expression (negative verb phrase)
paravāgilla
"no problem / it's okay"
"no problem / it's okay" in spoken Kannada is paravāgilla. It's a expression (negative verb phrase) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 3: How do you like Bengaluru? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note literally 'there is no harm'; same pragmatic sense as Hindi koi bāt nahīṁ
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. paravāgilla is used in Lesson 3 (How do you like Bengaluru?, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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