noun
svāgata
"welcome"
"welcome" in spoken Kannada is svāgata. It's a noun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 1: Hello — First Meeting of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note used with dative: X-ige svāgata = 'welcome to X'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. svāgata is used in Lesson 1 (Hello — First Meeting, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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