pronoun/adverb
obbaḷē
"alone (fem.)"
"alone (fem.)" in spoken Kannada is obbaḷē. It's a pronoun/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.
Grammar note masc. form: obbanē; -ē adds 'only/just'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. obbaḷē 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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