannada Phrase of the Day – 20
yeShtu? how much/how many & numbers 1-10

Dear All,

Good evening. I am adding one more the word that
can be used to convey question in Kannada. The current list is below.
The additions and their examples follow.

yelli (eelli*): where
yellige (eellige*): where to
yaava: which,
yaavudu: which one
yaavaaga: when
yeenu (eenu*): what
yaake: why
yellinda (eellinda*): where from
yellige (eellige*): where to
heege: How

yeShTu (eeShTu*): How much?

*These words are colloquially pronounced with an initial “y”, but the
written form begins with the elongated “ee” (as in eight).

Example 1:
ondu Kg iiruLLi yeShTappa? How much is it for one KG of onion?

1: ondu
2: eraDu
3: muuru
4: naalku
5: aidu
6: aaru
7: eeLu
8: eNTu
9:ombattu
10: hattu

iiruLLi: onion. (in North Karnataka they call it uLLaageDDi also)
aalugeDDe: aalu (Potato).
geDDe: any tuber.

yeShTappa (yeShTu + appa):
appa literally means father. However, you can use it to address boys,
young men and other 'bhaiyya's with it. Appa is singular masculine.
Similarly, you can use yeShTamma (yeShTu + amma) to refer to the
female gender in the same categories.

Happy questioning.

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 “eight”
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