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Answer in your head (or on paper), then check the answer key at the bottom of the page. A new quiz every week.

Quiz 1: Kannada basics

Q1. What does ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (नमस्कार) mean?

Q2. How do you say "Thank you" in Kannada?

Q3. At a shop you ask ಇದು ಎಷ್ಟು? (इदु एष्टु?). What are you asking?

Q4. Which number is ಮೂರು (मूरु)?

Q5. Your friend says ಹೋಗೋಣ! What should you do?

Puzzle: Guess the script

All three words below mean water. Which language is each one written in?

A) ನೀರು    B) నీరు    C) நீர்

Answer key

Q1 Hello, a polite greeting for any time of day. · Q2 ಧನ್ಯವಾದ (धन्यवाद) · Q3 How much is this? · Q4 3 · Q5 Get going: it means "Let's go!"

Puzzle A) Kannada, B) Telugu, C) Tamil. Kannada and Telugu letters look like cousins; Tamil has its own rounder style.

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