noun / adjective
sihi
"sweet / dessert"
"sweet / dessert" in spoken Kannada is sihi. It's a noun / adjective that you'll first encounter in Lesson 15: Almost Ordered That — Dinner, Dessert, and the Bill of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note generic term for any sweet dish; cognate sense with Hindi mīṭhā
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. sihi is used in Lesson 15 (Almost Ordered That — Dinner, Dessert, and the Bill, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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