Learn Tulu Kannada Online : Part 1 - Commonly Used Phrases Tulu is a Dravidian language, predominently spoken in Dakshina Kannada(Mangalore

), Udupi districts in coastal Karnataka and Kasaragod district of Kerala. One ca n also notice sizeable population of Tulu people in Mumbai and Bangalore, who mi grated from Coastal Karnataka in search of jobs. Here, I am starting a new serie s of posts on Tulu. It will be for those who want to learn Tulu. Given below are the commonly used phrases in English and its equivalent in Tulu. To read this post in Kannada you can click here.

Update - 29th January 2012 : You can now listen to the audio of this post, which will surely help in getting the pronunciations right! Please click the play but ton below. Please make sure your browser is HTML 5 compatible.

English : Hello, How are you? Kannada : namaskaara, hEgideera? Tulu : namaskaara, encha ullar? English : Had your lunch? Kannada : oota aayta? Tulu : vaNas aanDa? English : Where are you working? Kannada : neevu elli kelasa maadtideera? (plural / with respect) neenu elli kelasa maadtideeya? (singular) Tulu : eer olu bEle maltondullar? (plural / with respect) ee olu bEle maltondulla? (singular) English : What are you doing? Kannada : neevu enu maadtaa ideera? (plural / with respect) neenu enu maadtaa ideeya? (singular) Tulu : eer daada maltondullar? (plural / with respect) ee daada maltondulla? (singular) English : All are welcome. Kannada : nimagellarigu swaagata. Tulu : maatergla swaagata. English : Come Kannada : banni Tulu : bale English : We will go to Mangalore. Kannada : naavu mangaloorige hogoNa. Tulu : nama Kudlag poyi. [Mangalore is called Kudla in Tulu] English : How were the rains this year?

Kannada : ee sala male hegittu? Tulu : ee sarthi barsa encha ittnd? English : When did you come? Kannada : neevu yaavaga bandri? Tulu : eer Epa battini? English : I am fine. Kannada : naanu chennagideeni. Tulu : yaan usaar ulle. English : Will this bus go to Udupi? Kannada : ee bussu Udupi ge hogottadeye? Tulu : ee bus Udupi g popunda? English : Where is this address located? Kannada : ee address elli barutte? Tulu : ee address olu barpundu? English : Ok, see you next time. Kannada : sari, matte sigona. Tulu : aavu, buka tikga. English : I will come. Kannada : naanu barteeni. Tulu : yaan barpe. More often we tend use or prefix 'please' in our day to day conversations. Trans lations for the word 'please' in Kannada and Tulu are given below. English : Please Kannada: dayavittu Tulu : daya maltad More Tulu phrases next time. Update : As per suggestion from Sandeep, I have now included equivalent Kannada phrases too. Well, it will also serve the purpose of teaching Kannada. So, it wi ll be appropriate now, to call this series of posts, English Kannada Tulu speaki ng guide! Update : 11 Feb 2012 - Adding some more Tulu phrases here. English : It was a lot of help! Kannada : tumba upakaara aaytu! Tulu : mast upakaar aanD! English : What happened? Kannada : yenu aaytu? Tulu : daane aanD? English : How it happened? Kannada : Hege aaytu?

Tulu : encha aanD? English : I am happy to see you. Kannada : (sigular) ninnannu noDi tumbaa khushi aaytu. (plural) nimmannu noDi tumbaa khushi aaytu. Tulu : (singular) ninan tood bhaari kusi aanD (plural) yiren tood bhaari kusi aanD English : Then, what is special? Kannada : matte, enu vishesha? Tulu : buka, daada vishesha? English : You should tell Kannada : (singular) neenu heLbeku (plural) neevu heLbeku. Tulu : (sigular) ee panodu (plural) eer panodu English : Nothing else. Kannada : yenu illa. Tulu : daala ijji

day 2 Learn Tulu Kannada Online : Part 1 - Commonly Used Phrases Tulu is a Dravidian language, predominently spoken in Dakshina Kannada(Mangalore ), Udupi districts in coastal Karnataka and Kasaragod district of Kerala. One ca n also notice sizeable population of Tulu people in Mumbai and Bangalore, who mi grated from Coastal Karnataka in search of jobs. Here, I am starting a new serie s of posts on Tulu. It will be for those who want to learn Tulu. Given below are the commonly used phrases in English and its equivalent in Tulu. To read this post in Kannada you can click here. Update - 29th January 2012 : You can now listen to the audio of this post, which will surely help in getting the pronunciations right! Please click the play but ton below. Please make sure your browser is HTML 5 compatible.

English : Hello, How are you? Kannada : namaskaara, hEgideera? Tulu : namaskaara, encha ullar? English : Had your lunch? Kannada : oota aayta? Tulu : vaNas aanDa? English : Where are you working? Kannada : neevu elli kelasa maadtideera? (plural / with respect) neenu elli kelasa maadtideeya? (singular) Tulu : eer olu bEle maltondullar? (plural / with respect) ee olu bEle maltondulla? (singular)

English : What are you doing? Kannada : neevu enu maadtaa ideera? (plural / with respect) neenu enu maadtaa ideeya? (singular) Tulu : eer daada maltondullar? (plural / with respect) ee daada maltondulla? (singular) English : All are welcome. Kannada : nimagellarigu swaagata. Tulu : maatergla swaagata. English : Come Kannada : banni Tulu : bale English : We will go to Mangalore. Kannada : naavu mangaloorige hogoNa. Tulu : nama Kudlag poyi. [Mangalore is called Kudla in Tulu] English : How were the rains this year? Kannada : ee sala male hegittu? Tulu : ee sarthi barsa encha ittnd? English : When did you come? Kannada : neevu yaavaga bandri? Tulu : eer Epa battini? English : I am fine. Kannada : naanu chennagideeni. Tulu : yaan usaar ulle. English : Will this bus go to Udupi? Kannada : ee bussu Udupi ge hogottadeye? Tulu : ee bus Udupi g popunda? English : Where is this address located? Kannada : ee address elli barutte? Tulu : ee address olu barpundu? English : Ok, see you next time. Kannada : sari, matte sigona. Tulu : aavu, buka tikga. English : I will come. Kannada : naanu barteeni. Tulu : yaan barpe. More often we tend use or prefix 'please' in our day to day conversations. Trans lations for the word 'please' in Kannada and Tulu are given below.

English : Please Kannada: dayavittu Tulu : daya maltad More Tulu phrases next time. Update : As per suggestion from Sandeep, I have now included equivalent Kannada phrases too. Well, it will also serve the purpose of teaching Kannada. So, it wi ll be appropriate now, to call this series of posts, English Kannada Tulu speaki ng guide! Update : 11 Feb 2012 - Adding some more Tulu phrases here. English : It was a lot of help! Kannada : tumba upakaara aaytu! Tulu : mast upakaar aanD! English : What happened? Kannada : yenu aaytu? Tulu : daane aanD? English : How it happened? Kannada : Hege aaytu? Tulu : encha aanD? English : I am happy to see you. Kannada : (sigular) ninnannu noDi tumbaa khushi aaytu. (plural) nimmannu noDi tumbaa khushi aaytu. Tulu : (singular) ninan tood bhaari kusi aanD (plural) yiren tood bhaari kusi aanD English : Then, what is special? Kannada : matte, enu vishesha? Tulu : buka, daada vishesha? English : You should tell Kannada : (singular) neenu heLbeku (plural) neevu heLbeku. Tulu : (sigular) ee panodu (plural) eer panodu English : Nothing else. Kannada : yenu illa. Tulu : daala ijji

Continuing the Learn Tulu series of posts, here are some Tulu phrases you might want to use in a restaurant and while talking to a vendor. Numbers : English : One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten Kannada : ondu, eraDu, mooru, naalku, aidu, aaru, ELu, enTu, ombattu, hattu Tulu : onji, raDD, mooji, naal, ain, aaji, EL, enma, ormba, patt In a restaurant : English : What and all are there? Kannada : enella ide? Tulu : daada maatha undu?

