suffix (postposition)
-gintha
"than (comparative marker)"
"than (comparative marker)" in spoken Kannada is -gintha. It's a suffix (postposition) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 9: How Was It? — Recapping the Language Café of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note attaches to noun: X-gintha jaasti = more than X; cf. Tamil -vida
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. -gintha is used in Lesson 9 (How Was It? — Recapping the Language Café, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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