need help to translate in Kannada !

mefisto9 · Oct 11th, 2007, 16:46

Hi all,

Next monday I arrive to Blore , I would like to greet my new colleagues in their own language, ( I guess is kannada?!?). Could anyonne of you help me translate (in phonetics) into kannada the next sentence:

" Hello my name is Neil, and I´m very happy to be here in Bangalore"

thnx a lot

jyotirmoy · Oct 11th, 2007, 16:55

Hello my name is Neil: Hello nannahesaru Neil
I´m very happy to be here in Bangalore: Nanage Bangaluru ishtawagide

iloveindia1234 · Oct 11th, 2007, 17:02

well....the previous post told it all.

If you cant get the long sentence right you can just say

Namaskara. naanu Neil

( Hello i am Neil)

Good luck

nayan · Oct 11th, 2007, 17:07

beware : your new colleagues may not be kannada. They may well be from delhi or mumbai or kolkata etc.... In that case they may be clueless when they hear you speaking in kannada.

jyotirmoy · Oct 11th, 2007, 17:09

In that case add in the same breath
Hello mera nam Neil. Bangalore ake mein bahut khush hoon.

mefisto9 · Oct 11th, 2007, 19:37

thnx a lot for the hint, I hope to speak it right.
jyotirmoy: you last post is Hindi??

anyway I must find out first if there is a majority of "bangaloreans" at the office...I gave it for granted, and very probably that´s a mistake in India

Prashant.M · Oct 11th, 2007, 19:40

Yeah, as others have mentioned your colleagues may not all be Kannadigas.

"Hello my name is Neil":
Namaskara: Nam ass car aah
Nanna: Nun nah
Hesaru: Heh sah rue
Neil: Neilu

just joking, we Kannadigas have the habit have adding oo to most of the English words.

Now say it all together: Nam-ass-car-aah Nun-nah Heh-sah-rue Neilu

"and I´m very happy to be here in Bangalore":
There is no direct translation for this and frankly I am struggling.

Bangalore-ee-gay bun-the-dhu nun-aa-gay bar-ree khu-she aa-ghee-dhey

Above 'ghee' starts with a hard G as in go. The individual words should be said a little fast, but not too fast

.

Phew!

Hope this helps.

mefisto9 · Oct 11th, 2007, 19:47

thnx Prashant, very helpfull

if ghee is a hard G (go)

how to pronounce the rest "g" (like in general)?

mefisto9 · Oct 11th, 2007, 20:22

Again I would like to ask you how to say "thank you" !!!!

Prashant.M · Oct 11th, 2007, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by mefisto9

thnx Prashant, very helpfull

if ghee is a hard G (go)

how to pronounce the rest "g" (like in general)?

Sorry, didn't understand. Please clarify further. If you are asking about 'gay' then it's the same pronunciation as the english word 'gay'.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mefisto9

Again I would like to ask you how to say "thank you" !!!!

Thanks or Thank you. No I am not pulling your leg. We use this most of the time. The Kannada word would be Dhanyavaada - Dhan-yeah-waa-dha. Using 'Dhanyavaada' is rare and considered quaint. However, if you use it then people will be delighted

.

Hindi word for 'Thanks' is the same, just a wee bit shortened. Dhanyavaad - Dhan-yeah-waa-dh.

mefisto9 · Oct 11th, 2007, 21:22

thnx again, I really want to give a nice first impression, since you just have one chance to do it.

Prashant.M · Oct 11th, 2007, 22:19

Mefisto, do tell us how it went. If things go wrong then blame me for it

.

mefisto9 · Nov 1st, 2007, 20:23

hi, I must say that in the end most of the ppl in my office are not kannada speakers, so they understood nothig (better if I had used mayalayam...), yet for the kannada speakers, my speech was also useless , yet it was a funny momment and all of them end up laughing quite a while, so i may say, it was a success,

Prashant.M · Nov 2nd, 2007, 11:19

Glad to hear that it broke the ice successfully. Just curious about what went wrong. Accent or pronunciation?

jyotirmoy · Nov 2nd, 2007, 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by mefisto9

thnx Prashant, very helpfull

if ghee is a hard G (go)

how to pronounce the rest "g" (like in general)?

As in ghetto..replace the tto with another e.... Ghee

Oct 11th, 2007, 16:46	#1
mefisto9 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 27	need help to translate in Kannada ! Hi all, Next monday I arrive to Blore , I would like to greet my new colleagues in their own language, ( I guess is kannada?!?). Could anyonne of you help me translate (in phonetics) into kannada the next sentence: " Hello my name is Neil, and I´m very happy to be here in Bangalore" thnx a lot

Oct 11th, 2007, 19:40	#7
Prashant.M Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 835	Yeah, as others have mentioned your colleagues may not all be Kannadigas. "Hello my name is Neil": Namaskara: Nam ass car aah Nanna: Nun nah Hesaru: Heh sah rue Neil: Neilu just joking, we Kannadigas have the habit have adding oo to most of the English words. Now say it all together: Nam-ass-car-aah Nun-nah Heh-sah-rue Neilu "and I´m very happy to be here in Bangalore": There is no direct translation for this and frankly I am struggling. Bangalore-ee-gay bun-the-dhu nun-aa-gay bar-ree khu-she aa-ghee-dhey Above 'ghee' starts with a hard G as in go. The individual words should be said a little fast, but not too fast . Phew! Hope this helps. __________________ Happiness is just a thought away

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Oct 11th, 2007, 16:55	#2
jyotirmoy Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 4,386	Hello my name is Neil: Hello nannahesaru Neil I´m very happy to be here in Bangalore: Nanage Bangaluru ishtawagide

Oct 11th, 2007, 17:02	#3
iloveindia1234 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 116	well....the previous post told it all. If you cant get the long sentence right you can just say Namaskara. naanu Neil ( Hello i am Neil) Good luck

Oct 11th, 2007, 17:07	#4
nayan Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: hyderabad/tokyo Posts: 696	beware : your new colleagues may not be kannada. They may well be from delhi or mumbai or kolkata etc.... In that case they may be clueless when they hear you speaking in kannada.

Oct 11th, 2007, 17:09	#5
jyotirmoy Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 4,386	In that case add in the same breath Hello mera nam Neil. Bangalore ake mein bahut khush hoon.

Oct 11th, 2007, 19:37	#6
mefisto9 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 27	thnx a lot for the hint, I hope to speak it right. jyotirmoy: you last post is Hindi?? anyway I must find out first if there is a majority of "bangaloreans" at the office...I gave it for granted, and very probably that´s a mistake in India

Oct 11th, 2007, 19:47	#8
mefisto9 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 27	thnx Prashant, very helpfull if ghee is a hard G (go) how to pronounce the rest "g" (like in general)?

Oct 11th, 2007, 20:22	#9
mefisto9 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 27	Again I would like to ask you how to say "thank you" !!!!

Oct 11th, 2007, 21:22	#11
mefisto9 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 27	thnx again, I really want to give a nice first impression, since you just have one chance to do it.

Oct 11th, 2007, 22:19	#12
Prashant.M Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 835	Mefisto, do tell us how it went. If things go wrong then blame me for it .

Nov 1st, 2007, 20:23	#13
mefisto9 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 27	hi, I must say that in the end most of the ppl in my office are not kannada speakers, so they understood nothig (better if I had used mayalayam...), yet for the kannada speakers, my speech was also useless , yet it was a funny momment and all of them end up laughing quite a while, so i may say, it was a success,

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Nov 2nd, 2007, 11:19	#14
Prashant.M Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 835	Glad to hear that it broke the ice successfully. Just curious about what went wrong. Accent or pronunciation?