90/Kannada A Self Instructional Course
¥ÁoÀ - 11
1. Dialogue :
ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : £Á£ÀÄ zsÁgÀªÁqÀPÉÌ
ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ. §¸ï ¥ÀæAiÀiÁt
M¼ÉîAiÀÄzÉÆÃ, gÉÊ¯ï ¥ÀæAiÀiÁt
M¼ÉîAiÀÄzÉÆà ?
ªÀÄÆwð : §¸ï ¥ÀæAiÀiÁtQÌAvÀ gÉʯï
¥ÀæAiÀiÁt M¼ÉîAiÀÄzÀÄ.
§¹ìVAvÀ gÉÊ°UÉ bÁdÄð
PÀrªÉÄ. §¹ì£À°è
ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉÃr
ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : gÉʯï AiÀiÁªÀ ªÀiÁUÀð
ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÉÛ ?
ªÀÄÆwð : CgÀ¹ÃPÉgÉ ªÀiÁUÀð ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÉÛ
ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : CzÀÄ MAzÉà ªÀiÁUÁð£Á ?
ªÀÄÆwð : UÀÄAvÀPÀ¯ï ªÀiÁUÁð£ÀÆ
ºÉÆÃUÀ§ºÀÄzÀÄ.
ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : AiÀiÁªÀÅzÀÄ ºÀwÛgÀ ?
ªÀÄÆwð : UÀÄAvÀPÀ¯ïVAvÀ CgÀ¹ÃPÀgÉ
ªÀiÁUÁð£Éà ºÀwÛ
ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : ºÀħâ½î zsÁgÀªÁqÀ JgÀqÀÆ
ºÀwÛgÀ EªÉAiÀiÁ ?
Lesson 11/91
ªÀÄÆwð : ºËzÀÄ. CªÉgÀqÀÆ CªÀ½ Yes. They are twin
£ÀUÀgÀUÀ¼ÀÄ. cities
I have to go to ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : ºÀħâ½î zÉÆqÀØzÉÆà Is Hubli or Dharwar
Dharwar. is the bus zsÁgÀªÁqÀ zÉÆqÀØzÉÆà ? bigger ?
journey or train jour
ªÀÄÆwð : zsÁgÀªÁqÀQÌAvÀ ºÀħâ½î Hubli is bigger than
ney better ?
zÉÆqÀØzÀÄ Dharwar
Train journey is better
than bus journey. The ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : AiÀiÁªÀÅzÀÄ ªÉÆzÀ®Ä ¹UÀÄvÉÛ ? Which one comes first ?
train fare is less than ªÀÄÆwð : ºÀħâ½î ªÉÆzÀ®Ä ¹UÀÄvÉÛ Hubli comes first
the bus fare. Don't go
by bus. ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : QvÀÆÛgÀÄ JPïì¥Éæ¹ì£À°è Can one go quickly in
¨ÉÃUÀ ºÉÆÃUÀ§ºÀÄzÁ ? the Kittor express ?
Which way does the
train go ? ªÀÄÆwð : ºÉÆÃUÀ§ºÀÄzÀÄ. C°è Yes. Where do you
J°èUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ ? have to go there ?
It goes via Arasikere
Is that the only route ? ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : AiÀÄƤªÀ¹ðnUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ I have to go to the
gÉʯÉé ¸ÉÖõÀ£À°è DmÉÆà University. Are autos
One can go via ¹UÀÄvÁé ? availabel at the railway
Guntakal also station ?
Which one is shorter ? ªÀÄÆwð : ¹UÀÄvÉé. DzÀgÉ DmÉÆÃzÀ°è Yes the are. But
ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉÃr. ¨ÉÃPÁzÀµÀÄÖ don't go by auto
The Arasikere route is
shorter than the §¸ï ¹UÀÄvÉé. §¹ì£À°è Plenty of busses are
Guntakal route ºÉÆÃV available. Go by bus
Are Hubli and ªÀÄ£ÉÆúÀgï : ªÀÄÄA¢£À ¸ÉÆêÀĪÁgÀPÉÌ Is a seat available for
Dharwar close to each gÉÊ°£À°è ¹Ãmï ¹UÀ§ºÀÄzÁ? next Monday ?
other ?
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ªÀÄÆwð : PÀµÀÖ. MAzÀÄ ªÁgÀ ªÉÆzÀ¯ÉÃ
j¸Àªïð ªÀiÁqÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ. EµÀÄÖ
vÀqÀ ªÀiÁqÀ¨ÁgÀzÀÄ
2. Pattern drill
2.1 ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆjVAvÀ ªÉÄʸÀÆgÀÄ
aPÀÌzÀÄ.
gÁªÀĤVAvÀ gÁªÀt
zsÉÊAiÀÄð±Á°.
±Á°¤VAvÀ ªÀiÁ°¤ aPÀ̪À¼ÀÄ
CªÀ£ÀÄ £À£ÀVAvÀ JvÀÛgÀ
D ¥ÀPÀëQÌAvÀ F ¥ÀPÀë M¼ÉîAiÀÄzÀÄ
¸ÉêÀAwUÉ ºÀÆVAvÀ UÀįÁ©
ºÀÆ ¸ÀÄAzÀgÀ
gÀA¨sÉVAvÀ ªÉÄãÀPÉ §ºÀ¼À
¸ÀÄAzÀj
¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆjVAvÀ ªÉÄʸÀÆgÀÄ
¸ÀÄAzÀgÀªÁzÀ £ÀUÀgÀ
2.2 £Á£ÀÄ HjUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ
Difficult. It has to be
reserved one week
earlier. You shouldn't
delay things this much.
Mysore is smaller than
Bangalore
Ravana is braver than
Rama
Malini is younger/
smaller than Shalini
He is taller than me
