Tulu Lesson 15: Negative and Interrogative in Present Perfect Tense

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How was the last lesson? I hope you had no problem with that. Please comment, if you need any help. Today we are going to learn negative and interrogative form of sentences in Present Perfect Tense.

You already know to make verb stems in Present Perfect Tense. If not, please read the lesson 14 again. To make it negative just change the personal endings.

Personal endings for negative form of sentences in Present Perfect Tense are same as Simple Past.

		Singular			Plural
		Pronoun	Ending	Example: pO	Pronoun	Ending	Example: pO
First Person		yAn	ijae	pOtijae	nama/enkulu	ija	pOtija
Second Person		I	ija	pOtija	nikulu/Ir	ijar	pOtijar
Third Person	Masc.	Aye/imbe	ije	pOtije	akulu/Ar/mokulu/mEr	ijer	pOtijer
	Fem.	Al/mOlu	ijal	pOtijal
	Neut.	au/undu	iji	pOtiji	aikulu/undekulu	ija	pOtija

Note: You may see some people use ‘iji’ ending for first person singular, ‘yAn pOtiji’ instead of ‘yAn pOtijae’ though grammatically it is wrong.

Let us see some examples:

malpu (malpuni) – To do/make

Present Perfect verb stem + personal ending

 malt’d + ijae >>> malt’dijae – I have not done (Kannada: nAnu mADilla)

yAn malt’dijae – I have not done

I malt’dija – You have not done

Aye/imbe malt’dije – He has not done

Al/mOlu malt’dijal – She has not done

au/undu malt’diji – It has not done

nama/enkulu malt’dija – We have not done

Ir/nikulu malt’dijar – You have not done

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr malt’dijer – They have not done

undekulu/aikulu malt’dija – They have not done

kalpu (kalpuni) – To learn

kalt’d + ijae >>> kalt’dijae – I have not leaned (Kannada: nAnu kalitilla)

yAn kalt’dijae – I have not learned

I kalt’dija – You have not learned

Aye/imbe kalt’dije – He has not learned

Al/mOlu kalt’dijal – She has not learned

au/undu kalt’diji – It has not learned

nama/enkulu kalt’dija – We have not learned

Ir/nikulu kalt’dijar – You have not learned

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr kalt’dijer – They have not learned

undekulu/aikulu kalt’dija – They have not learned

kEN (kENuni) -  To hear/ask

kEND’d >>> kEnd

kEnd + ijae >>> kEndijae – I have not heard/asked (Kannada: nAnu kELilla)

yAn kEndijae – I have not asked/heard

I kEndija – You have not asked/heard

Aye/imbe kEndije – He has not asked/heard

Al/mOlu kEndijal – She has not asked/heard

au/undu kEndiji – It has not asked/heard

nama/enkulu kEndija – We have not asked/heard

Ir/nikulu kEndijar – You have not asked/heard

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr kEndijer – They have not asked/heard

undekulu/aikulu kEndija – They have not asked/heard

tiN (tiNpini) – To eat

tiND’d >>> tind

tind + ijae >>> tintijae – I have not eaten (Kannada: nAnu tindilla)

yAn tintijae – I have not eaten

I tintija – You have not eaten

Aye/imbe tintije – He has not eaten

Al/mOlu tintijal – She has not eaten

au/undu tintiji – It has not eaten

nama/enkulu tintija – We have not eaten

Ir/nikulu tintijar – You have not eaten

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr tintijer – They have not eaten

undekulu/aikulu tintija – They have not eaten

bUr (bUruni)  – To fall

bUrd + ijae >>> bUrdijae – I have not fallen (Kannada: nAnu biddilla)

yAn bUrdijae – I have not fallen

I bUrdija – You have not fallen

Aye/imbe bUrdije – He has not fallen

Al/mOlu bUrdijal – She has not fallen

au/undu bUrdiji – It has not fallen

nama/enkulu bUrdija – We have not fallen

Ir/nikulu bUrdijar – You have not fallen

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr bUrdijer – They have not fallen

undekulu/aikulu bUrdija – They have not fallen

tU (tUpini) – To see

tUd + ijae >>> tUtijae – I have not seen (Kannada: nAnu nODilla)

yAn tUtijae – I have not seen

I tUtija – You have not seen

Aye/imbe tUtije – He has not seen

Al/mOlu tUtijal – She has not seen

au/undu tUtiji – It has not seen

nama/enkulu tUtija – We have not seen

Ir/nikulu tUtijar – You have not seen

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr tUtijer – They have not seen

undekulu/aikulu tUtija – They have not seen

bar (barpini) - To come

batt’d + ijae >>> batt’dijae >>> baidijae – I have not come (Kannada: nAnu bandilla)

