Friday 22 July 2016

Tulu Lesson 26: Adverbs – Part 1

namaskAra! Welcome back!

Adverbs are words that describe or modify a verb, adjective or another adverb. Generally it expresses manner, place, time, frequency etc. Today, we are going to learn adverbs of time and frequency.

An adverb of time tells us when something is done or happens. An adverb of frequency tells us how often something is done or happens.



Adverbs of Time:

Interrogatives:

Tulu

Kannada

English

Epa

yAvAga

When

Eni

endu

When


Demonstrative:
Tulu
Kannada
English
ittae
Iga
Now
ekAD
Aga / svalpa samayada hinde
At that time / Sometime ago
apaga
AvAga/Aga
Then / At that time
ini
indu
Today
Ani
andu
That day

Miscellaneous:

Tulu

Kannada

English

bokka

matte, AmEle , nantara

After  / Later

kODae

ninne

Yesterday

ellae

nALe

tomorrow

murani

monne

Day before yesterday

ellanji

nALiddu

Day after tomorrow

I vAra

I vAra

This week

A vAra

A vAra

That week

pOyi vAra

hOda vAra

Last Week

barpi vAra

baruva vAra

Next week

I tingol

I tingaLu

This month

A tingol

A tingaLu

That month

pOyi tingol

hOda tingaLu

Last month

barpi tingol

baruva tingaLu

Next month

IvoDu

I varsha

This year

mUvoDu

kaLeda varsha

Last year

munnoDu

kaLeda varshada hindina varsha

Year before last year

dumbag

baruva varsha / bhavishyadalli

Next year / In the future

barpi orsa

baruva varsha

Next year

pulya /pulyakkala

munjAne

Dawn / Early morning

kANDae / bolpugu

beLagge

Morning

madyana

madhyAhna

Noon / Afternoon

bayya

sanje

Evening

rAtrae

rAtri

Night

naDir / naDirl

madhya rAtri

Midnight

pagel

hagalu

Day time

ekADe / apagane

avAglE

Already

inchipa

ittIche

Recently

bEga

bEga

Soon

kaDEsa

taDa

Late

kaDes’d / tarid / portAd

taDavAgi

Lately

nana / kuDa

innu

Henceforth / again

magtae

eraDaneya bAri, mattomme

Second time / again

nanala / kuDala

innU

Still / yet

dumbu

hindina kAla

Ago / Past time / Old days

dumbu

modalu/munde

Before / forward

dumb'nAni

hindina dina

Previous Day

manadAni

mArane dina

Next Day

   
Adverbs of Frequency:

Tulu

Kannada

English

Epola

yAvAgalU

Always / Any time / Ever

EpANDala

yAvAgalAdarU

Whenever / Any time

Epogla

yAvattigU

For ever

ora

omme

Once

ain sarti, Aji sarti etc.

aidu sAri, Aru sAri etc.

Five times, six times etc.

orala

ommeyU

Even once

EpANDala ora

yAvAgalAdarU omme

Once in a long time

oravora / kelavora

ommomme / kelavomme

Once in a while, sometimes

apagapaga / gaDi gaDi

AgAga

Now and then, frequently

aparUpa

aparUpa

Seldom, Rarely

dinOla

dinAlU / prati dina

Daily / every day

nana / kuDa

matte / punah

Again

kuDa kuDa

matte matte

Again and Again

magtae magtae

matte matte

Again and Again

nanora / kuDora /magtora

innomme / mattomme

Once again / Once more

mAmUlAd

mAmUlAgi

Usually


Example Sentences:

Tulu: I Epa battini?
English: When did you come?;
Kannada: nInu yAvAga bandaddu?

Tulu: Aye Epa pOpe?
English: When will he go?
Kannada: avanu yAvAga hOgtAne?

Tulu: yAn Epa baroDu?
English: When should I come?
Kannada: nAnu yAvAga barabEku?

Tulu: ittae I dAda maltondulla?
English: What are you doing now?
Kannada: Iga nInu Enu mADtiddIya?

