Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The days of the week

Today let me tread on a path that most of my hindi speaking friends can easily relate to. Yes today I shall be giving pointers as to how the Days of the week are referred to in Kannada. People who converse in hindi can easily identify that instead of cutting short the day to “var”, in kannada we do end it with “a”.

Bhanuvara : Sunday : Bhanuvara namagay rajay idhay : we have a holiday on Sunday.
Somavara : Monday : Somavara kelasa shuru maDabayku : I have to start work on Monday.
Mangalavara : Tuesday : Mangalavaradha dhina ashubha yendhu hayLutharay : People/They tell that Tuesday is in-auspicious.
Budhavara : Wednesday : Vondhu Budhavara : A kannada translation of the movie “A Wednesday”.
Guruvara : Thursday : Guruvara thumbha jana Raghavendra Swamy muttakke hogthaaray : On Thursday a lot of people go to the Raghavendra Swamy mutt.
Shukravara : Friday : Shukravara chalana-chitra bidugaday aagathey : Movies are released on a Friday.
Shanivara : Saturday : Shanivara I.T avarige rajay : I.T people have a holiday on a Saturday.

Along with all the days of the week you now have a few other words that you could try out in different context’s, Let me summarize them for you.

Namagay : For us/We
Kelasa : work
Shuru : start
maDabayku : have to-do
Dhina : day
Ashubha : in-auspicious
hayLu : tell
hayLutharay : People/group tell
Thumba : many
Jana : people
Chalan-Chitra : feature-film
Bidugaday : Release
rajay : holiday

People let me see if you can form a meaningful sentence with the words that I summarized for you. Do send me a mail if you form it

Inthi,
Manuswath

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