yAn baidijae – I have not come

I baidija – You have not come

Aye/imbe baidije – He has not come

Al/mOlu baidijal – She has not come

au/undu baidiji – It has not come

nama/enkulu baidija – We have not come

Ir/nikulu baidijar – You have not come

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr baidijer – They have not come

undekulu/aikulu baidija – They have not come

leppu (leppuni) – To call

lett’d + ijae >>> lett’dijae >>> leidijae – I have not called (Kannada: nAnu karedilla)

yAn leidijae – I have not called

I leidija – You have not called

Aye/imbe leidije – He has not called

Al/mOlu leidijal – She has not called

au/undu leidiji – It has not called

nama/enkulu leidija – We have not called

Ir/nikulu leidijar – You have not called

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr leidijer – They have not called

undekulu/aikulu leidija – They have not called

deppu (deppuni) – To remove/open

dett’d + ijae >>> dett’dijae >>> deidijae – I have not removed/taken (Kannada: nAnu tegedilla)

yAn deidijae – I have not removed/taken

I deidija – You have not removed/taken

Aye/imbe deidije – He has not removed/taken

Al/mOlu deidijal – She has not removed/taken

au/undu deidiji – It has not removed/taken

nama/enkulu deidija – We have not removed/taken

Ir/nikulu deidijar – You have not removed/taken

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr deidijer – They have not removed/taken

undekulu/aikulu deidija – They have not removed/taken

dettoNu (dettoNuni) - To take for oneself/To accept

dettoND’d >>> dettond

dettond + ijae >>> dettondijae – I have not taken for myself (Kannada: nAnu tegedukoNDilla)

yAn dettondijae – I have not taken (for myself)

I dettondija – You have not taken (for myself)

Aye/imbe dettondije – He has not taken (for myself)

Al/mOlu dettondijal – She has not taken (for myself)

au/undu dettondiji – It has not taken (for myself)

nama/enkulu dettondija – We have not taken (for myself)

Ir/nikulu dettondijar – You have not taken (for myself)

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr dettondijer – They have not taken (for myself)

undekulu/aikulu dettondija – They have not taken (for myself)

Example sentences:

Tulu: yAn orala bombaig pOtijae

English: I have never been to Mumbai

Kannada: nAnu ommeyU mumbaige hOgilla

Tulu: Aye nanala untije

English: He has not had lunch yet

Kannada: avanu innU UTa mADilla

Tulu: Al baidijal

English: She has not come

Kannada: avaLu bandilla

Tulu: I eNDa dAla pantija

English: You have not told me anything

Kannada: nInu nanalli EnU hELilla

Tulu: au Eregla dAla upadra malt'diji

English: It has not done any trouble to anyone

Kannada: adu yArigU EnU tondare koTTillla

Tulu: nama dAla tappu malt'dija

English: We have not done anything wrong

Kannada: nAvu EnU tappu mADilla

Tulu: nikulu enan leidijar

English: You have not called me

Kannada: nIvu nannannu karedilla

Tulu: akulu nanala tulu kalt'dijer

English: They have not learned Tulu yet

Kannada: avaru innU tuLu kalitilla

Tulu: I jOkulu ini sAleg pOtija

English: These children have not gone to school today

Kannada: I makkaLu ivattu shAlege hOgilla

We already know how to make the interrogative form of sentences. We have to add  ‘a’ or ‘na’ at the end. When speaking with elders/strangers with respect, you can add ‘e’ or ‘ne’ instead of ‘a’ or ‘na’ at the end.

Tulu: I untana?/ I onas malt'dana?

English: Have you had lunch/dinner yet?

Kannada: nInu  UTa mADiddIya?

Tulu: Ir untare?/ Ir onas malt'dare? (giving respect to the listner)

English: Have you had lunch/dinner yet?

Kannada: nIvu  UTa mADiddIra?

Tulu: nanala untijana?

English: Haven't you had lunch yet?

Kannada: nInu innU UTa mADilva?

Tulu: yAn niNDa suruve pantijena?

English: Haven't I told you before?

Kannada: nAnu ninage modale hELilva?

Tulu: Aye nikk tikk'dena?

English: Has he met you?

Kannada: avanu ninage sikkiddAna?

Tulu: Aye ireg tikk'dene? (giving respect to the listner)

English: Has he met you?

Kannada: avanu nimage sikkiddAna?

Tulu: Al padya pantala?

English: Has she sung a song?

Kannada: avaLu hADu hADiddALa?

Tulu: bas nanala baidija?

English: Has bus not come yet?

Kannada: bassu innU bandilva?

Tulu: nikulu parIkshae baretara?

English: Have you (pluaral) written exam?

Kannada: nIvu parIkshae barediddIra?

Tulu: akulu suden kaDat’dera?

English: Have they crossed the river?

Kannada: avaru nadi dATiddAra?

Tulu: bAle jeid’NDa?

English: Has the kid slept.

Kannada: magu malagideya?

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