noun / interjection
dhanyavāda
"thank you"
"thank you" in spoken Kannada is dhanyavāda. It's a noun / interjection that you'll first encounter in Lesson 1: Hello — First Meeting of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Sanskrit-origin; same word family as Hindi dhanyavād
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. dhanyavāda is used in Lesson 1 (Hello — First Meeting, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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