verb (compound)
order maadu
"to order (food)"
"to order (food)" in spoken Kannada is order maadu. It's a verb (compound) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 15: Almost Ordered That — Dinner, Dessert, and the Bill of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note English 'order' + maadu ('do'); same pattern as Hindi 'order karnaa'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. order maadu is used in Lesson 15 (Almost Ordered That — Dinner, Dessert, and the Bill, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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