కదా
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
కదా • (kadā)
Usage notes edit
- కదా (kadā) is used when both the speaker and the listener know the information being discussed, and the speaker wishes to bring the matter to the listener's attention.
- కదూ (kadū) is used when the speaker's knowledge about the information being discussed is not certain, while the listener's knowledge, as far as the speaker knows, is definite, and the speaker wants confirmation from the listener.
References edit
- కదా at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- "కదా" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 109