verb (3rd person plural, present)
mātāḍtāre
"they speak / talk"
"they speak / talk" in spoken Kannada is mātāḍtāre. It's a verb (3rd person plural, present) 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 spoken form of mātāḍuttāre; -tāre = they (do)
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. mātāḍtāre 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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