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pronoun

neevu

"you (formal / plural)"

"you (formal / plural)" in spoken Kannada is neevu. It's a pronoun that you'll first encounter in Lesson 1: Hello — First Meeting of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.

Grammar note default polite form with strangers; like Hindi aap, Tamil neengal

Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation

Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. neevu is used in Lesson 1 (Hello — First Meeting, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.

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