verb (present, 2nd person formal, interrogative)
māḍuttīrā
"do you do (formal)"
"do you do (formal)" in spoken Kannada is māḍuttīrā. It's a verb (present, 2nd person formal, interrogative) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 2: Where are you from? — Getting acquainted of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note māḍu (do) + -ttīri (you-formal) + -ā (question marker)
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. māḍuttīrā is used in Lesson 2 (Where are you from? — Getting acquainted, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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