Tulu Lesson 24: Adjective Pronouns

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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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