verb (imperative)
aarisu
"to turn off / to extinguish"
"to turn off / to extinguish" in spoken Kannada is aarisu. It's a verb (imperative) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 19: Winding Down at Night — Door, Light, Sleep of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note deepa aarisu = switch off the light; participle aarisi = 'having switched off'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. aarisu is used in Lesson 19 (Winding Down at Night — Door, Light, Sleep, CEFR B1), a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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