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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. |