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4.7.3 nimage uuTakke eshTu capaati beeku ? LESSON - 9

4.7.4 nimage karnaaTakada mukhya mantri gottaa ?
1. Dialogue :
4.7.5 nimage kannaDa sinimaa ishTaanoo hindi sinimaa
ishTaanoo ? Vijaya : suma leeDiis ruuminalli Is suma in the ladies
idaaLaa ? room ?
5. Vocabulary : Shashi : illa, avaLu ruuminalli illa No. She is not in the
kappu / kari 'black' avaLige iiga klaas ide room. She has class. She
kempu 'red' avaLu klaasinalli idaaLe is in the class
niili 'blue Vijaya : ninage iiga klaas ilvaa ? Don't you have class
baTTe 'cloth' now ?
baNNa 'colour'
Shashi : illa. nanage klaas illa. No. I don't I have class
biLi 'white'
muuru gaNTege klaas ide at three o' clock
haLadi 'yellow'
Vijaya : nimma profesar uurinalli Is your professor in
5.1 Supplementary vocabulary : idaaraa ? town ?
akki 'raw rice' Shashi : illa. avaru uurinalli illa No. He is not in town
uppinakaayi 'pickles'
Vijaya : sumaa naalku gaNTege will Suma be in the
uuTa 'meals'
ruuminalli irtaaLaa ? room at four o' clock ?
kaDu niili 'dark blue'
teLu niili 'light blue' Shashi : iralla. naalku gaNTege No she won't. She will
gooDe 'wall' laybrarilli irtaaLe be in the library at four
o' clock
daari 'way/path'
langa 'long skirt' Vijaya : niinu naalku gaNTege will you be in the library
sampaadaka 'editor' laybrariili irtiiyaa ? at four o' clock ?
sahavaasa 'companionship' Shashi : havdu. irtiinii Yes. I will be there
haalu 'milk'
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1.1 Dialogue : niivu yaava biidiyalli In which street tdo you

idiiri / live ? (pl+hon.)
Raghava : namaskaara, cennagi Hello. are you well ?
idiiraa ? niinu yaava uurinalli idiiye ? In which place are you ?
niivu elli idiiri / Where are you (pl.+hon.)?
Rao : cennagi idiini. nimma Yes I do. Is your father
tande maneyalli idaaraa ? at home ? avanu hattanee klaasinalli He is in tenth class
idaane
Raghava : avaru maneyalli illa No. He is not at home mallikaarjuna maneya Mallikarjuna is inside the
angaDiili idaare He is in shop oLage idaane House
Rao : Yaake ? nimma aNNa Why ? isn't your elder avaLu haasTelinalli She is in the hostel
uurinalli ilvaa ? brother in town ? idaaLe
Raghava : ibbaruu allee idaare Both are there padma byaankinalli idaaLe Padma is in the Bank
Rao : nimma tande maneyalli When will be your father avaru pakkada maneyalli They are in the house next
yaavaga irtaare ? at home ? Will he be at idaare door
saayankaala irtaaraa ? home in the evening ? nanna tande taayi uurinalli My father and mother are
idare in our home town
Raghava : iralla. saayankaala No. he won't. He will
tooTadalli irtaare be in the farm in the pustaka meejina meele ide The book is on the table
raatri maneyalli irtaarw evening. He will be at haNNugaLu maradalli ive The fruits are on the tree
home in the night
2.2 naanu saayankaala I will be in the city in the
2. Pattern drill :
siTiyalli irtiini evening
2.1 naanu maysuurinalli idini I am in Mysore
naanu iiga hooTelinalli I am in a hotel now naavu naaLe We will be in Bangalore
idiini bengaLuurinalli irtiivi tomorrow
niinu ivattu madhyaanha Where will you be today
naavu aafiisinalli idiivi We are in the office elli irtiiye ? afternoon ?
nnavu bengaLuurinalli We are living in
vaasa idiivi Bangalore niivu beligge eNTu Where will you be in the
gaNTege elli irtiiri ? morning at eight o' clock ?
niinu elli idiiye ? Where are you ? avanu dinaa sanje aydu He will be in the play-
gaNTege aaTada mydaana ground daily at five o'
dalli irtaane clock in the evening.
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avaLu hattu gaNTege She will be in the college avaLu dinaa naalku gaNTege laybrariyalli irtaaLe
kaaleejinalli irtaaLe at ten o' clock
hasu madhyaanha The cow will be in the 3.1.1 When id - the difinite form is used, it won't take my tense
tooTadalli iratte. garden in the afternoon marker. This will be straightaway added to the personal
karugaLu maneyalli The calves will be at marker
irtaave home
The paradigm is given below :
2.3 avanu uurinalli illa He is not in town naanu id - iini naavu id-iivi
aa kaadambari That novel is not in the niinu id-iiye niivu id-iiri
laybrariyalli illa Library avanu id-aane
2.4 naanu naaLe maneyalli I won't be at home avaLu id-aaLe avaru id-aare
iralla tomorrow adu id-e avu iv-e
avaru ishTu hottinalli He/she won't be in the
angaDiyalli iralla shop at this time
3.1.2 Whereas ir - will be first added to -t- which is non past
tense marker, then added to personal marker. Thus
3. Key to learners : obtaining the forms
3.1 The verb iru 'to be' introduced in this lesson. iru plays in naanu ir-t-iini naavu ir-t-iivi
important role as a main verb as well as an auxillary verb. niinu ir-t-iiye niivu ir-t-iiri
iru verb has two bases in Kannada. They are id - and - ir avanu ir-t-aane

