Learn Kannada Through English: Lean Kannada Easily
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Buy Learn Kannada Through English: Lean Kannada Easily by Merugu, Mr. Ramanja Reddy (ISBN: 9798706534394) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review: A rare book - KannaDa grammar through English - I have not yet worked my way through the whole book, but so far, the book is one of the only ones I have found to explain KannaDa grammar in English (and yes I have been hunting in BengaLuru also for this) and I like the structure of it. Chapters are divided into Nouns, Pronouns, Adverbs, Conjuctions etc.. I have noticed a few spelling mistakes in the Kannada script. I found there is a lack of consistency in the "roman script", for example, for "ತ್ತು", it is sometimes written as "tu" instead of ttu" (when the ottakshara means the t sound is double) & sometimes non-living things plurals are written as "gallu" for ಗಳು when there is no double L sound. It can be confusing if you are still in the process of learning the KannaDa script and rely on this book to learn. Also, it seems the author is writing the ತ as th, in order to differenciate it from the other T ಟ which I have seen in other resources as well, but it can be taken as an "aspirated" t sound which is a totally different letter. (From the beginning my teacher had told me to use small letters for "dental" sounds and Capitals for "palatal" sounds which is how I take my notes now and it helps me then when I need to write in KannaDa script). This book also gives you the name in KannaDa for "masculine" (pullinga), feminine (strilinga) etc which is handy if you want to do some research on the internet for more information (eg. youtube videos). I think this is a great resource whether you are starting from scratch or have done a few Spoken KannaDa classes and you want to work on your grammar. I am grateful to have found this book! Tumba dhanyavadagaLu! Review: A reference guide, not a course - This book presents plenty of useful information, sorted neatly into chapters by grammatical topic. It also includes plenty of example sentences and vocabulary lists. However it is not a book from which a beginner can learn Kannada. There are no exercises, no drip-fed content, no learning curve. No slow introduction to reading, one or two characters at a time. No writing or translation tasks. No means to assimilate all the information at a manageable rate. Memorising the contents of the book might leave you with a good knowledge of Kannada, but that's not how we learn languages. Also there are one or two proofreading errors, including a few mentions of Hindi, a language which does not appear anywhere in this book. Probably a legacy of the template on which this book is based. I'll keep the book for now as a reference, but I'm definitely going to need something else to get me started.
| ASIN | B08W6P2DNW |
| Best Sellers Rank | 2,779,858 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) |
| Customer reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (8) |
| Dimensions | 21.59 x 0.94 x 27.94 cm |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8706534394 |
| Item weight | 395 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 162 pages |
| Publication date | 8 Feb. 2021 |
| Publisher | Independently published |
L**A
A rare book - KannaDa grammar through English
I have not yet worked my way through the whole book, but so far, the book is one of the only ones I have found to explain KannaDa grammar in English (and yes I have been hunting in BengaLuru also for this) and I like the structure of it. Chapters are divided into Nouns, Pronouns, Adverbs, Conjuctions etc.. I have noticed a few spelling mistakes in the Kannada script. I found there is a lack of consistency in the "roman script", for example, for "ತ್ತು", it is sometimes written as "tu" instead of ttu" (when the ottakshara means the t sound is double) & sometimes non-living things plurals are written as "gallu" for ಗಳು when there is no double L sound. It can be confusing if you are still in the process of learning the KannaDa script and rely on this book to learn. Also, it seems the author is writing the ತ as th, in order to differenciate it from the other T ಟ which I have seen in other resources as well, but it can be taken as an "aspirated" t sound which is a totally different letter. (From the beginning my teacher had told me to use small letters for "dental" sounds and Capitals for "palatal" sounds which is how I take my notes now and it helps me then when I need to write in KannaDa script). This book also gives you the name in KannaDa for "masculine" (pullinga), feminine (strilinga) etc which is handy if you want to do some research on the internet for more information (eg. youtube videos). I think this is a great resource whether you are starting from scratch or have done a few Spoken KannaDa classes and you want to work on your grammar. I am grateful to have found this book! Tumba dhanyavadagaLu!
B**Y
A reference guide, not a course
This book presents plenty of useful information, sorted neatly into chapters by grammatical topic. It also includes plenty of example sentences and vocabulary lists. However it is not a book from which a beginner can learn Kannada. There are no exercises, no drip-fed content, no learning curve. No slow introduction to reading, one or two characters at a time. No writing or translation tasks. No means to assimilate all the information at a manageable rate. Memorising the contents of the book might leave you with a good knowledge of Kannada, but that's not how we learn languages. Also there are one or two proofreading errors, including a few mentions of Hindi, a language which does not appear anywhere in this book. Probably a legacy of the template on which this book is based. I'll keep the book for now as a reference, but I'm definitely going to need something else to get me started.
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