verb phrase (imperative)
batte haakiko
"put on clothes / get dressed"
"put on clothes / get dressed" in spoken Kannada is batte haakiko. It's a verb phrase (imperative) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 18: Hurry Up! — Getting Ready for a Date of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note batte 'cloth' + haaku 'put' + -iko reflexive (-ikollu shortened in speech)
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. batte haakiko is used in Lesson 18 (Hurry Up! — Getting Ready for a Date, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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