oṭṭu
"total / in total" in spoken Kannada is oṭṭu. It's a noun/adverb that you'll first encounter in Lesson 11: How Was Your Day? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. oṭṭu is used in Lesson 11 (How Was Your Day?, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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