pronoun phrase
elliyavaru
"from which place / native of where"
"from which place / native of where" in spoken Kannada is elliyavaru. It's a pronoun phrase 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 -yavaru suffix marks 'person of/from'; Bengaloorinavanu means 'a person from Bengaluru'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. elliyavaru 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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