Kannada numbers 1–10

Kannada personal pronouns

Kannada distinguishes formal and informal pronouns. Learn the core set to form basic sentences.

Kannada present tense verbs

Kannada present tense attaches -ಉತ್ತ- (-utta-) to the verb stem followed by a person-and-number ending. Here it is conjugated for "ಮಾಡು" (māḍu, "to do").

Kannada negation — ಅಲ್ಲ vs. ಇಲ್ಲ

Kannada splits negation the same way Telugu does: ಅಲ್ಲ (alla) negates identity/description ("is not"), while ಇಲ್ಲ (illa) negates existence, possession, or a completed action — and is also the everyday word for "no."

Kannada postpositions & case markers

Kannada is agglutinative — case markers attach directly to the end of a noun instead of using separate preposition words.

Kannada question words & yes/no questions

Kannada wh-questions use a fixed set of question words; yes/no questions are formed by adding -ಆ (-ā) to the verb.

Kannada sentence structure — building a basic sentence

Kannada follows Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order. Descriptive words come before the noun, and case markers attach after it.