Rules of KLS
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Thumb rule 1
u Capital letter will not be used at the beginning of a kannaDa sentence or to
signify a noun, as there is no such practice in kannaDa (or in other Indian
languages)
Example – namaskaar.
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Thumb rule 2
u Instead capital letter will be used to distinguish forms of similar sounds of
kannaDa when they have same English letter representing them.
Examples:
u bittu is read with a sound similar to ‘th’ as in path. whereas biTTu is read with a sound ‘T’ as in
biTTer.
u odu is read with a sound similar to ‘th’ as in then, whereas oDu is read with a sound ‘D’ as in
oDour.
u anna is read with a sound similar to ‘n’ as in gun, whereas aNNa is read with a sound ‘N’ as in
poNd.
u kaalu is read with a sound similar to ‘l’ as in call, whereas kaaLu is read with a sound ‘L’ as in
coLd.
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Thumb rule 3
u English sentences usually are in subject-verb-object format, but when
translated into kannaDa (and other Indian languages) they change to subject-
object-verb format. Let us see how this is true in next slide.
‘I learn kannaDa’ is translated as
‘naanu kannaDa kaliteeni’
‘Monkey ate banana’ is translated as
‘koti banana tinnditu’
Legends -
Subject - Green, Object - Voilet, Verb - Orange/Amber
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Remember
u Please keep the rules in mind while reading the material that follows and
while speaking kannaDa.
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