Tulu Lesson 26: Adverbs – Part 1

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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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