{"id":12125,"date":"2020-07-12T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T10:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2021-07-06T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:48:59","slug":"kodava-thakk-padipo-session-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-thakk-padipo-session-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodava Thakk Padipo – Session 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first session of the online teaching program ‘Kodava Thakk Padipo<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n

Learning Notes for Session-1<\/h3>\n

Hello Everyone!<\/p>\n

Let us learn the Kodava Language<\/p>\n

nanga kodava thakk pariyana(speak)- Padikana(learn)<\/p>\n

Hope you all are fine?<\/p>\n

ninga ellaru chaayith uLLiira?<\/p>\n

Recap:<\/u><\/p>\n

n<\/u>anga(we or let us)<\/p>\n

ninga(You)<\/p>\n

ellaru (all)<\/p>\n

pariyana( speak)<\/p>\n

padikana( learn)<\/p>\n

Days( dhina)<\/p>\n

Week(waara)<\/p>\n

Good (chaayi)<\/p>\n

aache (Day)<\/p>\n

Let us learn Numbers- one to Ten<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Numbers ( anke??)<\/p>\n

One- ondh<\/p>\n

            *\/dh\/ is nice and soft like the sound in \u2018the\u2019 or \u2018their\u2019<\/p>\n

Two- dhand<\/p>\n

            *\/d\/ is hard and sharp with the tongue curled backwards.<\/p>\n

Three- muundh<\/p>\n

Four- naal<\/p>\n

            *\/aa\/ is a nice and open sound \u2014 the same sound you make when you have to open your mouth at the dentist \u2018aaaahhhhh\u2019!<\/p>\n

Five- anji<\/p>\n

Six- aar<\/p>\n

Seven \u2013 \u00ea\u00eaL<\/p>\n

            *this has a long vowel sound \/\u00ea\u00ea\/ that some of you might not be familiar with. Think of it as the same sound in \u2018shirt\u2019, \u2018her\u2019, \u2018burn\u2019 but without the \/r\/ sound at the end.<\/p>\n

Eight- \u00eatt<\/p>\n

            *this has a short \/\u00ea\/ sound as in \u2018about\u2019 or \u2018assume\u2019.<\/p>\n

Nine- woyimbadh<\/p>\n

Ten- pathth<\/p>\n

Let us now learn to identify few Animals<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Animals( praaNi)<\/p>\n

Cow- payyu<\/p>\n

Horse- kudhure<\/p>\n

Sheep-kori<\/p>\n

Hen- koaLi<\/p>\n

            *\/oa\/ is pronounced like the English \u2018coal\u2019 or \u2018oar\u2019<\/p>\n

            *\/L\/ is pronounced similar to the normal \/l\/ sound but instead with the tongue curled backwards. (See the diagram located below under \u201cPronunciation Notes\u201d)<\/p>\n

Rabbit- mona<\/p>\n

Donkey- kaththe<\/p>\n

            *Remember that the \/th\/ sound is doubled here. This is important! For example:<\/p>\n

                        kaththe<\/u> means \u2018donkey\u2019 whereas<\/p>\n

                        kathe<\/u> means \u2018story\u2019.<\/p>\n

Goat \u2013 aad<\/p>\n

Dog- naayi<\/p>\n

Duck- baathkoaLi<\/p>\n

Cat- Puunynye<\/p>\n

Let us learn the days of the week<\/strong><\/h4>\n

nanga vaara thiira pedha padikana<\/p>\n

Monday- thingLaache<\/p>\n

Tuesday- chowwaache<\/p>\n

Wednesday- padhnaache<\/p>\n

Thursday- beaLache<\/p>\n

Friday- boLLiyaache<\/p>\n

Saturday- cheniaache<\/p>\n

Sunday- naarache<\/p>\n

Pronunciation Notes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Retroflex sounds:<\/p>\n

There might be some sounds that are unfamiliar to you. Let\u2019s take a look at some of them:<\/p>\n

\/L\/ as in koaLi<\/p>\n

\/N\/ as in praaNi,<\/p>\n

\/d\/ as in aad, dhand<\/p>\n

\/t\/ as in aat,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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All of the above consonants are pronounced by bending the tongue backward as we see in the diagram below. Can we all try creating the sounds together?<\/p>\n

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 (Image taken from Wikipedia)<\/p>\n