Yelli yellige yelloo yellO somewhere

A Conversation between
Father and daughter

1. Father :
Kamala, Kamala

2. Daughter :
yEnu appa ( yEnappa )

What daddy

3. Father :
Yelli iddeeya ( yelliddeeya )
Where are you ?

4. Daughter :
Study room nall(i) iddeeni appa

Daddy, I am in the study room

5. Father :
yEn(u)
MaaD taa iddeeya ?

What are you doing?

6. Daughter :
Appa, naaLe nan(a)ge science test ide, science study maaD taa iddeeni

Daddy, I have science test tomorrow,
I am studying science

7. Father :
Kam(a)la taata yelli ?

Kamala, where is grandpa?

8. Daughter : terrace mEle
( mahaDee mEle )
iddaare appa

Daddy, grandpa is on the terrace

9. Father : yEn(u)
MaaD taa iddaare

What is he doing?

10. Daughter :
Plants arrange
maaD taa iddaare appa

Daddy, He is arranging the plants.

11. Father :
Kamala, Ramu yelli ?

Kamala, where is Ramu ?

12. Daughter :
yellO hOda appa

He went somewhere daddy.

-1 hOgu
00. hOgi
01. hOg teeni

Went
Simple past tense

01. hOde
02. hOde
03. hOdvi
04. hOdri
05. hOdaa ?
06. hOdraa ?
07. hOdLu
08. hOda ( nu)
09. hOdru
10. hOytu


13. Father : yelli g(e) hOda av(a)nu

Where did he go ?

14. Daughter : Gottilla appa
I don't know daddy

15. Father : Sari neenu yelloo hOgbEDa
ManE nallE iru

Fine, you don't go anywhere, be at home only.

16. Daughter : Sari appa
Ok daddy

17. Father : Kamala, nanna bag, books, matte Shruti Box yelli ?
Where is my bag, books & Shruti Box
( music box )

18. Daughter : yellaa car nall(i) iTTiddeeni appa

I have kept all in the car daddy.

19. Father : Sari sari, naanu hOg(i)
Bar teeni

neen(u) time waste
MaaDabEDa,
study maaDu
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Fine fine, I will go & come,
You don't waste time, you study.

Words & meanings

yEnu what

Appa daddy

Yelli where

Iddeeya you are there

Yelli iddeeya ?

Where are you
( Question to younger one )

nalli = in

iddeeni I am there

MaaD taa iddeeya
You are doing

yEnu MaaD taa iddeeya ?

What are you doing?

nanage = for me

naaLe tomorrow

ide. it's there

MaaD taa iddeeni

I am doing

taata yelli ?
Or
taata yelli iddaare ?

Where is grandpa

mEle = on

terrace mEle
on the terrace

MahaDee = terrace

iddaare
He / she is there
There are there

MaaD taa iddaare
He / she is doing
They are doing

yEny maaD taa iddaare ?
what is he doing?

Plants arrange
maaD taa iddaare

He is arranging the plants

Ramu yelli whare is Ramu?

yellO somewhere

hOda he went

yellige to which place?

Avanu he ( pronoun )

Sari. Fine / ok

neenu you ( younger )

yelloo anywhere

hOgbEDa don't go

yelloo hOgbEDa
Don't go anywhere

Mane house

nalli. in

ManE nalli at home

Mane nallE at home only

iru be there

nanna my

Matte and

Yellaa all

Car nalli in the car

iTTiddeeni
I have kept

naanu I / me

hOgi bar teeni

I will go & come

MaaDabEDa don't do

MaaDu. Do
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