adjective (neuter form)
doddadu
"big (one)"
"big (one)" in spoken Kannada is doddadu. It's a adjective (neuter form) 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 dodda + -du; stands alone as 'the big one'. Attributive form is dodda + noun
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. doddadu 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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