verb (modal)
bēku / bēḍa
"want / don't want"
"want / don't want" in spoken Kannada is bēku / bēḍa. It's a verb (modal) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 13: Did You Bring Me Something? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note subject takes dative: nanage X bēku = 'I want X'; bēḍa is the negative
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. bēku / bēḍa is used in Lesson 13 (Did You Bring Me Something?, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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