English : Will that take some time? Kannada : adakke tumbaa hottu aagutta? Tulu : avek jinja portu aapunDaa? English : Give me one masala dosa. Kannada : nanage ondu masale dose koDi. Tulu : enk onji masale dose korle. English : Bring it fast. Kannada : idannu bega tanni. Tulu : nEn bEka kanale. English : I dont want that. Kannada : nanage adu bEDa. Tulu : enk avu boDchi. English : I dont want that much. Kannada : nanage asTondu bEDa. Tulu : enka aat boDchi. English : Give that one. Kannada : adannu koDi. Tulu : aven korle. English : Give some water. Kannada : neeru koDi. Tulu : neer korle. English : You have given a good service! Kannada : oLLe service koTTri! Tulu : eDDe service koriyar! Conversing with a Vendor : English : How much does this cost? Kannada : Idakkestu? Tulu : nEk Et? English : The price is too high. Kannada : rate tumbaa jaasti aaytu. Tulu : rate mast jaasti aand. English : Please lower the cost. Kannada : rate swalpa kammi maadi. Tulu : rate onchooru kammi malpule. English : Show me the new designs. Kannada : nanage hosa designs tOrisi. Tulu : enk posa designs tOjaale. English : I will pay by cash. Kannada : naanu cash pay maadteeni. Tulu : yaan cash pay malpuve. English : Please pack all the goods, I will come soon. Kannada : ella saamaanu pack maaDidi, naaneega bartEne. Tulu : maata saamaan pack malt deele, yaan itte barpe. English : When will the ordered goods arrive? Kannada : order maaDida goods yaavaga barutte?

Tulu : order maltina goods Epa barpundu? English : Yes, its been sometime now, since I had come here. Kannada : howdu, naanillige bandu swalpa hottaytu. Tulu : and, yaan iDe battd chooru portaanD. English : Whats the time now? Kannada : eega estu hottaayitu? Tulu : itte Et portaand? English : We will come again at 1 'o clock. Kannada : naavu 1 gantege matte bartEve. Tulu : enkla 1 ganteg pira barpa. English : Good work! Kannada : oLLe kelasa! Tulu : eDDe bEle!

Learn Tulu Kannada Online : Part 3 - Talking to your Tulu Speaking friend This may be the most common situation you encounter - talking to your Tulu speak ing friend. Well now, you can talk to him in his native tongue. Here is a list o f sentences you may want to use in such a case. For more sentences/phrases, you can always leave a comment asking for the same. English : Hello, how are you? Kannada : namaskaara, hegideeya? Tulu : namaskaara, enchulla? English : I am fine. Kannada : naanu chennagideeni. Tulu : yaan usaarulle. English : Are all well at home? Kannada : manEli ella chennagidaara? Tulu : illad maatha usaarullera? English : Everyone is fine. Kannada : ellru chennagidaare. Tulu : maaterla usaaruller. English : How is your work going on? Kannada : ninna kelsa hege nadeetha ide? Tulu : ninna bele encha nadattondunDu? English : What did you have for tiffin today? Kannada : ivattu tiffin ge enittu? Tulu : ini tiffin g dada ittnD? English : Anything else? Kannada : mattenu vishya? Tulu : buka daada vishaya? English : How was the coffee? Kannada : coffee hegittu? Tulu : coffee encha ittnD? English : Coffee was good. Kannada : coffee chenngittu.

Tulu : coffee eDDe ittnd. English : Where did you go on weekend? Kannada : weekend ell hogidde? Tulu : weekend oDe poditta? English : This time I had gone to Bangalore. Kannada : ee sali bengaloorige hogidde. Tulu : ee sarti bangalore poditte. English : How was your weekend? Kannada : Weekend hegittu? Tulu : weekend encha ittnD? English : It was superb. Kannada : tumba chennagittu. Tulu : mast eDDe ittnD. English : When did you come? Kannada : yavaag bande? Tulu : yepa battini? English : I came yesterday. Kannada : naanu ninne bande. Tulu : yaan kODe battini. English : Can you wait for me? Kannada : nange kaayteeya? Tulu : yenk kaapuvana? English : Ok, I will wait. Kannada : Ok, naanu kaayteeni. Tulu : Ok, yaan kaapuve. English : Can we meet today? Kannada : ivattu naavu sigoNava? Tulu : ini nama tikgana? ntence formation Pronouns: English: I, You, Tulu : yaan, ee, Kannada : naanu, in Tulu : He, She, We, They, This, That aaye, aal, nama, akl, undu, avu neenu, avanu, avaLu, naavu, avaru, idu, adu

Apart from the pronouns listed above, one important and common pronoun to use in any Indian languge is the plural form of 'you', to address the person you are t alking to. In Tulu, you use eer. In Kannada, you can use neevu or taavu. Verbs: Some of the common verbs used in day-to-day life English: go, come, sit, laugh, stop, call, tell, do, write, read Tulu: pola, bala, kullu, telipu, unt, leppu, pan, manpu, barela, odla Kannada: hogu, baa, koothko, nagu, nillu, kare, heLu, maaDu, bare, odu Some more verbs English: give, take, eat, drink, run, get up, dance, watch/look, wait, talk Tulu: koru, detonu, tin, par, balipu, lakk, nalipu, toola, kaapu, paater Kannada: kodu, tegeduko, tinnu, kuDi, oDu, ELu, kuNi, noDu, kaayi, maatanaaDu

