bhēṭiyāde
"I met / visited" in spoken Kannada is bhēṭiyāde. It's a verb (past, 1sg) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 10: I Went to Mysuru of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note bhēṭi + āgu; person met takes -annu accusative (Kiraṇ-nannu bhēṭiyāde)
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. bhēṭiyāde is used in Lesson 10 (I Went to Mysuru, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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