Nimma Kiru Parichaya - A little about yourself

"Namaskara Geleyare! Let's Kannada blog ge nimagellarige mattomme aathmeeya swaagatha"


If you read my previous post, you must have understood most of the above sentence. Two new words that I have used this time are Geleyare and mattomme.

Geleyaru = Friends (Term Geleyare is used when you are addressing friends as in "My Dear Friends")
Geleya = a male friend
Gelathi = a female friend

Mattomme=once again
The other versions that can be used are:
Innomme=Once more, Thirigomme=Once again or once more

In today's post, let us learn to greet each other and also to talk a little bit about yourself or give a Kiru Parichaya. Before that, we will learn a few basic words:
naanu=I
nanna=my
neenu= you (singular, or for people younger than you)
Neevu=you (plural or You with respect)
Hesaru=name
ooru=hometown, town, place
Kelasa=job
odhu = Study
Chennagidhe=Nice
Chennagidheera? = How are you doing?, How do you do?

Note: 
If a word contains 'dh' then you need to pronounce it with the sound 'th' produces in the word 'then'.
If a word contains 'th' then you need to pronounce it with the sound 'th' produces in the word 'think'.

How to greet each other in Kannada? 

Namaskaara! chennagideera?/Hello! How do you do?

Naanu chennagideeni. Neevu? /I am doing good. How do you do?

Kiru Parichaya
The following table consists of a set of questions and answers to introduce yourself.

Kannada	Meaning in English
Q.Nimma hesarenu?	Q.What is your name?
A. Nanna hesaru <yourname>	A. My name is <yourname>
Q. Nimma ooru yaavudhu?	Q. Where are you from?
A. Nanna ooru Kolkatta	A. I am from Kolkatta
Q. Neevu enu maadutha idheeri?/Neevu enu kelasa maadutha idheeri?	Q. What do you do?/Where do you work?
A. Naanu Infosys nalli software engineer aagidheeni	A.I work as a software engineer in Infosys
Q. Neevu enu odhideeri?	Q. What have you studied?
A. Naanu BE odhideeni.	A. I have done my BE
Q. Bengaluru hegannisuthidhe?	Q. How do you like Bengaluru?
A.Bengaluru chennagidhe aadhre traffic swalpa jaasthi	A.    Bangalore is nice, but traffic is too much.

 

Hope you will use these words to strike a conversation with your friends, colleagues or neighbours. You can either use the questions to start a conversation and then go about answering when they start asking you questions. Do let me know if you want to learn about any new word that you came across during the conversation.

Until next week Shubha Vidaya!