verb (hortative)
kudiyona
"let's drink"
"let's drink" in spoken Kannada is kudiyona. It's a verb (hortative) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 1: Hello — First Meeting of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note from kudi (to drink); -ona ending = 'let's ___', like Hindi -em
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. kudiyona is used in Lesson 1 (Hello — First Meeting, CEFR A1), a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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