interrogative
eṣṭu
"how much / how many"
"how much / how many" in spoken Kannada is eṣṭu. It's a interrogative that you'll first encounter in Lesson 5: This, That — Pointing Things Out of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Cognate with Tamil ettanai/evvaḷavu; used for quantity and price.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. eṣṭu is used in Lesson 5 (This, That — Pointing Things Out, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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