कारक (ವಿಭಕ್ತಿಗಳು)

[source and explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3xmcQzAiGY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo5b2F_tM5g]

In Kannada, कारक is applied by adding a suffix to the noun/pronoun.

To join the noun with the suffix, we need to use संधि. We have 5 cases for संधि (and some additional exceptional cases).

1. ಅ-ending masculine nouns
2. ಅ-ending feminine nouns
3. ಅ-ending neuter nouns
4. ಎ/ಇ-ending nouns
5. ಉ-ending nouns
6. ಉ/ಊ-ending nouns with at most 2 syllables, and if there are 2 syllables, then they both start with consonants and have short vowels (e.g., ಹಸು)