Ordering food in Kannada

Chapter 3: Darshini · Bengaluru, The corner darshini

Learn ordering food in spoken Kannada: ask what’s on and order breakfast; ask for less spice, water, more — or enough. 6 short lessons in English letters.

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How the language works

  • Want, don’t want · Grammar Order anything with two words and a number.

Words and phrases

  • At the counter · Words Ask what’s on and order breakfast.
  • How you like it · Words Ask for less spice, water, more — or enough.
  • Here or to go · Words Eat in or take it away, and pay.

Real conversations

  • Ordering for real · Sentences Build every order you need at a darshini.
  • The breakfast rush · Scene Order, customise and pay at a packed darshini at 8:30am.