verb (present continuous, 1st person)
kaliyuttiddēne
"I am learning"
"I am learning" in spoken Kannada is kaliyuttiddēne. It's a verb (present continuous, 1st person) 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 stem kali- + -(y)utta + iddēne (I am); drop -ēne → -īni in casual speech
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. kaliyuttiddēne 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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