pronoun / quantifier
ibbarū
"both (of them / us / you)"
"both (of them / us / you)" in spoken Kannada is ibbarū. It's a pronoun / quantifier that you'll first encounter in Lesson 7: Shall We Go to the Language Café? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note ibbaru 'two people' + -ū 'also/all'; nāvibbarū = 'we both'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. ibbarū is used in Lesson 7 (Shall We Go to the Language Café?, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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