This party is better
than that party.
A rose is more beautiful
than a cryasnthemum
Menaka is more
beautiful than Rambha
Mysore is a more
beautiful city than
Bangalore
2.
I have to go to my
home town
Lesson 11/93
¤ÃªÀÅ £À£ÀUÉ ºÀvÀÄÛ gÀÆ¥Á¬Ä You have to give me
PÉÆqÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ ten rupees
¥Àæw¢£Á ¨É½UÉÎ ¥ÉÃ¥Àgï One must read the
NzÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ newspapers every
morning
PÀ£ÁðlPÀzÀ°è J®ègÀÆ PÀ£ÀßqÀ Everyone in Karnataka
PÀ°AiÀĨÉÃPÀÄ should learn kannada
2.3 ¤Ã£ÀÄ D PÉ®¸À ªÀiÁqÀ¨ÉÃqÀ (You) Don't do that
(deed)
¤ÃªÀÅ ºÉZÀÄÑ PÁ¦ü PÀÄrAiÀĨÉÃr (You) Don't drink too
much coffee
2.4 ¤ÃªÀÅ M¼ÀUÉ §gÀ§ºÀÄzÀÄ You may come in
CªÀgÀÄ £Á¼É ªÀÄzÁæ¹UÉ He may go to Madras
ºÉÆÃUÀ§ºÀÄzÀÄ. tomorrow.
2.5 zsÀƪÀÄ¥Á£À ªÀiÁqÀ¨ÁgÀzÀÄ One shouldn't smoke
¤Ã£ÀÄ CªÀ£À£ÀÄß ¨ÉÊAiÀÄPÀÆqÀzÀÄ You shouldn't scold
him
ªÀÄPÀ̼ÀÄ ¢£Á ¹¤ªÀiÁ Children shouldn't see
£ÉÆÃqÀ¨ÁgÀzÀÄ movies everyday
¤Ã£ÀÄ D ºÀÄrVAiÀÄ£ÀÄß You shouldn't see that
£ÉÆÃqÀPÀÆqÀzÀÄ. girl.
Key to learners :
3.1 - inta is the comparitive marker. It is used to
compare two subjects or objects. Kannada has no
distinction of degrees in adjective itself unlike.
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English. Only intensifiers like 'bahaLa', 'tumba' 'tiira', are avanu naaLe barabahudu He may come
used to indicate the superlative degree. - inta is always tomorrow.
used with dative subject.
There are two prohibitive forms viz., - baaradu, and
nanage kannaDa sinimakkinta hindi sinimaa ishTa. kuuDadu, The later one is used as strong prohibition.
bengaLuuriginta kalkatta doDDa nagara.
adkhikaarigaLu lanca tegedukoLLa baaradu
3.2 Definitive, permissive and prohibitive forms of the verbs Officers should not take bribe
also introduced.
makkaLu sigareeT seeda kuuDadu
definitive forms are obtained by adding 'beeku' 'beeDa', to Children shouldn't smoke
the main verbs. 'beeDa', is added to only second person.
Wheas 'beeku', can be added to all persons.
4. Exercise
niinu ivattu uurige hooga beeDa Dont go to home 4.1 Fill in the blanks using the suitable words :
town today 4.1.1 ºÉÊzÀgÁ¨Ázï ¹PÀAzÀgÁ¨Ázï JgÀqÀÆ ______ £ÀUÀgÀUÀ¼ÀÄ
niivu namma manege bara beeDi (You pl/hon.) 4.1.2 gÉ樀 ªÀÄzÁæ¸ï ____________ ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÉÛ.
don't come to
4.1.3 _________ ¨sÁ£ÀĪÁgÀ £Á£ÀÄ ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆjUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ.
our house
4.1.4 JPïì¥Éæ¸ï §¹ì£À°è __________ ºÉÆÃUÀ§ºÀÄzÀÄ.
naanu bahaLa beega hoogabeku I have to go
soon
niinu aa pustaka ooda beeku You have to read 4.2 Combine the following sentences using the comparitive
that book marker :
4.2.1 ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ zÉÆqÀØ ¥ÀlÖt
avanu hattu ruupayi koDa beeku He has to give
ten rupees. ªÉÄʸÀÆgÀÄ aPÀÌ ¥ÀlÖt
permissive forms of the verbs are obtained by adding - 4.2.2 gÁªÀĤUÉ ºÀvÀÄÛ ªÀµÀð
bahudu to the main verbs. Although this is called ®PÀëöät¤UÉ ºÀ£ÉßgÀqÀÄ ªÀµÀð
perrmissive, it can also denotes probability.
4.2.3 F ¥ÀĸÀÛPÀ M¼ÉîAiÀÄzÀÄ
niinu nanna jate barabahudu You may come D ¥ÀĸÀÛPÀ PÉlÖzÀÄ
with me
naanu sanje ninage sigabahadu I may meet you 4.2.4 PÀªÀÄ® ¸ÀÄAzÀj
in the evening. «ªÀÄ® vÀÄA¨Á ¸ÀÄAzÀj
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4.3 Use the following words in your own sentences : UÀįÁ© 'rose'
¨ÉÃPÁzÀµÀÄÖ, ¨ÉÃUÀ, ¥ÀæAiÀiÁt, ªÀiÁUÀð, ªÉÆzÀ®Ä, PÀrªÉÄ zsÀƪÀÄ¥Á£À 'smoking'

