verb (past, 1st person plural)
helidevu
"we told / said"
"we told / said" in spoken Kannada is helidevu. It's a verb (past, 1st person plural) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 9: How Was It? — Recapping the Language Café of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note -devu ending marks 1pl past; cf. helide (I said)
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. helidevu is used in Lesson 9 (How Was It? — Recapping the Language Café, CEFR A2) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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