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soomavaara 'Monday' LESSON - 8

Sanivaara 'Saturday'
Sukravaara 'Friday' 1. Dialogue :
BaTTe vyaapaari : eenu beeku saar ? What do you want sir ?
Ramesh : nange SarTige I want cloth for shirts
pyaaNTige baTTe beeku and pants
b.v. : yaaava baTTe beeku Which cloth do you want
saar ? sir ?
Ramesh : SarTige paaliyesTar Ployester for shirts and
pyaaNTige Terivul beeku terriwool for pants
b.v. : SarTige Yaava What colour would you
bannabeku? want for Shirt Sir?
Ramesh : yaava yaava baNNa ide ? What colours do you
have ?
b.v. : kempu, biLi, nilli Red, white, blue, yellow
haLadi ella ide we have all these
Ramesh : kempu beeDa. adu nange I don't want red. I don't
ishTa illa, nilli nange like it. I like blue
ishTa
b.v. : eshTu beeku saar ? How much do you want
sir ?
Ramesh : eraDu miiTar beeku ? I want two meters
b.v. : SarTige eraDu miiTar Two meters isn't enough
saalalla for shirt Sir ?
Ramesh : nanage eraDu miiTar Two meters are enough
saaku for me
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b.v. : pyaaNTige yava baNNa
beeku saar ?
Ramesh : pyaaNTige kappu beeku
b.v. : biLiidu beeDavaa saar ?
reemaanDs ide
Ramesh : beeDa. kariide beeku
b.v. : sari saar
Ramesh : nimmalli sveTar ilva ?
b.v. : illa saar. namdee
innondu angaDi ide. alli
sveTar ide
Ramesh : nimma aa angaDi elli
ide ?
b.v. : nimage vaasavi klaat
senTar gottaa ?
Ramesh : illa gottilla
b.v. : sangam thiyeeTar
gottaa ?
Ramesh : havdu, gottu
b.v. : adara pakkadalli ide
2. Pattern drill :
2.1 aa biLi SarT yaaradu ?
ii hasiru langa nannadu
Which colour do you
want for pants sir ?
I want black for pants
Don't you want white
one sir ? Raymonds is
available
No. I want black only
Allright sir
Don'g you have sweaters ?
No sir. We have another
shop of our own. We
have sweaters there.
Where is that shop of
yours ?
Do you know Vasavi
Cloth Centre ?
No. I don't know
Do you know Sangam
theatre ?
Yes. I know
It is beside that
Whose that white shirt is ?
This green skirt is mine
ii kempu pennina bele
eshTu ?
nanage kappu karcif
beeDa
raamanige nilli baaNNa
beeku
rajanige haLadi siire ishTa
aa gooDeya baNNa biLi
avara kaarina baNNa teLu
niili
Avana Saykal Kaaduniilii
2.2 ravige kathe pustaka ishTa
rajanige kathe pustaka
ishTa illa
avaLige capaati ishTa illa
nange uppinakaayi ishTa
2.3 nimage liDoo taakiis
gottaa ?
raamanige raavaNa
gottaa ?
lalitanige hindi sinimaa
ishTaana ?
ivarige kannaDa sinimaa
ishTa ilvaa ?
avaLige hattu ruupaayi
beekaa ?
nimage kaafi beeDvaa ?
What is the cost of this red
pen ?
I don't want a black hand
kerchief
Rama wants blue colour
Rajani likes yellow saree
The colour of that wall is
white
The colour of her/his car is
light blue
His cycle is dark blue.
Ravi likes story books
Rajani doesn't like story
books
She doesn't like chapatis
I like pickles
Do you know Lido talkies?
Does Rama know Ravana?
Does Lalitha like Hindi
films ?
Does'nt he/she like
Kannada films ?
Does she want ten rupees ?
Don't you want coffee ?
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ivarige ardha kap kaafi Is half cup of coffee nanna hattira oLLeya There is a good pen with
saakaa ? enough for him / her ? pennu ide me
naayige ondu kap haalu Isn't a cup of milk enough avara maneyalli There is no clock in his /
saalalvaa ? for the dog ? gaDiyaara illa her house
2.4 nanage maalini gottu I know Malini
avrige raviindra They know Ravindra
3. Key to learners :
kalaaksheetra gottu Kalakshetra 3.1 The basic colour adjectives are :
huDugarige vidhaana The boys know the way to
biLi 'white'
saudhada daari gottu Vidhana Soudha kapu/kari 'black'
kempu 'red'
ivarige hindi gottu He/she knows Hindi
hasiru 'green'
manooharge kannaDa Manohar does'nt know
haLadi 'yellow'
gottilla Kannada
niili 'blue'
nanage prajaavaaNi I don't know the editor of
by adding - adu to the colour adjectives predicative forms
sampaadakaru gottilla Prajavani
can be obtained
2.5 bhiimanige aydu doose Five dosas are enough for biLi + adu = biLiyadu 'white one'
saku Bhima kempu + adu = kempadu 'red one'
kubeerappanige tingaLige Ten rupees will be
hattu ruupaayi saaku sufficient for Kuberappa 3.2 beeku 'want'
for a month ishTa 'like'
nanage dinakke ippatta Twenty four hours a day saaku 'enough'
naalku gaNTe saalalla is not sufficient for me gottu 'know'
avanige tingaLige aynuuru A salary a five hundred are model or defective verbs. These verbs do not take tense
ruupaayi sambaLa saalalla rupees a month is not and personal markers like regular verbs
sufficient for him
beeDa 'do not want'
2.6 aa angaDiyalli akki ide There is rice in that shop. ishTa illa 'do not like'
it angaDiyalli pustaka illa There are no books in this saalalla 'not enough'
shop gottilla 'do not know'
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are the corresponding negative forms of the above said 4.3 Change the following according to the model :
defective verbs. Note that all these verbs obligatorily take Model : kappu _____ kappadu
dative subject. Change : hasiru __________
nanage tiNDi beeku 'I want tiffin' kempu __________
avaLige hattu ruupaayi 'Ten rupees will not be niili __________
saalalla sufficient for her' biLi __________

