verb phrase
snaana maadu
"to bathe / shower"
"to bathe / shower" in spoken Kannada is snaana maadu. It's a verb phrase that you'll first encounter in Lesson 18: Hurry Up! — Getting Ready for a Date of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Sanskrit-origin noun snaana (cf. Hindi snaan) + maadu 'do'; reflexive snaana maadikonde = 'I bathed (myself)'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. snaana maadu is used in Lesson 18 (Hurry Up! — Getting Ready for a Date, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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