bele
"price / cost" in spoken Kannada is bele. It's a noun (feminine) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 16: At the Market — Numbers and Prices of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Pair with dative -ge: kilo-ge bele = price per kilo.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. bele is used in Lesson 16 (At the Market — Numbers and Prices, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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