pronoun (proximal, masc)
ivanu
"this man / he (near)"
"this man / he (near)" in spoken Kannada is ivanu. It's a pronoun (proximal, masc) 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 used only for people, not objects; distal counterpart is avanu
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. ivanu 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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