Listed above are the singular forms these verbs. It is important to use the plur al form of these verbs as otherwise it might be perceived as disrespect while ta lking to elders or the people you meet for the first time. So, here are the list of plural forms of the above verbs in their respective order. Also, it should b e noted that these verb forms are the ones used, when you directly talk to the p erson and not in 3rd person narration. Tulu: pole, bale, kullule, telipule, untle, leppule, panle, manpule, barele, odl e Kannada: hogi, banni, koothkoLLi, nagi, nilli, kareyiri, heLi, maaDi, bareyiri, odi Tulu: korule, detonule, tinle, parle, balipule, lakkle, nalipule, toole, kaapule , paaterle Kannada: kodi, tegedukoLLi, tinni, kuDiyiri, oDi, ELi, kuNiyiri, noDi, kaayiri, maatanaaDi By now, you would have realized that in Tulu for the verbs, if you add 'le' at t he end you would get the plural form of the same(atleast it is true for the verb s listed here). In Kannada, though the suffix may be different for the words end ing in different letters, 'i' at the end is common. Objects: English: lunch/dinner, water, tea, home, work, place Tulu: vaNas, neer, chaaya, ill, bEle, oor Kannada: ooTa, neeru, chahaa, mane, kelasa, ooru Simple Sentence Formation : As it is always better to start off with plural form of verbs while learning any Indian language, I have used the same below. For si ngular forms refer the list above. English : You take this route. Tulu : eer ee route detonle. Kannada : neevu ee route thegedukoLLi. (though 'this' is 'undu' in Tulu, in this context for 'this route', 'ee route' i s more appropriate. Same in the case of Kannada. Also, usually in Indian languag es verbs come last unlike in English, where it comes in the middle of the senten ce) English : You run in the marathon. Tulu : eer marathan d balipule. Kannada : neevu marathonnalli ODi. English : You sit in this chair. Tulu : eer ee chair d kullule. Kannada : neevu ee chairnalli koothkoLLi. I hope you will be able to form more sentence following the examples above. If y ou require more verbs/sentences/objects please leave a comment in this post. In the next post, more complex sentences to follow. Happy Learning Tulu : bittilda dai yepala mardatt ge. Kannada : hittala gida maddalla. English : Literal translation - herb in your backyard is not the medicine. This idiom refers to the attitude of people who ignore the solutions which they alrea dy have(like their own ideas or ideas suggested by people at home) and seek exte rnal advice.

Tulu : aDkoDu adengune. Kannada : bayalalli aDaguvudu. English : Literal translation - hiding in the open field(only to be caught) Tulu : dasme popunavule muchchune, kumbuDa popunavule budpune. Kannada : saasive nashTa taDedrante, kumbalakaayina hange biTTrante. English : Literal translation - stopping the mustard wastage leaving aside the w astage of pumpkin! Penny wise, pound foolish. Tulu : mooleD ittna maDu nu kaar g paaDlekane. Kannada : moolelidda koDalina kaal mele haakkonDrante. English : Literal translation - hurting one's leg with the axe at the corner. Th is explains us how people knowingly invite trouble. Tulu : notna peTT maaju, panDi paatera maajand. Kannada : hodeda etannu mareyabahudu, helida maatannu mareyalaagadu. English : Literal translation - physical wounds will heal but not the scars made by harsh words. Tulu : pagel guDDeD paterre balli, irl illal paterre balli. Kannada : hagalu beTTadalli maataaDbaardu, iruLu maneli maataaDbaardu. English : Literal translation - Don't speak in the hills in day time and in the night, don't speak at home. This conveys that people will always be around to ov erhear your conversations. Tulu : konDeda baayi muchcholi, anDeda baayi muchchere balli. Kannada : loTada baayi muchchabahudu, doDDa handeya baayi muchchalaagadu. English : Literal translation - you can close the bowl with a lid but cannot shu t the mouth of the big cylinder. This conveys one cannot stop the spread of rumo rs amoung people. Tulu : neendere teerandinaaye kedukku laayti leka. Kannada : eeju baaradava kerege haarida haage. English : Literal translation - like the one who jumps to the river without know ing how to swim. This refers to people who jump to something without knowing the basics. You might also like: English : We will meet today at 4'o clock. Kannada : naavu ivattu 4 gantege meet aagoNa. Tulu : nama ini 4 ganteg meet aaka. English : Can you come there? Kannada : ninage alli barlikkagatta? Tulu : nikk aDe barre aapunDa? English : Yes, I can come there. Kannada : sari, nange allige barakkagutte. Tulu : sari, enk aDe baroli. English : Is it so? Kannada : idu heego? Tulu : undu inchana? English : Yes, man. Kannada : howdu maaraya. Tulu : and marre. English : Did't you know?

