Numerals finally

How many times have you felt the need to express monetary values in Kannada ? Especially when you are dealing with someone who knows only kannada.
Well here is an attempt to get along to the basics of Kannada numerics.

Here are the numerals from one to ten, alongwith a few sentences that imply a lot (hopefully)

Ondu - pronounced ( Won-dhu) :- Ondu muttina kathey :- a famous kannada movie means A tale of a pearl
Eradu - pronounced (Yay-radu) :- Eradu manasu :- I am in a double mind
Mooru - Mooru Devaru :- The Trimurthi’s or 3 god’s
Naalku - Naalku Dhikku :- The four directions, north, south, east and west.
Aidhu - Pandavaru Aidhu jana :- There were 5 pandava’s
Aaru - Naanu aaru ghantey ge yelutheene :- I will wake up at 6′o’clock
YeLu - Jagathina YeLu adhbhuthagalu :- The 7 wonders of the world
Yentu - haLey seeraygalu Yentu Gaja iruthadhey :- Old/Traditional saree’s are of 8 fold length
Yombhathu - (Pronounced as Wom-bhathu) :- yombhathu grahagal eway :- There are 9 planets
Hathu - Ravananige hathu talegalu :- Ravana has 10 heads

After 10, I will give you a few more numbers, those which are commonly used, you prepend them to the ones listed above to convey your desired number
Eppathu : Twenty
Aivathu : fifty
Nooru : One hundred
Ainooru : Five Hundred
Saavira : One thousand


Happy counting,
Inthi,
Manuswath