ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಲಿಯಿರಿ : LESSON 17

MAKING THE LETTERS WITH HAND

ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಕ್ಷರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅಂಕೆಗಳು
Vowels, Consonants and Numerals in Kannada

17.1. ಸ್ವರಾಕ್ಷರಗಳು

17.2. ವ್ಯಂಜನಾಕ್ಷರಗಳು

17.3.

Note: From the table given above, you will get an idea about the Consonant+ Vovel combination  of letters. You already know their sounds  in your speech and reading. You  see here short vowels, ಕ, ಕಿ, ಕೆ, ಕು, ಕೆ and ಕೊ,  and, long vowels, ಕಾ, ಕೀ, ಕೇ and ಕೋ.

The other remaining combinations in this series are: ಕೃ, ಕೈ and ಕೌ.

There are only 6 Mahapranas (ಮಹಾಪ್ರಾಣಗಳು) : ಖ, ಛ, ಝ, ಢ ಥ and, ಫ. Please note the difference in change in the letters:

ಕ and ಖ        ಚ and ಛ

ಜ and ಝ      ಡ and ಢ

ತ and ಥ       ಪ and ಫ

There is no need to learn to read or write all of them because you already know from the lessons that some of them are not at all in use in certain forms. You have also understood tha it is not of much use  to learn writing letters as single letters. To give a curious example, learning to say or write ಞಿ or ಞಾ is a useless exercise though these sounds are there in combination with other consonants, for example, ನಿಷ್ಣಾತ (clever, expert) ಆಜ್ಞೆ (order) ಜ್ಞಾನ (knowledge) .

17.4. ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಂಕೆಗಳು