Lesson 3 vocabulary — How do you like Bengaluru? (CEFR A1)

hēge (how) + ide (is); for people switch to hēgiddīra; common opener asking opinion about a place or thing

channāgi (well) + ide (is); for 'I am good' say channāgiddīni, for people use channāgiddāre

ellā (all) + -rū (inclusive); takes plural verb like ellarū iddāre

from hosa (new); feminine hosabaḷu, plural hosabaru; gender-marked like Hindi naya/nayi

Sanskrit-origin, identical to Hindi pratidin and Telugu pratidinam

English loan; in Bengaluru context usually means filter coffee

root kuḍi- (drink) + -utt- present + -ēne 1sg ending; cognate with Tamil kuḍi and Telugu tāgu is the equivalent

Dravidian cognate with Tamil nīr and Telugu nīru

nija (truth) + -āgi (adverbial) + -ū (emphatic); used as an incredulous 'really?!'

Urdu/Persian loan shared across Hindi/Urdu tamāshā

from oṭṭu (joining) + -ige dative; typical in invitations like oṭṭige hōgōṇa (let's go together)

with a negative verb = 'not yet' (innū gottilla); with positive context = 'still / more / even'

context decides meaning; innū bēga = 'too soon / too early'

literally 'there is no harm'; same pragmatic sense as Hindi koi bāt nahīṁ

āmele (later) + sigōṇa, 1pl hortative of sigu (to meet/be found)

-vāra = day-of-week suffix; for 'on Monday' say sōmavāra-dandu; same root as Hindi somvār

from Maṅgaḷa (Mars); cognate with Hindi mangalvār

from Budha (Mercury); cognate with Hindi budhvār

from Guru (Jupiter); cognate with Hindi guruvār / brihaspativār

from Śukra (Venus); cognate with Hindi shukravār

from Śani (Saturn); cognate with Hindi shanivār

from Bhānu (sun); also heard as ravivāra; cognate with Hindi ravivār