pronoun (distal, neuter)
adu
"that / that thing"
"that / that thing" in spoken Kannada is adu. It's a pronoun (distal, neuter) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 5: This, That — Pointing Things Out of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note For far objects; cognate with Tamil adu, Telugu adi.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. adu is used in Lesson 5 (This, That — Pointing Things Out, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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