verb phrase (past)
iṣṭa āyitu
"I liked it / it was liked"
"I liked it / it was liked" in spoken Kannada is iṣṭa āyitu. It's a verb phrase (past) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 9: How Was It? — Recapping the Language Café of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note dative subject construction: nanage iṣṭa āyitu (lit. 'to me liking happened'), like Hindi mujhe pasand āyā
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. iṣṭa āyitu is used in Lesson 9 (How Was It? — Recapping the Language Café, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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