adverbial phrase
kelavu sāri
"sometimes"
"sometimes" in spoken Kannada is kelavu sāri. It's a adverbial phrase that you'll first encounter in Lesson 6: Many People Speak Kannada Well of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note literally 'few times'; kelavu = few, sāri = time/occasion
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. kelavu sāri is used in Lesson 6 (Many People Speak Kannada Well, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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