kālu
"quarter / one-fourth" in spoken Kannada is kālu. It's a noun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 16: At the Market — Numbers and Prices of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Also means 'leg'; context disambiguates. In time = 15 min.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. kālu is used in Lesson 16 (At the Market — Numbers and Prices, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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