verb (1sg present habitual)
kuḍiyuttēne
"I drink"
"I drink" in spoken Kannada is kuḍiyuttēne. It's a verb (1sg present habitual) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 3: How do you like Bengaluru? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note root kuḍi- (drink) + -utt- present + -ēne 1sg ending; cognate with Tamil kuḍi and Telugu tāgu is the equivalent
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. kuḍiyuttēne is used in Lesson 3 (How do you like Bengaluru?, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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