id - is used as definite construction, whereas ir - used as avaLu ir-t-aaLe avaru ir-t-aare

indefinite or habitual construction. adu iru-tt-e avu iru-t-ve/ir-t-aave

nanna sneeita maneyalli idaane

Note that in the third person neut. sg. - t - is doubled
In this sentence, the friend's presence at home is definite
3.1.3 illa and iralla are the corresponding negative forms of
nanna sneehite madhyanha maneyalli irtaaLe
id- and ir - respectively
Here irtaaLe is used as an indefinite construction with
There is no person, number or gender distinction made
future proposition. This can also be used as habitual as in in the negative construction.
the following sentence.
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3.2 alli is the locative case marker which denotes location. 4.4 Change in to negative :
The changes are of the same of possessive case when 4.4.1 kamala amerikaadalli idaaLe
added to the nouns. 4.4.2 nimma aNNa uurinalli idaaraa ?
4.4.3 nanna pustaka ninna hattira ide
4. Exercise : 4.4.4 raamaraayaru ishTu hottinalli klabbinalli irtaaraa ?
4.1 Fill in the blanks using suitable words :
4.5 Use the following words in your own sentences :
4.1.1 _____________ avanu angaDiyaalli idaane
1. beLigge 4. keLage
4.1.2 _____________ namma tande maneyalli irtaare 2. saayankaala 5. uuru
4.1.3 _____________ ishTu hottinalli angaDiyalli irtaane 3. tooTa 6. aaTada maydaana
4.1.4 nanage hattu gaNTege klaasu _____________
4.6 Translate into kannada
4.2 Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the word given 4.6.1 At what time will you be at home ?
in the bracket : 4.6.2 Suma won't be there at this time
4.6.3 All the twenty four hours he will be in the club
4.2.1 nimma akka maneyalli __________ ? (iru)
4.6.4 He is not there
4.2.2 kamalana tamma uurinalli __________ ? (iru) 4.6.5 Will you be there at ten o' clock ?
4.2.3 nimma naayi sadaa tooTadalli __________ ? (iralla)
4.7 Answer the following question :
4.2.4 aaspatreyalli DaakTaru __________ ? (illa)
4.7.1 niivu elli vaasa idiiri ?
4.7.2 niivu dinaa saayankaala maneyalli irtiiraa ?
4.3 Match the following :
4.7.3 nimage svanta mane ideyaa ?
1. niinu yaavaaga maneyalli (a) idaare 4.7.4 nimma maneyalli eshTu jana idaare ?
2. sumati iiga aaspatreyalli (b) idaane 4.7.5 nimma uuru yaava raajyada, yaava jilleyalli ide ?
3. avaru heege (c) irtiiye
4. pustaka meejina meele (d) irtiiri 5. Vocabulary :
5. niivu yaavaaga angaDiyalli (e) ide tooTa 'garden'
6. aravindana tamma madaraasinalli (f) idaaLe raatri 'night'
saayankaala 'evening'
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5.1 Supplementary vocabulary : LESSON - 10

oLage 'inside'
1. Dialogue :
karu 'calf'
keLage 'below' Raju : baa ravi, eenu samaachaara ? Com Ravi. What is the
news ?
gaNTe 'hour'
biidi 'street' Ravi : eenuu illa raaju. naavella Nothing Raju. Shall we
mundina vaara piknik go for a picnic next
madhyaanha 'afternoon' hoogooNavva ? week ?
meele 'upon / above'
Raju : aagli. ellige hoogooNa ? Allright. Where shall we
vaasa 'reside / live' go ?
haNNu 'fruit'
Ravi : nandi beTTakke hoogooNa Let us go to Nandi hills
horage 'outside'
Raju : yaaru yaaru bartaare ? Who are all will be
coming ?
Ravi : moohana, goopala bartaare Mohan and Gopal are
coming
Raju : sureeSa baralvaa ? Isn't Suresh coming ?
Ravi : baralla. avanige He won't come. He has
dhaaravaaDadalli kelasa work in Dharwar. He
ide. naaLe hoogtaane goes tomorrow. He
hadinaydu dinada meele comes after fifteen days
bartaane
Raju : manoohara ? Manohar ?
Ravi : avanannu keeLalaa ? Shall I ask him ?
Raju : keeLu. avanuu barali Ask him. Let him also
piknikkige oLLe kampani come. Let us have a
irali good company for the
picnic