Casual and colloquial Kannada expressions used in everyday speech, not typically taught in textbooks. Front: the Kannada word or phrase. Back: English meaning.
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- ಏನ್ ಮಾರಾಯ (en maaraaya)
- Hey man, casual friendly address common in coastal Karnataka
- ಲೇ (le)
- Hey, a casual attention-getter used among peers
- ಏನ್ ಗುರು (en guru)
- What's up buddy, casual Bangalore slang greeting
- ಸೂಪರ್ (super)
- Cool, awesome
- ಬಿಂದಾಸ್ (bindaas)
- Carefree, chill, without worry
- ಫುಲ್ ಆಗಿ (full aagi)
- Totally, completely, an informal intensifier
- ಗುರು (guru)
- Dude, buddy, an informal address to a male friend
- ಮಗನೇ (magane)
- Dude!, man!, a vocative call used between close male friends
- ಏನ್ ಸಮಾಚಾರ (en samaachaara)
- What's up, what's the news, casual
- ಟೈಮ್ ಪಾಸ್ (time pass)
- Killing time, doing something just for fun with no real purpose
- ಫುಲ್ ಟೆನ್ಶನ್ (full tension)
- Very stressed out, worried
- ಜಸ್ಟ್ (just)
- Just, simply, a common filler word in casual speech
- ಲೊಚ್ಚ (loccha)
- A cheat, a swindler, someone untrustworthy
- ಪಿರ್ ಪಿರ್ ಮಾಡಬೇಡ (pir pir maadabeda)
- Don't nag, stop complaining repeatedly
- ಫಟಾಫಟ್ (fataaphat)
- Quickly, right away, in a jiffy
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