interrogative adverb
yaake
"why"
"why" in spoken Kannada is yaake. It's a interrogative adverb that you'll first encounter in Lesson 2: Where are you from? — Getting acquainted of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. yaake is used in Lesson 2 (Where are you from? — Getting acquainted, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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