Tulu Lesson 41: Useful Phrases in Tulu

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Alright! Today let us learn some useful phrases in Tulu.

English	Tulu	Kannada
Hi/Hello	namaskAra/namastE/solmelu	namaskAra/namastE
Welcome	svAgata	svAgata
Thank you	solmelu	dhanyavAdagaLu
Thank you (When someone helped you)	upakAra AND	upakAra Aytu
See you again	kuDora tikk’ga	innomme sigONa
Bye!	barpae	hOgi bartEne
How are you?	Encha ullar? (formal) encha ulla? (informal)	hEgiddIri? hEgiddIya?
I am fine	ushArullae / saukhya	chennAgiddEne
Had your lunch/dinner?	oNasANDe? (formal) oNasANDa? (informal)	UTa Ayta?
Had tea?	chA paryare? (formal) chA paryana? (informal)	chA Ayta?
Had breakfast?	nAshTa ANDe? (formal) nAshTa ANDa? (informal)	tiNDi Ayta?
What is this?	undu dAde? (formal) undu dAda? (informal)	idu Enu?
What is the time now?	gaNTae EtAND?	gaNTe eshTaytu?
What is your name?	pudar enchine? (formal) pudar enchina? (informal)	hesarEnu?
My name is …..	enna pudar ….	Nanna hesaru ….
Where are you from? / Where is your hometown?	Ir oltAr? / irena Uru olpa? / irena ill olpa?	nIvu elliyavaru? nimmadu yAvUru? / nimma mane elli?
I am from Mangalore	yAn kuDlaDd baidae / enna ill kuDlaD	nAnu mangaLUrinda bandiddEne / nanna mane mangaLuralli
I am Mangalorean	yAn kuDladAye (M) yAn kuDladAl (F)	nAnu mangaLurinava (M) nAnu mangaLurinavaLu (F)
Long time no see	mast samayAND tUdu / mast dinaAND tUdu	nODi tumbA samaya Aytu
Do you speak Tulu?	Tulu barpuNDe? / tulu pAteruvare? (Formal) tulu barpuNDa? / tulu pAteruvana? (Informal)	tuLu bartadA? / tulu mAtADtIra? (formal) tuLu mAtADtIya (informal)
Yes, a little (reply to ‘Do you speak Tulu?’)	and, ontae ontae barpuNDu	haudu, svalpa svalpa bartade
I know	enk gottuNDu	nanage gottu
I don’t know	enk gottuji	nanage gottilla
I can understand	enk arthaApuNDu	nanage arthaAgtade
I don’t understand	enk arthaApuji	nanage arthaAgalla
Please speak slowly	ontae mella pAterle	svalpa mellage mAtADi
Please say that again	kuDora paNle / kuDora paNpare?	Innomme hELi / innomme hELtIra?
How do you say …. In Tulu?	….. unden tuluTu encha paNpini?	……. idannu tuLuvalli hEge hELuvudu?
Please	dayamalt / dayadId	dayaviTTu
I love you	yAn iren mOkae malpuvae (formal) yAn ninan mOkae malpuvae (Informal)	nAnu nimmannu prItistEne (formal) nAnu ninnannu prItistEne (informal)
I like you	enk Ir ishTa (formal) enk I ishTa (informal)	nanage nIvu ishTa (formal) nanage nInu ishTa (informal)
Do you like me too?	ireg’la yAn ishTane? (formal) nikk’la yAn ishTana? (informal)	nimagU nanu ishTava? (formal) ninagU nanu ishTava? (informal)
Get well soon	bEga ushArAle (formal) bEga ushArAla (informal)	bEga hushArAgi (formal) bEga hushArAgu (informal)
God bless you	dEver eDDae malpaD	dEvaru oLLedu mADali
Stop!	untule / untAle (formal) untu / untAv (informal)	nilli / nillisi (formal) nillu / nillisu (informal)
Fire!	tU / sU	benki
Go forward	dumpOle (dumbu + pOle) (formal) dumpO (informal)	munde hOgi (formal) munde hOgu (informal)
Go back	pira pOle (formal) pira pO (informal)	hinde hOgi (formal) hinde hOgu (informal)
I want to get down here	yAn mUlu jappuvae	nAnu illi iLitEne
Listen!	kEnle (formal) kEn (informal)	kELi (formal) kELu (informal)
Call the police!	pOlis’n leppule	pOlisannu karIri
How much is this?	nekk Eth?	idakke eshTu?
Where are you going?	Ir dUra pOvondullar? (formal) I dUra pOvondulla? / I ODe pOvondulla? (informal)	nIvu ellige hOguttiddIri? / nInu ellige hOguttiddIya?
I am hungry	enk baDAvonduNdu	nanage hasivAgtA ide
I am thirsty	enk bAjelAvonduNDu	nanage bAyArike AgtA ide
Can u help me?	enk onji upakAra  malpuvare? (formal) enk onji upakAra  malpuvana? (informal)	nanage ondu sahAya mADuttIra? (formal) Nanage ondu sahAya mADuttIya? (informal)
Let’s go	pOyi / pOka	hOgONa
Come in	ulai bale (formal) ulai bala (informal)	oLage banni (formal) oLage bA (informal)
Sit down	kullule (formal) kullu (formal)	kuLitukoLLi (formal) kuLitukO (informal)
No problem / It’s OK	mallejji / mallaett	paravAgilla / tondare illa
How old are you?	ireg prAya EtAND? (formal) nikk prAya EtAND? (informal)	Nimage vayasseshTaytu (formal) ninage vayasseshTaytu (informal)

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