verb (necessitive)
oppikollabeku
"(I) have to admit / accept"
"(I) have to admit / accept" in spoken Kannada is oppikollabeku. It's a verb (necessitive) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 15: Almost Ordered That — Dinner, Dessert, and the Bill of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note oppikollu (accept) + -beku (must); -beku = Hindi '-naa parutaa hai'
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. oppikollabeku is used in Lesson 15 (Almost Ordered That — Dinner, Dessert, and the Bill, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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