Demonstrative Pronouns: dieser, diese, dieses
ಸೂಚಕ ಸರ್ವನಾಮಗಳು: ಇದು, ಅದು
"This/that" pointing words decline exactly like der/die/das from the last lesson — once you know the definite article table, you already know this one too.
Grammar Comparison
ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ
dieser declines exactly like der — a 'der-word'
dieser Mann (this man, masc.) / diese Frau (this woman, fem.) / dieses Kind (this child, neut.) — same endings as der/die/das
ಈ ಮನುಷ್ಯ / ಈ ಹೆಂಗಸು / ಈ ಮಗು (ಈ never changes, regardless of gender)
German groups dieser ('this') and jener ('that') into a class called 'der-words' precisely because they take the same gender/case endings as the definite article you already memorized — swap der for dies-er, die for dies-e, das for dies-es, and the rest of the pattern carries over untouched. Kannada's demonstrative ಈ/ಆ never changes at all, so the whole concept of a pointing-word taking an ending is new — but at least you're not learning a new ending pattern, just applying the one from your very first grammar lesson to a new word.
Vocabulary
ಪದಗಳು
- Kannada
- ಈ ಮನುಷ್ಯee manushya
- English
- this man
- Kannada
- ಈ ಹೆಂಗಸುee hengasu
- English
- this woman
- Kannada
- ಈ ಮಗುee magu
- English
- this child
- Kannada
- ಈ ಗಂಡಸರುee gandasaru
- English
- these men (plural)
- Kannada
- ಆ ದಿನaa dina
- English
- that day (more formal/literary)