noun
gaṇṭe
"hour / o'clock / bell"
"hour / o'clock / bell" in spoken Kannada is gaṇṭe. It's a noun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 7: Shall We Go to the Language Café? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note aidu gaṇṭege = 'at five o'clock' (takes dative -ge for time)
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. gaṇṭe is used in Lesson 7 (Shall We Go to the Language Café?, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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