Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Prashne v/s Uttara

Lets continue our series of words that typically are opposites of each other.

Prashne :
The kannada word that implies Question.
Pronounced as “Prash-nay”
Sometimes somebody who passes you by on the road asks you a question, and in case you want the question to be repeated you can say
Prashne yenu ?

Contexts that this word can be used in
Yenappa Prashne :- whats the question?:- typically used when you want to know what the question is regarding a quarrel and you arrive to mediate
Yenu prashnegalu -: What are the questions ? :- you arrive late for an oral exam and you ask the student sitting near by what the questions are.
Koneya prashne yenu :- Whats the last question? :- you got all the questions thrown at you except the last one.

Uttara :
You would have guessed that this means Answer/Reply

Contexts that this word can be applied to
Idhe Nanna Uttara : this is My reply :- (A kannada movie exists with this name)
Ishtu uttara saaka innu bekaa ? Are these replies enough or do you need more?
Uttara yenu irabahudhu? what might the answer to this question be?

Along with prashne and uttara you have now a few more words, let me summarize with respect to context
Koneya : Last
Yenu/Yenappa/Yenamma : What
Idhe/Idhu : this
Nanna : My
Ishtu : this much, (showing the quantity with your hands to depict big or small)
irabahudhu : might ಬಿ

Inthi,
Manuswath

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