Present Tense in Kannada with Root verb Hogu (Go)

In the previous post we saw the usage of Hogu in the past.In this post we shall see its usage in the present tense.

I Person / Singular 

I  go -> Naanu hogu-ttene which is grammatically correct sentence. However in spoken language this becomes hogtini. 

Naanu hogtini.


Iam going -> Naanu hog-ta-iddini.

I Person / Plural

We go -> Naavu hog-utteve. Like the I Person / Singular the spoken language version of this statement is Naavu hogtivi.

We are going -> Naavu hogu-ta-iddeve.

II Person / Singular

You go -> Neenu hogu. This is without any respect, This can be used with close friends, or with children.  

You keep going --> Neenu hog-ta-iru.

You are going --> Neenu hog-ta-idiya.

II Person / Plural or with respect

You go -> Neevu hogi or Neevu hogiri. Neevu hogiri is considered even more respectful that Neevu hogi.

You keep going --> Neevu hog-ta-iri.

You are going --> Neevu hog-ta-ideera.

III Person / Male / Singular

He goes -> Avanu hog-uttaane.

He is going -> Avanu hogtaiddaane or hoguttidaane.

He has gone -> Avanu hog-idaane.

III Person / Female / Singular

She goes -> AvaLu hog-uttaaLe.

She is going -> AvaLu hog-ta-iddaaLe or hoguttidaaLe.

She has gone -> AvaLu hog-idaaLe.

III Person / Plural or with respect

They go -> Avaru hoguttaare.

They are going -> Avaru hogutaiddaare or hogutiddaare.

They have gone -> Avaru hog-idaare.

III Person ( Non Living ) / Singular

It goes -> Adhu hogutte.

It is going -> Adhu hogtaidhe.

III Person ( Non Living ) / Plural

They go -> Avu hoguttave.

They are going -> Avu hogutaive.

For future tenses with verb hogu - Please refer to post :
http://learnkannadawithme.blogspot.com/2013/08/Future-Tense-In-Kannada-root-verb-Hogu.html

For past tenses with verb hogu - refer to post :
http://learnkannadawithme.blogspot.com/2013/08/past-tense-with-root-verb-hogu-go.html