noun
samaya
"time"
"time" in spoken Kannada is samaya. It's a noun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 4: The Weather is Nice Today of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Sanskrit-origin, familiar from Hindi 'samay'; 'samaya gottaagalla' = can't tell the time.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. samaya is used in Lesson 4 (The Weather is Nice Today, CEFR A1), a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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