Adverbs in Tulu

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

Adverbs of Place:

Interrogatives:

Tulu	Kannada	English
olpa / Olu	elli	Where
ODe	elli(ge)	To where / Whither
onchi	Eche	Whither (towards what place/direction)
oyiTe	elli	In which place / Where
Okara (not used in spoken Tulu, instead ‘Ode’ or 'onchi'   is used)	etta/yAva kaDege	To which side
Omey / vAmey /Opae	yAva badi/yAva dikku	Which side/direction

Demonstrative:

Tulu	Kannada	English
mulpa / mUlu	illi	Here
alpa / aulu	alli	There
iDe	illi(ge)	To this place / Hither
aDe	alli(ge)	To that place / Thither
inchi	Iche	Hither (towards this place)
anchi	Ache	Thither (towards that place)
neTe	illi	In this place / Here
aiTe	alli	In that place / There
ikara	itta /I kaDe	To this side
akara	atta /A kaDe	To that side
Imey /Ipae	I badi / I dikku	This side/direction
Amey /Apae	A badi / A dikku	That side/direction

Miscellaneous:

Tulu	Kannada	English
ulai	oLage	In/inside
pidai	horage	Out/outside
tirt	keLage	Down / below
mitt	mEle	Above / Upon
aDi	aDi	Under
mAtalpa / mAta meyi	ellA kaDe	everywhere
Olla (Olu+la)	ellU	Anywhere / Somewhere
OlaNDala	ellAdarU	Wherever / Somewhere
Ola (Olu+a)	ellO	Somewhere
ODela, ODeyANDala	elligAdaru	To anywhere / To somewhere
ODena	elligO	To somewhere
dUra	dUra	To distant place
kaital / muTTa	hattira	Near
bariT	badiyalli	Adjacent / On the side
aruTu	anchinalli	On the edge
naDuTu	madyadalli	In the middle
sutta / suttala	suttalU	around
mUDai	pUrva	East
paDDai	pashchima	West
baDakai	uttara	North
tenkai	dakshiNa	South
dumbu / eduru	munde	Front
pira / piravu	hinde	Back / Behind
datta mey	eDagaDe	Left side
balatta mey	balagaDe	Right side

These adverbs are inflected in only some cases:

Locative (In, On)	Instrumental (From)	Dative  (To)	Genitive (Of)
Olu – Where mUlu- Here aulu – There Olla – Anywhere / Somewhere Ola - Somewhere	oltu – From where multu – From here altu – From there oltula – From anywhere/somewhere Olta - From somewhere	-	olta – Of where multa – Of here alta – Of there oltala – Of anywhere/somewhere oltana - Of somewhere
olpa – Where mulpa – Here alpa – There olpala – Anywhere / Somewhere olpana - Somewhere	olpaDd – From where mulpaDd – From here alpaDd – From there olpaDd’la – From anywhere / somewhere olpaDda - From Somewhere	-	olpada – Of where mulpada – Of here alpada – Of there olpadala – Of anywhere / somewhere olpadana - Of somewhere
-	-	ODe- To where iDe – To here aDe – To there ODela – To anywhere / To somewhere ODena - To somewhere	-
-	onchiDd – From which way inchiDd – From this way anchiDd – From that way onchiDd’la – From anywhere/some where onchiDda - From somewhere	onchi– Towards what place inchi – Towards this place anchi - Towards that place onchila – towards anywhere / somewhere onchiya - towards somewhere	onchida – of where (direction) inchida – of this way anchida – of that way onchidala – of any/some where onchidana - Of somewhere
oyiTe – In which place neTe – In this place aiTe- In that place oyiTela – In any place/some place oyiTena - In some place	oyiTeDd – From which place neTeDd – From this place aiTeDd – From that place oyiTeDd’la – From any place / some place oyiTeDda - From some place	-	oyiTeda – of which place neTeda – of this place aiTeda – of that place oyiTeDala – of any place / some place oyiTedana - of some place
OmeyiT / OpeD– On which side ImeyiT / IpeD– On this side AmeyiT / ApeD– On that side OmeyiTla /OpeDla– On any side OmeyiTa /OpeDa – On some (unknown) side	OmeyiDd /OpeDd – From which side ImeyiDd /IpeDd – From this side AmeyiDd /ApeDd – From that side OmeyiDd’la /OpeDd'la– From any side OmeyiDda /OpeDda – From some (unknown) side	Omeyik Opeg – To which side Imeyik / Ipeg – To this side Ameyik /Apeg – to that side Omeyik’la /Opeg'la – To any side Omeyika /Opega – To some (unknown) side	Omeyita /Opeda – Of which side Imeyita / Ipeda – of this side Ameyita /Apeda – of that side Omeyitala / Opedala – of any side Omeyitana / Opedana– of some (unknown) side
ulai – inside pidai – outside	ulaiDd – From inside pidaiDd – From outside	ulai / ulaig – To inside pidai / pidaig – To outside	ulaida – of inside pidaida – of outside
tirt  – down mitt – Upon	tirt'Dd – From down mitt’Dd – From above	tirt – Downward mitt - Upward	tirta /tirt'da – of below   mitta / mitt’da – of above

