Verbless Sentences
Kannada has verb-less sentences or educational sentences consisting of two nouns or noun phrases. One of them is the subject and the other, the predicate. Examples:
| ಅದು ಮನೆ | adu mane | That (is a) house |
| ಇದು ಮರ | idu mara | This (is a) tree |
| ಅವನು ರಾಮ | avanu Rāma | He (is) Rama |
| ಇವಳು ಕಮಲಾ | ivaḷu Kamalā | This woman (is) Kamala |
| ಅದು ಹಸು | adu hasu | That (is a) cow |
| ಇದು ಕರು | idu karu | This (is a) calf |
Genitive
In the case of neuter, the object can be used in the genitive without any case marker.
| ಇದು ಸಿನೆಮಾ ಹಾಡು | idu sinemā hāḍu | This (is a) movie song |
| ಅದು ಎಮ್ಮೆ ಹಾಲು | adu emme hālu | That (is) she-buffalo milk |
| ಅದು ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ ಆಟ | adu krikeṭ āṭa | That (is) game (of) cricket |
Interrogative
| ಇದು ಪುಸ್ತಕವೇ? | idu pustakavē? | (Is) this (a) book? |
| ಅದು ಆನೆಯೇ | ad āneyē? | (Is) that (an) elephant? |
| ಅವರು ಕಾಲೇಜ್ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳೇ? | avaru kālēj vidyārthigaḷē? | (Are) they the students of (a) college? |
| ಅದು ಕುದುರೆಯೇ, ಕತ್ತೆಯೇ? | adu kudureyē, katteyē? | (Is) that (a) horse or (a) donkey? |
| ಅದೇನು? | adēnu? | What (is) that? |
| ಆ ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಬೆಲೆ ಎಷ್ಟು? | ā pustakada bele eṣṭu? | What (is) the price (of) that book? |
| ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲಿ? | peṭṭige elli? | Where (is) the box? |
1. Give the plural forms of the singular imperative verbs and singular forms of the plural verbs.
ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ …………………………………………………
ಹಾಡು …………………………………………………………
ಕರೆಯಿರಿ …………………………………………………………
ಬನ್ನಿ ……………………………………………………
ಏಳಿ …………………………………………………………….
ತಾ ………………………………………………………….
2. Give the Kannada equivalents of the English verbs.
Do (sing.) ……………………………………….
Laugh (pl.) ………………………………………
Read (sing. self) …………………………………
Use (pl.) ………………………………………….
Increase (pl.) ……………………………………….
3. Give the plural forms of the following.
ಅವನು ……………………………………….
ನಾನು ……………………………………
ಅದು ………………………………………
ಅವಳು ……………………………………….
ಇಲಿ ………………………………………
ಗುರು ………………………………………….
ಹೆಸರು ………………………………………….
ತಮ್ಮ ………………………………………….
ಕುದುರೆ …………………………………………
4. Translate the following into Kannada.
That is his house.
This is a tree.
He is Ramarao.
What is the price of that pen?
What is the name of the book?
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