noun / fraction
mukkaalu
"three-quarters"
"three-quarters" in spoken Kannada is mukkaalu. It's a noun / fraction 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 in time-telling: elu mukkaalu = 7:45 (literally 'seven three-quarters'), a Dravidian pattern unfamiliar to Hindi speakers
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. mukkaalu 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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