Adverbs of Manner:

Interrogatives:

Tulu	Kannada	English
encha	hEge	How

Demonstrative:

Tulu	Kannada	English
incha	hIge	Thus, Like this
ancha	hAge	Thus, like that

Miscellaneous:

Tulu	Kannada	English
enchala	hEgU	Anyhow
enchANDala	hEgAdarU	Anyhow /Somehow
enchana	hEgO	Somehow
inchene	hIgeyE	Simply/like this only
anchene	hAgeyE	Like that only
jOruDu / jOrAd	jOrAgi	loudly
bEga	bEga	Soon/Early
bIsa	vEga/shIghra	Fast / Speed
mella	mella / mettage	Softly
melAne	nidhAnavAgi	Slowly
rappa / rapakka / pakka	pakkane / kUDale /takshaNa	Quickly / Immediately
orAne	ommele	At once, suddenly
sariT	sariyAgi	Correctly / Properly
sulabaD	sulabhavAgi	Easily
jAgrateD	jAgrateyinda	Carefully
shOkuDu / porluDu	sundaravAgi / chennAgi	Beautifully/Nicely
eDDae / eDDeD	chennAgi / oLLe	Well/in good way
ushAr	hushAru, chennAgi	Fine, Clever
nijavAd	nijavAgi	Truly / Actually
oTTugu	oTTige	Together
bhayankaravAd	bhayankaravAgi	Terribly
kOpoDu	kOpadinda	Angrily
samadAnoDu / samadAnavAd	tALmeyinda	Patiently
pokkaDae	summane	Simply, In vain
guTTuDu / guTTAd	guTTAgi	Secretly
kushiT	kushiyAgi	Gladly / Happily
sukhoTu	sukhavAgi	Happily
bangoDu	kashTadalli	With Difficulty
gati dAntae	gati illade	Helplessly
nilae dAntae	nele illade	Homelessly
jAgratae dAntae	jAgrate illade	Carelessly

Adverbs of Purpose:

Tulu	Kannada	English
dAyae	Eke	Why
dAnae	Enu/Eke	Why/What/What for
inchAd	hIgAgi	Because of this, So
anchAd	hAgAgi	Because of that, So
aik, aikAd, aikAtra	adakke, adakkAgi, adakkOskara	Therefore, for that reason
aiDdAtra / aiDdAvara	Addarinda	Therefore, Because of it

Read the following lessons to learn more on Adverbs:

Tulu Lesson 26: Adverbs – Part 1

Tulu Lesson 27: Adverbs – Part 2

Tulu Lesson 28: Adverbs – Part 3