verb (3rd person fem. present)
hēḷuttāḷe
"she tells / she says"
"she tells / she says" in spoken Kannada is hēḷuttāḷe. It's a verb (3rd person fem. present) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 12: Ravi Asks, Anu Answers — Direct Objects at the Bookstore of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note from root hēḷu 'say'; masc. form hēḷuttāne
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. hēḷuttāḷe is used in Lesson 12 (Ravi Asks, Anu Answers — Direct Objects at the Bookstore, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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