pronoun (proximal, feminine)
ivaḷu
"this woman / she (near)"
"this woman / she (near)" in spoken Kannada is ivaḷu. It's a pronoun (proximal, feminine) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 5: This, That — Pointing Things Out of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Human proximal; distal counterpart is avaḷu.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. ivaḷu is used in Lesson 5 (This, That — Pointing Things Out, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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