Tulu Lesson 28: Adverbs – Part 3

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Today, we are going to learn adverbs of manner and purpose. An adverb of manner tells us how something is done or happens. Adverbs of purpose describe why something happens.

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

 Most of the adverbs of manner are used in locative case or formed by affixing ‘Ad’ (Past Adverbial Participle of ‘Apini’ – to become). Examples: sulabhaD, jAgrateD / jAgrataeyAd, shOkuDu / porluDu, eDDeD, nijavAd etc.

Negative adverbs are formed by affixing negative Adverbial Participle ‘dAntae’. Examples: gati dAntae, nilae dAntae, jAgratae dAntae

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

Example Sentences:

Tulu: encha ullar?

English: How are you?

Kannada: hEge iddIri?

Tulu: Ir encha battar?

English: How did you come?

Kannada: nIvu hEge bandiri?

Tulu: Aye parIksheg Od’dije, ancha fail Aye

English: He didn’t study for the exam, thus he failed.

Kannada: avanu parIkshege Odilla, hAge fail Ada

Tulu: incha Aye mAteregla mOsa malte

English: Thus he deceived all

Kannada: hIge avanu ellarigU mOsa mADida

Tulu: ancha malpoDchi

English: Don’t do like that

Kannada: hAge mADabEDa

Tulu: enchala nama ill muTTiya

English: Anyhow, we reached home

Kannada: hEgU nAvu manege talapidevu

Tulu: enchANDala aren oppAv

English: Somehow make him/her agree

Kannada: hEgAdarU avarannu oppisu

Tulu: anchene AvoDu!

English: It should be like that only!

Kannada: hAgeyE AgabEku!

Tulu: nama melAne pOyi

English: Let us go slowly

Kannada: nAvu nidhAnavAgi hOgONa

Tulu: bIsa balipu

English: Run fast

Kannada: bEga ODu

Tulu: yAn bEga barpae

English: I will come soon

Kannada: nAnu bEga bartEne

Tulu: ontae jOruDu pAterle

English: Speak a bit louder

Kannada: svalpa jOrAgi mAtADi

Tulu: ontae mella pAterle

English: Speak a bit softer

Kannada: svalpa mettage mAtADi

Tulu: pakka pOdu onji lOTae nIr kanala

English: Go and bring a glass of water quickly (immediately)

Kannada: kUDale hOgi ondu lOTa nIru tA

Tulu: I bElae rappa AvoDu

English: This work should be done quickly/immediately 

Kannada: I kelasa kUDale AgabEku

Tulu:  yAn rapakka pOdu battae

English: I went and came immediately 

Kannada: nAnu kUDale hOgi bande

Tulu: orAne barsa batt’ND

English: Suddenly it rained

Kannada: ommele maLe bantu

Tulu: Aye sariT eNDa pAteruje

English: He does not speak with me properly

Kannada: avanu nannondige sariyAgi mAtADalla

Tulu: sulaboDu ninan gendere buDayae

English: I will never let you win easily

Kannada: sulbhavAgi ninnannu gellalu biDenu

Tulu: Al mast shOkuDu pada paNpal

English: She sings very nicely

Kannada: avaLu tumbA chennAgi hADtALe

Tulu: nijavAd yAn dAla maltijae

English: Actually I didn’t do anything

Kannada: nijavAgi nAnu EnU mADilla

Tulu: nama oTTugu pOyi

English: Let us go together

Kannada: nAvu oTTige hOgONa

Tulu: yAn paNpinen samadAnoDu kENla

English: Listen to me patiently

Kannada: nAnu hELuvudannu tALmeyinda kELu

Tulu: Ar dAyae battini?

English: Why did he/she come?

Kannada: avaru Eke bandaddu?

Tulu: Ar ninan tUyerae battini

English: He/She came to visit you

Kannada: avaru ninnanu nODalikke bandadu

Tulu: Ir kODae gobberae dAyae battijar?

English: Why didn’t you come to play yesterday?

Kannada: nIvu ninne ADlikke Eke baralilla?

Tulu: yAn busy ittae, anchAd barrae Ayiji

English: I was busy, therefore I could not come

Kannada: nAnu busy idde, hAgAgi barlike Agalilla

Tulu: enk kODae ushAr ittiji, aiDdAvara yAn ODela pOtijae

English: I was not feeling well yesterday, therefore I have not gone anywhere

Kannada: nanage ninne hushAriralilla, Addarinda nAnu elligU hOgilla

Tulu: Aye mast bangoDu itte, aikAtra yAn Ayeg sAya maltae, bEtae oyikkla att

English: He was in trouble, therefore I helped him, not for any other reason. 

Kannada: avanu tumbA kashtadalli idda, adakkOskara nAnu avanige sahAya mADide, bEre yAvudakkU alla

Tulu: dAnae battini?

English: Why did you come?

Kannada: Enu bandadu?

The word ‘dAnae’ can give different meaning when used in different situations. In the above example it gives the meaning of ‘why’ or ‘for what purpose’. It can also be used to express greetings when people meet one another.

Tulu: dAnae! encha ullar?

English: Hello, How are you?

Kannada: Enu! hEgiddIra?

Tulu: boka dAnae vishEsha?

English: Then what’s special?

Kannada: matte Enu vishEsha?

Tulu: nikk dAnae! I manipandae kullu!

English: What for you! (why do you care!) You sit quietly!

Kannada: ninage Enu! nInu summane kuLitukoLLu

Tulu: enk dAnae! nikulu dAda bODaNDala malpule!

English: What for me! (I don't care) You people do whatever you want!

Kannada: nanage Enu! nIvu Enu bEkAdarU maDi!

Tulu: akulu pOvaD! Ereg dAnae!

English: Let them go! Who cares!

Kannada: avaru hOgali! yArige Enu!

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