adverb (time)
ninne
"yesterday"
"yesterday" in spoken Kannada is ninne. It's a adverb (time) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 9: How Was It? — Recapping the Language Café of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note time anchor; contrasts with ivattu (today)
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. ninne is used in Lesson 9 (How Was It? — Recapping the Language Café, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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