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Lesson 14.55A1

Clothing & Colors

ಬಟ್ಟೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಬಣ್ಣಗಳು

Colors in German are adjectives, so they lean on the adjective-ending logic you'll formalize later — but as vocabulary, the colors and clothing items themselves are simple, high-frequency words worth learning now.

Grammar Comparison

ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ

Colors are adjectives — expect them to take endings later

German

ein rotes Hemd (a red shirt) — rot takes the -es ending, exactly like gut in ein gutes Kind

Kannada

ಕೆಂಪು ಅಂಗಿ (a red shirt) — ಕೆಂಪು never changes

Color words (rot, blau, grün) behave exactly like any other German adjective — invariant in Kannada, but taking an ending in German that depends on the noun's gender and case, following the same der/ein pattern you'll formalize in A2's adjective-endings lesson. For now, just learn the base color words; the endings will click once you've built that lesson's full pattern.

Vocabulary

ಪದಗಳು

rot, blau, grün, gelbroht, blow, gruen, gelp
Kannada
ಕೆಂಪು, ನೀಲಿ, ಹಸಿರು, ಹಳದಿkempu, neeli, hasiru, haladi
English
red, blue, green, yellow
schwarz, weißshvahrts, vys
Kannada
ಕಪ್ಪು, ಬಿಳಿkappu, bili
English
black, white
das Hemddahs hemt
Kannada
ಅಂಗಿangi
English
shirt
die Hosedee HOH-zeh
Kannada
ಪ್ಯಾಂಟುpyaantu
English
pants
die Schuhedee SHOO-eh
Kannada
ಚಪ್ಪಲಿ / ಬೂಟುchappali / bootu
English
shoes