noun / adjective
tada
"late / delay"
"late / delay" in spoken Kannada is tada. It's a noun / adjective that you'll first encounter in Lesson 18: Hurry Up! — Getting Ready for the Movie of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note tada aaytu = 'it became late'; tada maadu = 'to delay'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. tada is used in Lesson 18 (Hurry Up! — Getting Ready for the Movie, CEFR B1), a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
Open Lesson 18