అది

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See also: అందు, అందె, and అందం

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *atu. Cognate with Kannada ಅದು (adu), Malayalam അത് (atŭ), Tamil அது (atu).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ad̪i/

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Pronoun

అది • (adi)

  1. non-masculine third-person singular distal pronoun; it or she

Usage notes

  • తాను (tānu), the reflexive pronoun, is becoming more popular among young speakers as a casual way to refer to both males and females.

See also

  • Telugu pronouns imply varying levels of formality. In this chart, the top entry in any cell is the most informal, while the bottom is the most formal.
Telugu 3rd-person pronouns
distal proximal
singular plural singular plural
male వాడు (vāḍu)
అతను (atanu)/అతడు (ataḍu)
ఆయన (āyana)
వారు (vāru) 		వాళ్లు (vāḷlu)
వారు (vāru) 		వీడు (vīḍu)
ఇతను (itanu)
ఈయన (īyana)
వీరు (vīru) 		వీళ్లు (vīḷlu)
వీరు (vīru)
female అది (adi)
ఆమె (āme)
ఆవిడ (āviḍa)
వారు (vāru) 		వాళ్లు (vāḷlu)
వారు (vāru) 		ఇది (idi)
ఈమె (īme)
ఈవిడ (īviḍa)
వీరు (vīru) 		వీళ్లు (vīḷlu)
వీరు (vīru)
non-human అది (adi) అవి (avi) ఇది (idi) ఇవి (ivi)
reflexive తాను (tānu) తాము (tāmu) - -
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