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Learning the Kannada Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Kannada language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Kannada.
Kannada Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Kannada Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | Guṇavāchaka |
| a green tree | ondhu hasiru maraa |
| a tall building | ondhu uddhha kattada |
| a very old man | obba thumbha vayassadha manushya |
| the old red house | ondhu haleyadhadha mane |
| a very nice friend | obba thumbha olle geleya |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Kannada.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Kannada placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Kannada vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Kannada Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | Bannagalu |
| black | Kappu |
| blue | neeli |
| brown | kandhu |
| gray | thizi |
| green | hasiru |
| orange | kesari |
| purple | nerale |
| red | kempu |
| white | bili |
| yellow | harishina |
| sizes | Gathra |
| big | dodda |
| deep | aala |
| long | uddha |
| narrow | sanna |
| short | chikka |
| small | sanna |
| tall | uddha |
| thick | dappa |
| thin | thelu |
| wide | agala |
| shapes | aakaragalu |
| circular | gola |
| straight | nera |
| square | gathra |
| triangular | thribhuja |
| tastes | ruchigalu |
| bitter | kahi |
| fresh | thaja |
| salty | uppu |
| sour | huli |
| spicy | khhara |
| sweet | sihi |
| qualities | nadathe |
| bad | ketta |
| clean | shubhra |
| dark | kathhale |
| difficult | kashta |
| dirty | galiju |
| dry | ona |
| easy | sulabha |
| empty | khali |
| expensive | dhubhari |
| fast | sheeghra |
| foreign | vidheshi |
| full | poora |
| good | olle |
| hard | gatti |
| heavy | bhhara |
| inexpensive | thutti |
| light | hagura |
| local | sthaleeya |
| new | hosa |
| noisy | galate |
| old | hale |
| powerful | shakthishalli |
| quiet | prasannathe |
| correct | sari |
| slow | nidhana |
| soft | komala |
| very | thumbha |
| weak | dhurbhala |
| wet | theva |
| wrong | thappu |
| young | yuva |
| quantities | alathegalu |
| few | kelavu |
| little | swalpha |
| many | hala |
| much | jasthi |
| part | bhagha |
| some | kela |
| a few | kelavu |
| whole | poora |
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