Kannada : ninge gottirlillva? Tulu : nikk gottijjaanDa? English : Glad to meet you. Kannada : ninnannu noDi tumba khushiyaaytu. Tulu : ninan tood mast kusiyaanD. English : This watch is beautiful. Kannada : ee watchu tumba chennagide. Tulu : ee watch bhaari sookunDu. English : What to do now? Kannada : eega yenu maaDodu? Tulu : itte daada malpuni? English : Can we talk now? Kannada : naaveega maataaDoNava? Tulu : nama itte paatergana? English : Ok, see you next time. Kannada : Ok, matte sigONa. Tulu : Ok, bukka tikga. English : Come, let's have tea. Kannada : banni, chahaa kuDiyONa. Tulu : balE, chaa parka. The above phrase 'balE, chaa parka' is commonly used in friendly conversations, when you invite someone for tea. In fact, there is Tulu drama named 'balE, chaa parka', which made the phrase famous in Tulu speaking community. English : Come, sit. Kannada : banni, kootkoLLi. Tulu : balE, kulle. English : Can you bring a cup of water? Kannada : nanage ondu loTa neeru tarteeya? Tulu : yenk onji loTa neer kanapana? English : I will also come with you. Kannada : naanu kooDa ninna jote bartheeni. Tulu : yaan laa ninnottugu barpe. English : Whom should I ask? Kannada : naanu yaaranna kELbEku? Tulu : yaan yEren kEnoDu? English : Which is your favourite color? Kannada : ninge ishTavaada baNNa yaavudu? Tulu : nikk ishTavaayina baNNa vovu? English : Whats the time now? Kannada : samaya esTaaytu? Tulu : gante etaanD? English : You should definitely come to our house during the festival. Kannada : neevu habbakke namma manege khanDita barbEku. Tulu : eer parbogu enklena illaDe nighaanT baroDu. English : I have to wake up early in the morning tomorrow.

Kannada : nange naaLe beLigge bega yELbEku. Tulu : yenk elle polyakaanDe lakkoDu. English : I have some other work today. Kannada : nanage ivattu bEre kelasa ide. Tulu : enk ini bEte bEle unDu. English : Ramesha, your phone is ringing. Kannada : Ramesha, ninna phone ring aagta ide. Tulu : Ramesha, ninna phone ring aavondunDu. English : Where are you man? I am waiting for you near Town hall. Kannada : elliddi maaraya? naanu Town hall hatra kaayta ideeni. Tulu : olulla maaraya? yaan Town hall da kaital kaatondulle. English : Ice-cream at Ideal's is too good. Kannada : Ideal's nalli ice-cream tumba chennagirutte. Tulu : Ideal's D ice-cream bhaari laayk uppunDuya. English : Today's treat is mine. Kannada : ivattina treat nandu. Tulu : inita treat enna lekkada. English : Shall we go to '3 Idiots' today? Kannada : ivattu '3 Idiots' noDoke hOgONva? Tulu : ini '3 idiots' tooyere pOya? English : I liked it very much. Kannada : nangantu bahaLa ishTa aaytu. Tulu : enk maatra bhaari isTa aanD. English : Read 'Five point Someone'. It is really nice. Kannada : 'Five point Someone' Odu. tumbaa chennagide. Tulu : 'Five point someone' Od. bhaari laaykunDu. English : No problem, I will meet you in the evening. Kannada : thondre illa, naanu ninna sanje meet maaDteeni. Tulu : malle ijji, yaan ninan bayyag meet aape. English : Mangalore is a beautiful city. Kannada : MangaLuru sundara nagara. Tulu : kuDla porluda pEnTe. English : Thank you all. Kannada : nimagella dhanyavaadagaLu. Tulu : nikleg maaterglaa solmelu.