VERBS tell, say
heLu, heLi
see/look read drink run give sleep walk sing
catch stand sit put talk do understand
I/me - naanu You - neevu He/She/It - avanu, avalu, adhu We - naavu You - neevu They nODu Odhu kuDi ODu koDi niddhe, niddhe maaDdhe naDi haaDu
hidi ninthu hAAku mAAthadu mAAdi arthayithu, arthagthey
throw hit INTRANSITIVE VERBS (no object) go hoGu come Ba love listen
past told heLde
dance get down write kill buy climb laugh wash want don't want take know fall (hair) work can (modal) may, might (modal) could (modal) should (modal) have (aux) will (aux) shall (aux) is be
ADVERBS now then here there today tomorrow yesterday recently always sometimes usually never rarely very
eegale, eega (?) illi alli eevathu naale manney
bahala
once twice nicely well quickly completely sincerely slowly enough much a lot
NOUNS clothes
batte THING hair (tresses) ladder truth
batte-ide, batte-ige
car water profit online floor page job {fruits} {trees} (food} pain
caaru neeru labha
place (town, city, village)
nela puta (pl. puta-gala) kelasa
TIME day morning evening night everyday
koodalu aaeni nija
batte-yanna, batte-galu PLACE school house spot/place
novu
PRONOUNS
Person 1st 2nd 3rd
Subject I you he/she/it
Object me you him/her/it
Person 1st 2nd 3rd
Subject we you they
Object us you them
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
who? which? what? why? how? where?
who which what that
yaaru? yethu yenu? yaavudhu? yaake? hege? yelli?
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
some all both each
here
evaru ... alrugu ibru ... ibbarige
illi
ADJECTIVES slow nidhaana fast hot (spicy) hot (heat)
An adjective is often defined as a word which describes or giv bega kara bisi
good red blue
expensive near/beside wet big small
dubaari pakka odde
yellow white black
{number} dark handsome old young tall short long lazy brisk beautiful good
PREPOSITIONS
chennagide, chennagilla
A preposition is a word which shows relationships among oth
TIME
PLACE
at on in for after before
at in/ inside on near across out/ outside between ahead behind around up/above
~-ge (Avanige neeru beku) aadmele munche
down/under
CONJUNCTION COORDINATING (connecting equal) and or athava but so
CORRELATIVE both . . .and
SUBORDINATING (connecting not equal) after before although unless if until as since when because than while
ARTICLES a an the
present I, you, She tell(s) heLutheyne
future will tell heLthini
heLuthane, heLuthale
kiNi, kuNidhe, kuNithini iLi, iLidheyne bari kollu koLLu, konDe, koLLthini hathu, hathide nagu, nakkde Ogi beku beda thogo, thogoli gotthu uduruttide kelasa
chennagi (gotthu)
nidhaana vagi saaku thumba jaasti, sikkapatte
present continuous I am, You are, She is telling heLtha-idhni heLtha-idhane
ask touch break drive start cry sell lose win available
keLu muTTu oDi ODisu Shuru aLu Maaru, Maride Solu, Sothe
where?
elli?
sigathey
shaale maney jaaga (jaaga-nalli) ooru
PERSON father, mother sister, brother (elder) sister, brother (younger) grandma, grandpa people friend anyone someone
thandhey, thaayi akka, anna thangi, thamma hajji, hajja janaa snehitaru yaaradharu
dina
dinakke
Possessive mine yours his/hers
Intensive Reflexive myself yourself himself/herself/itself
Possessive ours yours theirs
Intensive Reflexive ourselves yourselves themselves
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
this that these those
idhu, inda, Ee Aa ivaga(?) avaga (?)
es more information about a noun or pronoun. Adjectives describe nouns in terms of such olleyudu
this much my
ishtu
r words in the sentence. The relationships include direction, place, time, cause, manner
yelage/ yelagade pakka olage/ olagade
mele/melagade kelagey, kele/ kelagade
present perfect has told heLuvudhu
SPECIAL hogona
heLutheyna? heLuthiraa? heLuthana?
let's go
