Many of my friends have been asking me to teach them Kannada Language. They wanted to learn how to converse with a common man on Bangalore roads. Hence to make it simple and easy, I am going to write a series of articles so that all my blog readers can get benefited too if interested in learning kannada. Here comes the first article of the Learn Kannada series. Feel free to share your thoughts or any suggestions to make it better 
| KANNADA WORD | ENGLISH WORD | SIMPLE SENTENCE |
| Naanu | Me / I am | Naanu software engineer. (I am a software engineer) |
| Neenu | You | Neenu student. (You are a student) |
| Namma | Ours | Namma desha Bharata. (Our country is Bharata). |
| Nimma | Yours | Nimma ooru ABC. (Your home town is ABC) |
| Yaaru | Who | Teacher yaaru? (Who is the teacher?) |
| Yaavaga | When | Class yaavaga? (When is the class?) |
| Yelli | Where | Ramu yelli? (Where is Ramu?) |
| Avaru | He/She (with respect). Also they / those people | Avaru teacher.(He / She is a teacher) |
| Ivaru | He / She. This person / these people | Ivaru students. (These people are students) |
| Ooru | Place / hometown | Nanna ooru ABC. (My place is ABC) |
| Hesaru | Name | Nanna hesaru XYZ. (My name is XYZ) |
| Gottu | Know | Nanage English gottu. (I know English) |
| Gottilla | Don’t know | Nanage C++ gottilla. (I don’t know C++) |
| Ishta | Like | Nanage tea ishta. (I like tea.) |
| Baagilu | Door | Idu baagilu. (This is the door). |
| Kitaki | Window | Adu kitaki. (That is the window) |
| Kurchi | Chair | Idu kurchi. (This is chair) |
| Meju | Table | Adu meju. (This is table) |
| Mane | House | Idu namma mane. (This is my house) |
| Baa | Come | Neenu illi baa. (you come here) |
| Banni | Come(with respect) | Neevu illi banni. (you come here) |
| Hege | How | Neenu illige hege bande? (How did you come here?) |
{ 15 comments… read them below or add one }
good initiative…
Namaskara Kannada Mestar ge
Interesting. Thanks.
cOmmEnDabLe EffOrT…..
thank you for creating this blog. this was exactly what i was looking for.
Hi Mohan,
This is really a useful blog. I hope to see part 3 of same soon…:)
Hi Niket, thanks for dropping in and your encouraging comment. Sure, I will plan to post more soon
Hi… I need more words in kanada and need some more conversations in it.. Can you?
There is one more article in this series, please search for part 2. I am yet to publish part 3 though!
thx mohan.
it is very very use ful to all. this was exactly what i was looking for.
Nice to get such encouraging comments. Happy learning Mahesh.
Can you please upload pdf format of “Learn Kannada article ? Thank u.
i want part of lesson to my mail id
Please tell me the kannad verion of this
How much?
Stop
Start
Okay
Yes
No
Why
Today
Tomorrow
Yesterday
Absent
reduction
I basically need these to talk to my bai and auto walla