noun
tingalu
"month"
"month" in spoken Kannada is tingalu. It's a noun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 8: Nice to Meet You — Office Introductions of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note cognate with Tamil 'tingal'; dative tingalige = 'for a month'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. tingalu is used in Lesson 8 (Nice to Meet You — Office Introductions, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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