interjection / noun
namaskāra
"hello / namaskara (greeting)"
"hello / namaskara (greeting)" in spoken Kannada is namaskāra. It's a interjection / noun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 1: Hello — First Meeting of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note same Sanskrit-origin word as Hindi namaskār; used for both hello and goodbye
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. namaskāra is used in Lesson 1 (Hello — First Meeting, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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