verb (hortative)
hōgōṇa
"let's go"
"let's go" in spoken Kannada is hōgōṇa. It's a verb (hortative) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 7: Shall We Go to the Language Café? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note hortative of hōgu; -ōṇa ending = 'let's ___', like Tamil -pōm
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. hōgōṇa is used in Lesson 7 (Shall We Go to the Language Café?, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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