Tulu Lesson 17: Negative and Interrogative in Present Continuous Tense

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Today we are going to learn negative and interrogative form of sentences in Present Continuous Tense.

We already know Present Continuous Tense in Tulu.

E.g: yAn bareyondullae (bareyondu + ullae) – I am writing

All we need to do is just replace the verb ‘ul’ with ‘ijji’ to make our sentences negative in present continuous tense.

yAn ijjae – I am not

I ijja – You are not

Aye/imbe ijje – He is not

Al/mOlu  ijjal – She is not

au/undu  ijji – It is not

nama/enkulu  ijja – We are not

Ir/nikulu  ijjar – You are not

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr ijjer – They are not

undekulu/aikulu ijja – They are not

I am not writing >> yAn bareyondu ijjae (Kannada: nAnu bareyuttilla)

yAn bareyondijjae – I am not writing

I bareyondijja – You are not writing

Aye/imbe bareyondijje – He is not writing

Al/mOlu  bareyondijjal – She is not writing

au/undu  bareyondijji – It is not writing

nama/enkulu  bareyondijja – We are not writing

Ir/nikulu  bareyondijjar – You are not writing

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr bareyondijjer – They are not writing

undekulu/aikulu bareyondijja – They are not writing

Let’s see more examples:

pAter (pAteruni) – To speak/talk

yAn pAterondijjae – I am not speaking

I pAterondijja – You are not speaking

Aye/imbe pAterondijje – He is not speaking

Al/mOlu  pAterondijjal – She is not speaking

au/undu  pAterondijji – It is not speaking

nama/enkulu  pAterondijja – We are not speaking

Ir/nikulu  pAterondijjar – You are not speaking

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr pAterondijjer – They are not speaking

undekulu/aikulu pAterondijja – They are not speaking

 pO (pOpini) – To go

yAn pOvondijjae – I am not going

I pOvondijja – You are not going

Aye/imbe pOvondijje – He is not going

Al/mOlu  pOvondijjal – She is not going

au/undu  pOvondijji – It is not going

nama/enkulu  pOvondijja – We are not going

Ir/nikulu  pOvondijjar – You are not going

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr pOvondijjer – They are not going

undekulu/aikulu pOvondijja – They are not going

naDapu (naDapuni) – To walk

yAn naDatondijjae – I am not walking

I naDatondijja – You are not walking

Aye/imbe naDatondijje – He is not walking

Al/mOlu  naDatondijjal – She is not walking

au/undu  naDatondijji – It is not walking

nama/enkulu  naDatondijja – We are not walking

Ir/nikulu  naDatondijjar – You are not walking

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr naDatondijjer – They are not walking

undekulu/aikulu naDatondijja – They are not walking

tOju (tOjuni) - To be seen/be visible

yAn tOjondijjae – I am not visible

I tOjondijja – You are not visible

Aye/imbe tOjondijje – He is not visible

Al/mOlu  tOjondijjal – She is not visible

au/undu  tOjondijji – It is not visible

nama/enkulu  tOjondijja – We are not visible

Ir/nikulu  tOjondijjar – You are not visible

akulu/mokulu/Ar/mEr tOjondijjer – They are not visible

undekulu/aikulu tOjondijja – They are not visible

Example Sentences:

Tulu: yAn illaDe pOvondijjae

English: I am not going home

Kannda: nAnu manege hOgtilla

Tulu: I satya paNondijja

Englis: You are not saying the truth

Kannada: nInu satya hELtilla

Tulu: Aye jettondijje

English: He is not sleeping

Kannada: avanu malagtilla

Tulu: Al tulu kaltondijjal

English: She is not learning Tulu

Kannada: avaLu tulu kalitilla

Tulu: barsa barondijji

English: It is not raining

Kannada: maLe bartilla

Tulu: jOkulu bultondijja

English: The babies are not crying

Kannada: makkaLu aLutilla

Tulu: AkAshoDu pakkilu rAvondijja

English: Birds are not flying in the sky.

Kannada: AkAshadalli hakkigaLu hArtilla

Tulu: enkulu iren kAtondijja

English: We are not waiting for you

Kannada: nAvu nimannu kAytilla

Tulu: nikulu bAkil dettondijjar

English: You are not opening the door

Kannada: nIvu bAgilu tereyuttilla

Tulu: ittae enk dAla tOjondijji

English: Now, I can’t see anything

Kannada: Iga nanage EnU kANutilla

In Tulu Present Continuous tense is also used for Present Perfect Continuous.

Examples:

Tulu: Aye onji varshoDdinchi eNDa pAterondijje

English: He has not been speaking with me for one year.

Kannada: avanu ondu varshadinda nannondige mAtADtilla

Tulu: mUji dinaDdinchi barsa barondijji

English: It has not been raining for 3 days

Kannada: mUru dinadinda maLe bartilla.

Interrogative form of sentences in Present Continuous Tense:

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

Tulu: yAn barondullena?

English: Am I coming?

Kannada: nAnu bartiddEna?

Tulu: nama sAleg pOvondullana?

English: Are we going to school?

Kannada: nAvu shAlege hOgtiddEva?

Tulu: I ittae Odondijjana?

English: Aren’t you reading now?

Kannada: nInu Iga Oduttilva?

Tulu: Ir ittae uNondijjare?

English: Aren’t you having lunch now?

Kannada: nIvu Iga UTa mADtilva?

Tulu: nikulu bElae maltondijjara?

English: Aren’t you working?

Kannada: nIvu kelasa mADtilva?

Tulu: Aye niNDa dAla paNondullena?

English: Is he telling you anything?

Kannada: avanu ninnalli EnAdarU hELtiddAna?

Tulu: Al teltondullala?

English: Is she smiling?

Kannada: avaLu nagtiddALa?

Tulu: nAyi koretonduNDa?

English: Is the dog barking?

Kannada: nAyi bogaLuttideya?

Tulu: puchchae pEr parondijja?

English: Isn’t the cat drinking milk?

Kannada: bekku hAlu kuDitilva?

Tulu: akulu enan lettondijjera?

Kannada: avaru nannannu karitilva?

English: Aren’t they calling me?

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