Tamil tense with 'I' as subject

Learn Tamil tense
In Tamil, there are three tenses namely kadanda kaalam(past tense), nigazh kaalam(present tense), edhirkaalam(future tense). I will start with few examples with subject 'I' pronoun with present, past and future tense. Verbs here are used to express an action (I swim) or a state of being (I am). In Tamil 'Naan' means 'I'.
To start with, let's use simple verbs. The meaning of these verbs are:
nada - walk
padu - sleep
Odu - run
kodu - give
vaa - come
pO - go
padi - read
paar - see
nil - stand
aagu - become
thoongu - sleep


 past tense present tense future tense
 I was I am I will
be naan irunthaen Naan Irrukiraen naan irrupaen
walk naan nadanaen naan nadakkiraen naan nadappaen
sleep naan padunaen naan padukkiraen naan paduppaen
run Naan odunaen naan odukkiraen naan oduvaen
Do naan seithaen naan seyikiraen naan seivaen
read Naan paditaen naan padikiraen naan padipaen
See Naan Paarththaen Naan Paarkkiraen Naan Paarppaen
stand naan ninru Naan nirkiraen naan nirpaen
go naan poittaen naan poikiraen naan povaen
mention you Naan unnidam kurippittaen Naan unnidan kurippidukiraen Naan unnidam kurippiduvaen
Expect Naan Yethirpaarththaen Naan Yethirpaarkkiraen Naan Yethirpaarppaen
clean Naan Suththam seithaen Suththam seikiraen Suththam seivaen


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