Kannada Phrase of the Day - Revision E: bartiini

[S J Chakravarthy]

Kannada Phrase of the Day – Revision E
bartiini – I come, I shall come.

uuTakke bartiini. (I shall come for lunch/dinner.)

naaLe uuTakke bartiini. (Tomorrow I shall come for lunch/dinner.)

ondu ganTege uuTakke bartiini. (I shall come for lunch at one
o’clock.)

ivattu shaalege bartiini. (Today I shall come to school.)

naaLe aafiisige bartiini. (Tomorrow I shall come to office.)

ondu ganTege aafisige bartiini. (I shall come to office at 1 o’clock.)

hattu ganTege aafisige bartiini. (I shall come to office at ten
o’clock.)

New phrase:
hoogi-biTTu-bartiini. (I shall go and come.) * Polite form for leave-
taking.
Hoogi bartiini (correct form)
SJ Chakravarthy, ed.
Based on the lessons by Sham Kashyap
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”

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