noun
kaadu
"forest / woods"
"forest / woods" in spoken Kannada is kaadu. It's a noun 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 oblique/genitive stem kaadina- (kaadina olage = 'inside the forest')
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. kaadu 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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