verb (compound)
order māḍu
"to order (food)"
"to order (food)" in spoken Kannada is order māḍu. 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 loan + māḍu; conjugates on māḍu (māḍtidde = was ordering)
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. order māḍu 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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