Learn Kannada – Part 4, This time let’s learn about Numbers, Vegetables, Fruits & Colours.

Numbers 1 to 20 and 10 to 100

1 – ondhu, 11 – hannondhu , 10 – hatthu
2 – eradu, 12 – hanneradu , 20 – ippatthu
3 – mooru, 13 -hadhimooru , 30 – muvatthu
4 – naalakku, 14 – hadhinaalakku , 40 – nalavatthu
5 – aidhu , 15 – hadhinaidhu , 50 – aivatthu
6 – aaru , 16 – hadhinaaru , 60 – aravatthu
7 – Elu , 17 – hadhineLu , 70 – eppatthu
8 – entu , 18 – hadhinenTu , 80 – embatthu
9 – ombatthu, 19 – hatthombatthu , 90 – thombatthu
10 – hatthu , 20 – ippatthu , 100 – nooru

VEGETABLES

Vegetables — tharakaari
Onion — eeruLLi
Garlic — beLLuLLi
Ginger — shunTi
Potato — aaLoo gaDDe
Beans — huraLikaayi
Cucumber — southe kaayi
Ladies finger — benDe kaayi
Brinjal — badhane kaayi
Green chilly — hasimeNasina kaayi
Curry leaves — karibEvina soppu
Coriander leaves — kotthambari soppu

FRUITS

Apple — sEbu
Orange — kitthale
Moosambi— moosambi
Grapes — dhraakshi
Mango — maavina haNNu
Chikku — sapota
Custardapple – seethapala
Guava — seebE haNNu

COLOURS

Pink — guLaabi
Red — kempu
Yellow — haLadhi
Green — hasiru
Blue — neeLi
White — biLi
Black — kappu
Orange — kEsari

KANNADAWORD *ENGLISH WORD *SIMPLE SENTENCE

Ippatthu* 20 *Ee pusthakadha bele ippatthu rupaayi(This book costs twenty rupees)
Aivatthu *50* ondhu gumpinalli aivatthu hudugariddhaare ( There are fifty people in a group)
Aravatthu *60* ondhu ghanTege aravathu nimisha ( There are sixty seconds in an hour)
Nooru *100 *TV yalli nooru channel barutthe ( Hundred channels are shown in TV)
Hanneradu* 12* Hanneradu ghanTege ooTakke hogoNa ( will go for lunch at Twelve ‘o’ Clock)
Hadhimooru* 13* Hadhimooru ashubha sankhye ( Thirteen is an unlucky number)
HadhinenTu *18 * Namma maneyalli hadhinenTu janariddhaare (There are 18 people in our house)
HasimeNasinaKaayi *Green chilly * HasimeNasina kaayi thumba khaaravagi irutthe( Green chilly will be too hot)
BenDe kaayi* Ladies Finger* BenDe kaayi aarogyakke thumba oLLeyadhu ( Ladies Finger is very good for health)
Kempu* Red* Kempu apaayadha sanketha ( Red signifies danger)
HaLadhi *Yellow *HaLadhi paTTiyannu dhaTabaradhu ( Do not cross yellow line)
Hasiru *Green* ElegaLa baNNa hasiru ( The colour of leaves is green)
Neeli *Blue* Aakashadha baNNa neeli ( The colour of sky is blue)
BiLi *White *BiLi paarivaLa shanthiya sanketha ( White pigeon signifies peace)

Tharakaari *Vegetables*
1. mooru kg eeruLLi kodi (give me 3 kg’s of onion)
2. ardha kg beLLuLLi kodi (give me ½ kg of Garlic)
3. kaal kg hasimeNasina kaayi kodi (give me ¼ kg of Green Chilies)
4. ninage yaava tharakaari ista? (Which vegetable do you like?)

HaNNugaLu *Fruits *
1. sEbina bele estu? (What is the cost of apple?)
2. aidhu kg dhraakshi kodi (give me 5 kg’s of grapes)
3. seebE haNNina bele estu? (What is the cost of Guava?)
4. ninage yaava haNNu ista? (Which fruit do you like?)

BaNNa *colour *Ninage yavva baNNa ista? (Which colour do you like?)