కదా

Telugu

Alternative forms

గదా (gadā), కా (kā), గా (gā)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kad̪aː/

Particle

కదా • (kadā)

for sure, to be sure
is not it ?; is it not?

Usage notes

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

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

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