verb (present, 2nd person formal)
maataadutteeraa
"do you speak (formal)"
"do you speak (formal)" in spoken Kannada is maataadutteeraa. It's a verb (present, 2nd person formal) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 2: Where are you from? — Getting acquainted of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note maataadu (speak) + -utteeraa; same question suffix as maadutteeraa
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. maataadutteeraa is used in Lesson 2 (Where are you from? — Getting acquainted, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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