verb phrase (past 1pl)
betta hattidevu
"we climbed the hill"
"we climbed the hill" in spoken Kannada is betta hattidevu. It's a verb phrase (past 1pl) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 11: How Was Your Day? of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note root hattu = 'to climb'; 1pl past ending -devu
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. betta hattidevu is used in Lesson 11 (How Was Your Day?, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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