Enjoy maadi!

Almost every Indian language has an English mixed version, more popularly known as Hinglish (Hindi + English), Tanglish (Tamil + english) etc.

Kannada is no exception. And I personally find Kanglish (Kannada + English) pretty cute :) So here's a small crash course on Kanglish. It's easy! You just have to remember three things:

1. Append every question with an "aa".
For eg. "Tomorrow holidayaa?", "You're comingaa? When? Nowaa?"

2. Append every noun with a "u". The very first words I learnt in Kannada were: Leftu, Rightu, Straightu. (to give directions to the auto wallah ;) Can also be added for words like Boss-u , address-u, market-u, gate-u, blog-u, job-u, shirt-u, bike-u....ok ok, I know you get the point-u!

3. To every english verb, add the word "maadi" - it means "do", and is nothing but a dummy verb. For eg. Call maadi, work maadi, talk maadi, adjust maadi.
And ofcourse, the ever popular, versatile phrase, the King of Kanglish : "ENJOY MAADI" !
Not only do you say it when you want to wish someone a good time, but also to end a conversation (instead of "Take care" or "have a good one") or maybe sign off an email :) There was a time when I was so addicted to this phrase, that I'd use it a dozen times in a day :D

End of lesson!

What ri, finished readingaa? Now comment maadi ;)