pronoun
nīvu
"you (formal / plural)"
"you (formal / plural)" in spoken Kannada is nīvu. It's a pronoun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 1: Hello — First Meeting of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note default polite form with strangers; like Hindi āp, Tamil nīṅgaḷ
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. nīvu is used in Lesson 1 (Hello — First Meeting, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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