3.3 illa negates the verb. Compare this with alla, which 4.4 Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the word
negates noun. given in the bracket :
ninna hattira pennu ideyaa ? 4.4.1 aa langa ____________ (niili)
illa. nanna hattira pennu illa 4.4.2 ravige namma DayrekTar ____________ ? (gottilla)
adu ninna pennaa ?
4.4.3 ravige eraDee eraDu SarTu ____________ ? (saaku)
alla, adu nanna tammana pennu
4.4.4 nimage siire ____________ ? (beeDa)
4. Exercises : 4.5 Use the following in your own sentences :
4.1 Fill in the blanks using suitable words : (1) yaara
4.1.1 nanage _________ baNNa ishTa (2) avaradee
4.1.2 nimage nanna tande _________ ? (3) haLadi
4.1.3 avaLige sangiita tumbaa _________ (4) baTTe
(5) angaDi
4.1.4 nanage ninna sahavaasa khaNDita _________
4.1.5 raajuvige iiga kathe pustaka _________ 4.6 Translate the following sentences into kannada
4.6.1 I don't want blue pen
4.2 Fill in the blanks using the kannada equlivalents of the 4.6.2 Do you like capathi for breakfast ?
English words given in the bracket :
4.6.3 I don't like that dark red cloth
4.2.1 adu ________ siire (green) 4.6.4 I want two packets of biscuits
4.2.2 nanage naanuuru ruupaayi sambaLa ______ (not
enough) 4.7 Answer the following questions
4.2.3 Saaliniya mane sangam Taakiis _______ ide (beside) 4.7.1 nimage yaava baNNada baTTe ishTa ?
4.2.4 sumanige uuTakke eraDu capaati ______ (don't want) 4.7.2 nimage tiNDige capaati ishTaanaa ?
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4.7.3 nimage uuTakke eshTu capaati beeku ? LESSON - 9

4.7.4 nimage karnaaTakada mukhya mantri gottaa ?
1. Dialogue :
4.7.5 nimage kannaDa sinimaa ishTaanoo hindi sinimaa
ishTaanoo ? Vijaya : suma leeDiis ruuminalli Is suma in the ladies
idaaLaa ? room ?
5. Vocabulary : Shashi : illa, avaLu ruuminalli illa No. She is not in the
kappu / kari 'black' avaLige iiga klaas ide room. She has class. She
kempu 'red' avaLu klaasinalli idaaLe is in the class
niili 'blue Vijaya : ninage iiga klaas ilvaa ? Don't you have class
baTTe 'cloth' now ?
baNNa 'colour'
Shashi : illa. nanage klaas illa. No. I don't I have class
biLi 'white'
muuru gaNTege klaas ide at three o' clock
haLadi 'yellow'
Vijaya : nimma profesar uurinalli Is your professor in
5.1 Supplementary vocabulary : idaaraa ? town ?
akki 'raw rice' Shashi : illa. avaru uurinalli illa No. He is not in town
uppinakaayi 'pickles'
Vijaya : sumaa naalku gaNTege will Suma be in the
uuTa 'meals'
ruuminalli irtaaLaa ? room at four o' clock ?
kaDu niili 'dark blue'
teLu niili 'light blue' Shashi : iralla. naalku gaNTege No she won't. She will
gooDe 'wall' laybrarilli irtaaLe be in the library at four
o' clock
daari 'way/path'
langa 'long skirt' Vijaya : niinu naalku gaNTege will you be in the library
sampaadaka 'editor' laybrariili irtiiyaa ? at four o' clock ?
sahavaasa 'companionship' Shashi : havdu. irtiinii Yes. I will be there
haalu 'milk'