noun (English loan)
hōṭel
"restaurant / hotel (eatery)"
"restaurant / hotel (eatery)" in spoken Kannada is hōṭel. It's a noun (English loan) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 14: I'd Recommend the Masala Dosa of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note in Bengaluru, hōṭel commonly means eatery, not lodging
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. hōṭel is used in Lesson 14 (I'd Recommend the Masala Dosa, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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