4.4 Translate into Kannada : zsÉÊAiÀÄð±Á° 'brave person'

4.4.1 Mysore is smaller than Bangalore ¥ÀPÀë 'party'
4.4.2 Train journey is more comfortable than bus journey ¨ÉÊAiÀÄÄ 'to scold'
4.4.3 She is taller than me
¸ÀÄAzÀgÀ 'beautiful (N)'
4.4.4 You may go now
4.4.5 Please, don't talk to me ¸ÀÄAzÀj 'beautiful women'
4.4.6 I have to go to Delhi next week ¸ÉêÀAwUÉ 'crysanthemum'
4.4.7 You should not smoke ºÀÆ 'flower'
4.4.8 He shouldn't do that work

4.5 Answer the following questions

4.5.1 ¤ÃªÀÅ ¢£Á ºÀvÀÄÛ UÀAmÉUÉ PÉ®¸ÀPÉÌ ºÉÆÃUÀ¨ÉÃPÁ ?
4.5.2 ¤ªÀÄä ªÀÄ£ÉVAvÀ ¤ªÀÄä ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ ªÀÄ£É a£ÁßVzÉAiÀiÁ ?
4.5.3 ¤ªÀÄVAvÀ ¤ªÀÄä vÀªÀÄä / vÀAVãÉà JvÀÛgÁ£Á ?
4.5.4 ¤ªÀÄä ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°è ¹UÀgÉÃmï ¸ÉÃzÀPÀÆqÀzÁ ?

5. Vocabulary
CªÀ½ £ÀUÀgÀUÀ¼ÀÄ 'twin cities'
ZÁdÄð 'fare'
vÀqÀ 'late'
¥ÀæAiÀiÁt 'journey'
¨ÉÃUÀ 'early/quickly'
ªÀiÁUÀð 'route/via'

4.1 Supplementary vocabulary :

JvÀÛgÀ 'tall'
PÀ° 'to learn'