Kannada Emotions Transliteration Guide: Happy, Sad, Tired and Angry
The Kannada transliteration examples include one wellbeing question and four emotion statements: “How are you?”, “I am happy”, “I am sad”, “I am tired” and “I am angry”. Use the English glosses to choose the right phrase for the feeling you want to express.
Start with these expressions
| English | Transliteration | Native script |
|---|---|---|
| How are you? | hegiddiya | ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀಯ |
| I am happy | nanage santoshavagide | ನನಗೆ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಗಿದೆ |
| I am sad | nanage bejaragide | ನನಗೆ ಬೇಜಾರಾಗಿದೆ |
| I am tired | nanage sustagide | ನನಗೆ ಸುಸ್ತಾಗಿದೆ |
| I am angry | nanage kopa bandide | ನನಗೆ ಕೋಪ ಬಂದಿದೆ |
Tell the question apart from the feeling
The most useful distinction in this small set is sentence purpose. One example asks about another person’s wellbeing; the other four report the speaker’s condition or emotion. So, when someone asks about you, choose the wellbeing question. When you are answering, choose the statement whose English meaning matches your experience: happiness, sadness, tiredness or anger.
Do not treat the four emotion examples as interchangeable. Feeling tired is different from feeling sad, and feeling angry is different from both. The dictionary passage documents the associated Kannada anger word as meaning “passion, wrath, anger” [1]. That supports the anger meaning, but it does not prove extra grammar, register or wider conversational rules for the complete sentence. Keep your choice tied to the English situation you mean.
[1] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
Try it
Which example would you use to ask a friend about their general wellbeing rather than to describe your own emotion?
Choose your answer before reading on.
Check your answer:
Use expression 1 in the table above.
Choose this example because its English gloss is a question about how someone is. The other selected examples are statements describing the speaker as happy, sad, tired or angry, so they answer or report a feeling rather than ask about wellbeing.
Read the English situation first, then select the matching Kannada transliteration without translating word by word. Practise the contrast by asking about wellbeing, then choosing one statement that honestly matches your mood.
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