Tulu Lesson 22: Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns

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Today we are going to learn something very easy i.e. Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns. We have already learned Subjective (Personal) pronouns in the lesson 2.

An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun which is used in order to ask questions. In Tulu we have following interrogative pronouns:

Tulu	Kannada	English
dAda	Enu	What
enchina	Enu / entadu	What
Er	yAru	Who
ov	yAvudu	Which one

Declensions of these pronouns are same as Subjective (Personal) Pronouns. But these pronouns are used in only some cases.

Examples:

Eren – whom (yArannu)

EreDd – from/by whom (yArinda)

Ereg – for/to whom (yArige)

Erna – whose (yAra)

ErDa – with/to whom (yAralli/yArondige)

dAden – what (Enannu)

enchinen – what (Enannu)

enchineg – to/for what (Enakke)

oven (oin) – which one (yAvudannu)

oiDd – from/by which (yAvudarinda)

oik – for/to which (yAvudakke)

oita – of which (yAvudara)

oiT – in which (yAvudaralli)

oiTa – with/to which (yAvudarondige)

Let us now make some sentences using these pronouns:

Tulu: ninna pudar dAda (or enchina)?

English: What is your name?

Kannada: ninna hesaru Enu?

Tulu: au dAda?

English: What is that?

Kannada: adu Enu?

Tulu: I dAda bElae malpuni?

English: What job do you do?

Kannada: nInu Enu kelasa mADuvudu?

Tulu: Er battini?

English: Who came?

Kannada: yAru bandadu?

Tulu: I kathen Er baretini?

English: Who has written this story?

Kannada: I katheyannu yAru barediruvudu

Tulu: undu Erna ill?

English: Whose house is this?

Kannada: idu yAra mane?

Tulu: EreDa paNDa?

English: With whom did you tell?

Kannada: yAralli hELide?

Tulu: I raDD angileD nikk ov Avu?

English: Which one do you chose from these two shirts?

Kannada: I eraDu angigaLalli ninage yAvudu AdItu?

An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not refer to any person or thing in particular. Some of the indefinite Pronouns in Tulu are:

Tulu	Kannada	English
dAla	EnU	Anything
dAdANDala	EnAdarU	Anything / Something
dAdana	EnO	Something
Erla	yArU	Anyone
EraNDala	yArAdarU	Anyone / Someone
Era	yArO	Someone
ovla	yAvudU	Anything
ovvANDala	yAvudAdarU	Anything
ovva	yAvudO	Something
oriye	obba	One person (M)
orti	obbaLu	One person (F)
onji	ondu	One thing
kuDonji	innondu	Another thing
kuDoriye	innobba	Another Person (M)
kuDorti	innobbaLu	Another Person (F)
mAta	ella	All
mAter	ellaru	All people
mAterla	ellArU	Everyone
mAtala	ellavU	Everything
kelavu	kelavu	Some
kelever	kelavaru	Some People

Declensions of these pronouns are same as Subjective (Personal) Pronouns. But these pronouns are used in only some cases. Also, the case suffixes should be added to the crude form before the suffixes ‘la’, ‘na’ or ‘a’

Examples:

dAla (dAda + la) = Anything (EnU)

dAdeg’la = for/to anything (EnakkU)

dAden’la = Anything (EnannU)

dAdANDala (dAda + ANDala) = Anything (EnAdarU)

dAdegANDala = for/to anything (EnakkAdrU0

dAdana (dAda + na) = Something (EnO)

dAdega = for/to something (EnakkO)

Erla (Er + la) = Anyone (yArU)

EreDd’la = From anyone (yArindalU)

EreDala = With/to anyone (yArondigU)

Era (Er + a) = Someone (yArO)

Erega = for/to someone (yArigO)

EreDana = With/to someone (yArondigO)

oikk'la = For/to anything (yAvudakkU)

oiDda = From something (yAvudarindalO)

oriyen = One person (M) (obbanannu)

ortiDd = from one person (F) (obbaLinda)

onjek = for/to one thing (ondakke)

kuDortiDa = with/to another person (F) (innobbaLinda)

mAtek’la =for/to everything (elladakkU)

mAtereDd’la = From everyone (ellarindalU)

kelavereg = for/to some people (kelavarige)

Let us now make some sentences using these pronouns:

Tulu: nikk dAla paNDrae (paNyerae) uNDa?

English: Do you have anything to say?

Kannada: ninage EnAdarU hELalikke ideya?

Tulu: pODyoDchi, dAla Apuji!

English: Don’t fear, nothing will happen!

Kannada: hedarbEDa, EnU Agalla!

Tulu: dAdANDala malpula

English: Do something

Kannada: EnAdarU mAdu

Tulu: Ayeg dAdana At’ND

English: Something has happened to him.

Kannada: avanige EnO Agide

Tulu: illaD Erla ullera?

English: Is anyone home?

Kannada: maneyalli yArAdarU iddIra?

Tulu: Erla ijjer

English: No one is there

Kannada: yArU illa

Tulu: dayadId, ErANDala enk sAya malpule

English: Please someone help me

Kannada: dayaviTTu, yArAdarU nanage sahAya mADi

Tulu: ninan Era lettonduller

English: Someone is calling you

Kannada: ninnannu yAro karitA iddAre

Tulu: Era baider

English: Someone has come

Kannada: yArO bandiddAre

Tulu: Era baidijer

English: Someone has not come

Kannada: yArO bandilla

Tulu: Erla baidijer

English: No one has come

Kannada: yArU bandilla

Tulu: EreDala paNoDchi

English: Don’t say with anyone

Kannada: yArallU hELabEDa

Tulu: Ar EreDana kENDer

English: He/She asked with someone

Kannada: avaru yArallO kELidaru

Tulu: oriye udda itte, kuDoriye kudya itte

English: One was tall and the other was short

Kannada: obba udda idda, innobba giDDa idda

Tulu: mAta pOyer

English: All went

Kannada: ellA hoDaru

Tulu: mAterla ninan tUvondu itter

English: Everyone was looking at you

Kannada: ellarU ninnannu nODuttiddaru

Tulu: mAtala sama ApuNDu

English: Everything will be alright

Kannada: ellavU sari Agtade

Tulu: kelavu batta, kelavu nanala baidija

English: Some came (have arrived), but some have not come yet

Kannada: kelavu bandavu, kelavu innU bandilla

Tulu: kelaver ini pOper, oridinakulu ellae pOper

English: Some will go today, rest of them will go tomorrow

Kannada: kelavaru ivattu hOgtAre, uLidavaru nALe hOgtAre

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