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Spoken Kannada for Absolute Beginners Kindle Edition

by SANJAY D (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
Spoken Kannada for Absolute Beginners is the most comprehensive English guide for Kannada Language on the market for Absolute beginners: This book is a structured and systematic approach to teach yourself spoken Kannada. Written by a well-experienced teacher specialized in teaching Kannada to foreigners.
What is unique about this book? What makes it better than other Kannada language learning books?
This book is the best in the market because it contains:
• Fun and essential vocabulary and phrases.
• Speaking and listening practice.
• Pronunciation, Cultural notes and Grammar explanation in very detailed manner.
• Kannada Vocabularies, sentences and conversation scenarios are provided.
• 30 plus audio tracks can be downloaded from google drive to listen to. Details are given inside.
• Provided vocabulary, sentences and verb conjugation in memrise application to make the learning experience more fun and intuitive.
• Support from the author will be provided at all times.
• Built using simple, easy to understand English with an elaborate explanation.
At the end of the book, you will be able to speak in Kannada, by making sentences using 3 - 6 words. This is the main and only goal of this book.

Whether you are a foreigner visiting places where Kannada is the main spoken language or you want to interact with a Kannada native speaker in your place or you want to learn a language which is centuries old with lots of cultural values. This book is for you.
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Sanjay D.

Sanjay D. is born and raised in Chennai Tamil Nadu and lives now with his German wife in Karnataka. He taught online over 2000 hours in Indian languages to students from all around the world and his facilitation for Indian languages is growing steadily. “Because I understand how difficult Indian languages can be for foreigners I decided to teach it my way” he said. “Indian languages can be spoken by everyone, you just need the right material for it”.

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No need for further exercise or grammar books. This book contains detailed grammar explanation, exercises and keys.

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Audio Trainer Audio files for Kannada scripts in the book are available for download. Memrise courses are provided for boosting your Kannada learning.

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This book will make you speak 3 to 5 word Kannada sentences and gives you all the confidence for your next conversation in Kannada.

Spoken Kannada for Absolute Beginners
Spoken Tamil for Absolute Beginners
Spoken Telugu for Absolute Beginners
Spoken Malayalam for Absolute Beginners
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Languages Kannada Tamil Telugu Malayalam
Level Beginner Beginner Beginner Beginner

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09PLB3ZM2
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 2, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.2 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

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Sanjay D is born and brought up in southern part of India. He is always fascinated about Indian languages and loved the languages with all his heart. He started teaching Indian languages to many foreigners and through that gained lots of experience in understanding the difficulty foreigners have in learning the Indian languages. So, he prepared an organized and systematic course to help them learn and speak the languages with ease and better pronunciation. The book Spoken Tamil for Absolute Beginners, Spoken Telugu for Absolute Beginners, Spoken Kannada for Absolute Beginners, & Spoken Malayalam for Absolute Beginners is the ultimate result of years of experience in teaching Tamil, Telugu, Kannada & Malayalam to Indians and foreigners.

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Customers find this book to be a clear guide for learning Kannada, with great grammar explanations and lots of vocabulary. Moreover, they appreciate the exercise content, with one customer noting that the exercises are laid out sequentially. Additionally, the book receives positive feedback for its accurate translations.

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Customers find this book to be a clear guide for learning Kannada, with great grammar explanations and lots of vocabulary, making it an excellent resource for beginners.

"...so there's very little learning curve in reading the Roman transliteration...." Read more

"...bonus, at the end of the book lots of Kannada vocabularies, Kannada sentences and different role play scenarios were provided which helped me a lot..." Read more

"The text and explanations are excellent, however Memrise does not have Kannada as an option for supported languages...." Read more

"...friendly, Kannada transliteration and audio, Memrise course for learning vocabularies and sentences, Role play scenarios, Great grammar explanations..." Read more

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Customers like the exercises in the book, with one mentioning that they are all laid out sequentially.

"...The explanations and examples are clear, and the exercises are helpful. The audio files are easily downloaded from the website indicated in the book...." Read more

"...for learning Kannada, There are lots of information on grammar, exercises and keys are provided at the end of each chapter...." Read more

"...It provides tons of information and exercises at the end of each chapter, which is a bonus...." Read more

"...book is packed full with vocabulary, grammar rules, and exercises all laid out sequentially to best aid a beginner's journey to learning...." Read more

4 customers mention "Translation accuracy"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the translation accuracy of the book, with some mentioning they become fluent in Kannada after using it.

