Tenses - Past, present and future in Tamil
In Tamil, there are three tenses namely kadanda kaalam(past tense), nigazh kaalam(present tense), edhirkaalam(future tense)
The following is for First person pronoun I - நான்
naan(நான்) is I.
nada is walk
past tense present tense future tense
naan nadandEn naan nadakkirEn naan nadappEn
padu is sleep
naan paduththEn naan padukkirEn naan paduppEn
Odu is run
naan OdinEn naan OdugirEn naan OduvEn
Following are some of the verbs try to make the three tenses following the given examples given above.
thaa - give
vaa - come
pO - go
padi - read
paar - see
nil - stand
kal - learn
aagu - become
saa - die
nO - pain
thoongu - sleep
Since the ending of a word will denote who is saying, we can leave out the personal pronoun "naan".
nadakkirEn means I am walking
OdugirEn means I am running
varugirEn means I am coming
vaLar means grow. So to say I am growing. vaLargirEn.
saagirEn mean I am dying.
nirtkiren - I am standing.
nindren - I was standing.
nirtppEn - I will stand.
thoongugirEn - I am sleeping
thoonginEn - I was sleeping
thoonguvEn - I will sleep