Tulu: yAn ittae battini
English: I came just now
Kannada: nAnu Iga bandaddu

Tulu: Ar ekAD baider
English: He/She has come sometime ago
Kannada: avaru  Aga bandiddAre

Tulu: ekAD yAn ittijae
English: I was not there at that time
Kannada: Aga nAnu iralilla

Tulu: yAn ninan leppuvae, apaga baroDu
English: I will call you and then you should come
Kannada: nAnu ninnannu karitEne, Avaga barabEku

Tulu: yAn battinapaga I ittija
English: At the time I came, you were not there
Kannada: nAnu bandAga, nInu iralilla

Tulu: yAn battinAni I ittija
Tulu: When I came that day, you were not there
Kannada: nAnu banda dina, nInu iralilla

Tulu: ini yAn sAleg pOtijae
English: I have not gone to the school today
Kannada: nAnu ivattu shAlege hOgilla

Tulu: Ani akulu bombaiD itter
English:  That day they were in Mumbai
Kannada: Avattu avaru Mumbai’yalli iddaru

Tulu: yAn niNDa bokka panpae
English: I will tell you later
Kannada: nAnu ninage matte hELtEne

Tulu: yAn ellae benglUrug pOdu, ellanji pira barpae
English: I will go to Bangalore tomorrow and will return day after tomorrow
Kannada: nAnu nALE bengLurige hOgi, nADiddu vApas bartEne

Tulu: yAn dinola pulyakkalag lakkuvae
English: I wake up at dawn daily
Kannada: nAnu dinA munjAne eddELtEne

Tulu: ini bayyag tikk’ga
English: Let us meet this evening 
Kannada: ivattu sanje sigONa

Tulu: inchipag I kuDlag pOtana?
English: Have you been to Mangalore recently?
Kannada: ittIchege nInu mangaLurige hOgiddIya?

Tulu: nikulu I pustakan kuDora OdoDu
English: You must read this book once again
Kannada: nIvu I pustakavannu innomme OdabEku

Tulu: yAn ontae tarid barpae
English: I will come lately
Kannada: nAnu svalpa taDavAgi baruttEne

Tulu: ninaD’d dumbu yAn baidae, I bokka battini
English: I came before you! You came later!
Kannada: ninaginta modalu nAnu bandiddeNe, nInu matte bandaddu

Tulu: dumbuda kAloDu janakleDa mobile ittiji
English: In the old days people didn't have mobile phones
Kannada: hindina kAladalli janara baLi mobile iralilla

Tulu: nana dumbag ancha malpoDchi!
English: Dont do that again in the future!
Kannada: innu munde hAge mADabEDa!

Tulu: yAn orala maisUr’g potijae
English: I have never been to Mysore.
Kannada: nAnu ommeyU maisUrige hOgilla

Tulu: yAn Epola kANDae Aji gaNTeg lakkuvae
English: I always wake up at 6 o’ clock in the morning.
Kannada: nAnu yAvAgalU beLigge Aru gaNTege eddELtEne

Tulu: kelavora Ayeg kOpa barpuNDu
English: Sometimes he gets angry
Kannada: kelavomme avanige kOpa bartade

Tulu: kuDa kuDa avenE paNoDchi!
English: Dont say the same thing again and again!
Kannada: matte matte adannE hELabEDa!

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5 comments:

  1. Awesome Kiran ! I'm from Tulunad. To be precise from Kundapur. Historically we are tuluvas but these days we are attending to lean for Kannada/Karnataka either because of the dominant language of state. The language spoken in kundapur is different. It semantically ,tonally tend more to tulu and grammatically to Kannada. I always wanted to learn our language that binds our culture, Thanks for this wonderful blog. Cheers for love of Tulu

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  2. I am glad to see your love for Tulu :)

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  3. Masth kushiyand e website thud...edde bele malthondullar

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  4. https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Tulu-Language-Can-anyone-please-give-all-tenses-of-a-to-See-in-12-tenses-and-each-tense-in-Affirmative-Negative-and-Interrogative-form-in-Tulu-and-Kannada-respectively-Please

    Would help if you could answer this Kiran, also if you can add such table in your blog - Thanks

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