Hobbies & Free Time
ಹವ್ಯಾಸಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಬಿಡುವಿನ ವೇಳೆ
Talking about hobbies leans heavily on gern, a small adverb that attaches to a verb to mean 'like to' — filling a gap Kannada closes with its own dedicated liking construction.
Grammar Comparison
ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ
gern attaches to the verb; Kannada attaches liking to the noun
Ich lese gern. (I like to read — gern modifies lese directly, no separate 'like' verb)
ನನಗೆ ಓದೋದು ಇಷ್ಟ. (to-me reading is-liked — a separate liking word, ಇಷ್ಟ, takes the activity as its subject)
Kannada expresses liking with a dedicated word, ಇಷ್ಟ ('liking/pleasing'), that pairs with the liked activity as its grammatical subject and the liker in the dative — structurally close to English 'reading pleases me'. German instead skips a separate 'like' verb entirely for everyday preferences and just tucks gern next to the action verb: lese gern, spiele gern, koche gern. There's no direct word-for-word translation of gern — treat it as a modifier meaning 'happily/with pleasure' bolted onto whatever verb names the hobby.
Vocabulary
ಪದಗಳು
- Kannada
- ನನಗೆ ಓದೋದು ಇಷ್ಟ.nanage odode ishta.
- English
- I like to read.
- Kannada
- ನನಗೆ ಫುಟ್ಬಾಲ್ ಆಡೋದು ಇಷ್ಟ.nanage football aadode ishta.
- English
- I like to play football.
- Kannada
- ಹವ್ಯಾಸhavyaasa
- English
- hobby
- Kannada
- ಈಜುeeju
- English
- to swim
- Kannada
- ಹಾಡುhaadu
- English
- to sing
- Kannada
- ಚಿತ್ರ ಬಿಡಿಸುchitra bidisu
- English
- to paint