verb (root)
oppisu
"to persuade / convince"
"to persuade / convince" in spoken Kannada is oppisu. It's a verb (root) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 16: At the Market — Numbers and Prices of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note oppisidri = you persuaded (formal past); oppisidde = I persuaded.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. oppisu is used in Lesson 16 (At the Market — Numbers and Prices, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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