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Today we are going to learn some adjective pronouns in Tulu.
Adjective Pronoun is a pronoun used as adjective. For examples: this book, some
friends etc.
There are 3 types:
Demonstrative, Interrogative and Indefinite
Demonstrative Adjective Pronouns are used to point
out specific people or things.
Following are the demonstrative
adjective pronouns used in Tulu:
Tulu
|
Kannada
|
English
|
au, A
|
adu, A
|
That / Those
|
undu, I
|
idu, I
|
This / These
|
At
|
ashTu
|
So much / That much
|
It
|
ishTu
|
So much / This much
|
anchina / anchitti
|
antha
|
Such (Remote)
|
inchina / inchitti
|
intha
|
Such (Proximate)
|
Example:
au enna ill – That is my house (Kannada: adu nanna mane) –
Here ‘au’ is a demonstrative pronoun.
A ill ennau - That house is
mine (Kannada: A mane nannadu) – Here au changes to ‘A’ as a demonstrative adjective pronoun. We can also say 'au ill ennau'
undu Ayena pustaka - This is his book (Kannada: idu avana pustaka)
I pustaka Ernau? - Whose book is this? (Kannada: I pustaka yAradu?)
Interrogative adjective pronouns are used to form questions.
Following are the Interrogative adjective pronouns used in
Tulu:
Tulu
|
Kannada
|
English
|
O / vA
|
yAva
|
Which
|
Et
|
eshTu
|
How much / How many
|
enchi / enchina /
enchitti
|
entha
|
What / Which
|
dAda
|
Enu
|
What
|
Example:
nikk dAda bODu? – What do you want? (Kannada: ninage Enu
bEku?) – Here ‘dAda’ is an interrogative pronoun.
nikk vA pustaka bODu? –
Which book do you want? (Kannada: ninage yAva pustaka bEku?) – Here ‘vA’ is an
interrogative adjective pronoun.
enchina AND? - What happed? (Kannada: Enu Aytu?)
undu enchina (or enchi) bElae? - Which work is this? (Kannada: idu entha kelasa?)
Indefinite adjective pronouns are formed from indefinite
pronouns. Some of the indefinite adjective pronouns used in Tulu are:
Tulu
|
Kannada
|
English
|
kelavu, kela
|
kelavu, kela
|
Some / Several
|
mAta
|
ella
|
All
|
pUra
|
pUrti / pUra
|
Whole
|
ori
|
obba
|
A (M)
|
orti
|
obbaLu
|
A (F)
|
onji
|
ondu
|
A (N)
|
kuDori, kuDorti, kuDonji
|
innobba, innobbaLu, innondu
|
another
|
ontae / kammi /kaDamae / chUru
|
svalpa / kaDime
|
Little / Few
|
pAka
|
halavu
|
Many
|
mast / dinja /jAsti
|
tumba / hechchu
|
Much / Many
|
Example:
mAta batter – All came (Kannada: ellA bandru) – Here ‘mAta’
is an indefinite pronoun.
mAta pettalu batta – All
cows came (Kannada: ellA danagaLu bandavu) - Here ‘mAta’ is an indefinite
adjective pronoun.
orye batte - One (person) came. (Kannada: obbanu bandanu)
ori AN batte - A boy came (Kannada: obba huDuga bandanu)
Let us now make some sentences using these adjective
pronouns:
Tulu: A jana Er?
English: Who is that person?
Kannada: A jana yAru?
Tulu: nikk vA padya ishTa?
English: Which song do you like?
Tulu: I UruDu Et mara uNDu?
English: In this village, how many trees are there?
Kannada: I Uralli eshTu maragaLive
Tulu: A jOkulen leppu!
English: Call those children!
Kannada: A makkaLannu kari!
Tulu: enk It bElae gottuNDu
English: I know this much work
Kannada: nanage ishTu kelasa gottide
Tulu: enk At portu kApere
Apuji
English: I can’t wait so long (I can’t wait that much time)
Kannada: nanage ashTu hottu kAyOke Agalla
Tulu: nikk pira barrae Et
portu bODu?
English: How much time you need to return?
Kannada: ninage vApas barOke eshTu samaya bEku?
Tulu: yAn anchina (anchitti)
janan orala tUtijae
English: I have never seen such a person (that kind of
person)
Kannada: nAnu antha manushyanannu ommeyU nODilla
Tulu: nikk enchina angi
bODu?
English: Which type of shirt do you want?
Kannada: ninage entha angi bEku?
Tulu: inchitti katae enk
ishTa
English: I like such stories (this kind of stories)
Kannada: intha kathe nanage ishTA
Tulu: Aye pOdu kelavu dina
AND
English: It’s been several days since he went
Kannada: avanu hOgi kelavu dinagaLAytu
Tulu: suru pUra katen
kENDoNla
English: Listen to the whole story first
Kannada: modalu pUrti katheyannu kELikO
Tulu: Aye ori javane
English: He is a young man
Kannada: avanu obba yuvaka
Tulu: Al orti teacher
English: She is a teacher
Kannada: avaLu obbLu teacher
Tulu: yAn onji pustaka
dettoNDae
English: I bought a book
Kannada: nAnu ondu pustaka takoNDe
Tulu: vantae dina tarid
barpae
English: I will come after few days (Having spent few days,
I will come)
Kannada: svalpa dina kaLedu bartEne
Tulu: I dinja/jAsti nIr
parODu
English: You should drink much water
Kannada: nInu hechchu nIru kuDibEku
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