"...Transliteration and audio are provided for all the Kannada scripts, this helped me to practise my Kannada pronunciation a lot...." Read more

"...Pros: easy to use, language learner friendly, Kannada transliteration and audio, Memrise course for learning vocabularies and sentences, Role play..." Read more

"...highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn and be fluent in Kannada." Read more

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  • Scott
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and concise guide to spoken Kannada
    Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2022
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    The book is laid out logically and progressively. As beautiful as it may be, there's no Kannada script used (as the focus of the book is the spoken language), so there's very little learning curve in reading the Roman transliteration. (It's OK that no Kannada script is used in this book. Spoken language comes first! Most Indians can text in Roman script anyway.) The explanations and examples are clear, and the exercises are helpful. The audio files are easily downloaded from the website indicated in the book. Listening to the language makes it even more inspiring to learn this language spoken by soon-to-be 60 million speakers.
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  • Ilango/Martina
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended book for Kannada learners!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2021
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    This book is a perfect guide for learning Kannada, There are lots of information on grammar, exercises and keys are provided at the end of each chapter. Transliteration and audio are provided for all the Kannada scripts, this helped me to practise my Kannada pronunciation a lot. As an added bonus, at the end of the book lots of Kannada vocabularies, Kannada sentences and different role play scenarios were provided which helped me a lot in improving my Kannada fluency. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning Kannada and becoming fluent in it.
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  • Carie
    4.0 out of 5 stars No Audio Available
    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023
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    The text and explanations are excellent, however Memrise does not have Kannada as an option for supported languages. Is there anywhere else to listen to the audio files for pronunciation?
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Spoken Kannada is an easy and comprehensive way for beginners to start learning spoken Kannada to
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2021
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    Spoken Kannada for Absolute Beginners is a fantastic book:
    Here are the Pros and cons:
    Pros: easy to use, language learner friendly, Kannada transliteration and audio, Memrise course for learning vocabularies and sentences, Role play scenarios, Great grammar explanations with lots and lots of examples and Exercises with keys.

    Cons: There isn't any real con that i found, the only con that i can say is there isn't any actual Kannada script. But, the author says it's tough and takes a lot of time to learn Kannada script so he skipped it.

    Overall, If you are looking for a book to learn Kannada and want to make Kannada sentences with 4-5 words in short span of time then this book is for you. I strongly believe that this is the best book to learn Kannada.
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  • RPD
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginners
    Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2022
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    When it comes to learning Kannada, there aren't many resources available. When I was searching for a book on Amazon, I could hardly find anything proper. This book, however, fits what I needed. It provides tons of information and exercises at the end of each chapter, which is a bonus. Kannada is a tough language to learn, let me tell you that, but this book makes it much easier to learn Kannada and I found it to be fun as well. The author explains everything in detail with lots of examples and guides you through the whole language learning process. Overall, i would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn and be fluent in Kannada.
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  • Andy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need to begin learning Kannada!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2022
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    I bought this book after studying Sanjay's Tamil book and taking classes from him. I was so inspired by his teaching talents and the thoughtfulness in his language books, that I could hardly wait to explore Kannada. Sanjay has done it again! This book is packed full with vocabulary, grammar rules, and exercises all laid out sequentially to best aid a beginner's journey to learning. I highly recommend it and any books he writes!
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  • K. Madhav
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource for Beginners
    Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2022
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    If you, like me, have minimal familiarity with Kannada, this book is for you. Sanjay explains the nuances of the language in a way that is comprehensible for leaners at every level. It is rare to find a book of this quality that is written with the needs of absolute beginners in mind. I cannot recommend this book enough for anyone seeking to learn the language of P. V. Acharya.
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  • Jock Little
    5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST If You Are Going To Bangalore
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022
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    I've used Sanjay's course for Tamil for a while and it's been fantastic. He is so thorough and provides easy-to-understand examples and explanations. I am so excited to use his Kannada course too! This will be perfect for my upcoming stay in Bangalore!
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  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Learn Kannada
    Reviewed in Germany on June 27, 2023
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    Special thanks to this book. Kannada is important Indian language and it is excellent to find book for learners. Only disadvantage of this book is that it does not contain the script. You learn spoken language but it is not as accurate as with the script.
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  • sunita
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book!
    Reviewed in Canada on February 7, 2022
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    The book was extremely well laid out and made learning this language super easy and straightforward.
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  • Elegant carsrus Pvt Ltd
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best kannada learning book
    Reviewed in India on February 15, 2022
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    its perfect for beginners as like me. This book provides all that is needed for beginners in Kannada - from zero to a confident level. It has sample kannada conversation and sentences at the end of the book which is a bonus.
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  • Niklas Herberger
    3.0 out of 5 stars Super useful but very hard
    Reviewed in Germany on March 26, 2023
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    I recently purchased "Spoken Kannada for Absolute Beginners" and I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, it's practical because it's only in the Latin alphabet, which makes it easy to read and write. However, I found it hard to follow and not very engaging. It seems to be geared towards those who already have some familiarity with the language. If you're an absolute beginner, you might find it challenging to use this book as your only resource for learning Kannada. Overall, I think it's a decent resource for learning Kannada, but it's not the best one out there.
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  • Meenakshi K.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Clear and easy ways of learning with the table format.
    Reviewed in India on March 22, 2022
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    Local colloquial language words are used in appropriate way . Very useful for beginners. I loved the formats too with conversations.
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