KannadaMaadi Sign in
verb (3rd person plural present)

maataadtaare

"they speak / talk"

"they speak / talk" in spoken Kannada is maataadtaare. It's a verb (3rd person plural present) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 6: Many People Speak Kannada Well of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.

Grammar note root maataadu; -taare is the habitual plural ending

Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation

Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. maataadtaare is used in Lesson 6 (Many People Speak Kannada Well, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.

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