adverbial phrase
svalpa hottu
"a little while"
"a little while" in spoken Kannada is svalpa hottu. It's a adverbial phrase that you'll first encounter in Lesson 14: I'd Recommend the Masala Dosa of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note svalpa 'a little' + hottu 'time/while'; hottu is time-duration, not clock time
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. svalpa hottu is used in Lesson 14 (I'd Recommend the Masala Dosa, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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