Greetings in Kannada
Chapter 1: Namaskara · Bengaluru, Vidhana Soudha
Learn greetings in spoken Kannada: greet someone, thank them, and apologise. 8 short lessons in English letters.
Start this chapter freeHow the language works
- How Kannada works · Grammar Understand the three habits behind every sentence in this chapter.
- Nanna and nimma · Grammar Say whose something is, and ask a question without reordering it.
Words and phrases
- First words · Words Greet someone, thank them, and apologise.
- How are you? · Words Ask how someone is and answer when they ask you.
- Names and places · Words Exchange names and say where you are from.
- When you are lost · Words Admit you didn’t follow, and ask for it again slowly.
Real conversations
- Putting it together · Sentences Build the chapter’s sentences yourself, word by word.
- Gopal mama at the gate · Scene Survive a full doorstep conversation with the neighbour.