How to Say "Yesterday" in Kannada

ನಿನ್ನೆ

ninne

The English word "yesterday" is translated into Kannada as ನಿನ್ನೆ (ninne).

The word is used to refer to the day before today. It functions as both a noun (the day before today) and an adverb (on the day before today).

Meaning: day before today (noun)

Related words

The form ನಿನ್ನೆ (ninne) serves a dual grammatical purpose in a sentence: it can act as a noun or as an adverb meaning "on yesterday".

ninne

Kannada belongs to the Dravidian language family, meaning the word ನಿನ್ನೆ is unrelated to the English 'yesterday' or any Latin-based words for the past.
Because Kannada is an agglutinative language, you can attach suffixes to time-related words to indicate 'since yesterday' or 'from yesterday' without needing a separate preposition.
In some formal Kannada literature, 'yesterday' is referred to through metaphors involving 'the departed day', using much more complex vocabulary than the common ನಿನ್ನೆ.

ನಿನ್ನೆ ನಾನು ಬೇಗ ಎದ್ದೆ.
I got up early yesterday.
This sentence is useful for using ನಿನ್ನೆ to indicate when an action occurred.
Tatoeba #12479825 by Lumi, translation #257789 by CK
ನಿನ್ನೆ ಬಂದ ಹುಡುಗ ನನ್ನ ತಮ್ಮ ಆಗಿದ್ದ
The boy who came yesterday was my younger brother.
This sentence is useful for using ನಿನ್ನೆ to describe a person based on when they arrived.
Tatoeba #2916062 by Manfredo, translation #4774182 by legalghost
ನಿನ್ನೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಮಳೆ ಬಂದಿತು.
ninne tumbā maḷe banditu.
It rained a lot yesterday.

Kavya and Pranav are talking about a movie.

ಕಾವ್ಯ Kavya

ಪ್ರಣವ್, ನಿನ್ನೆ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ನೋಡಿದಿರಾ?
Pranav, ninne cinema nodidira?
Pranav, did you watch the movie yesterday?
ಪ್ರಣವ್ Pranav

ಇಲ್ಲ ಕಾವ್ಯ, ನಾನು ಹೋಗಲಿಲ್ಲ.
illa Kavya, naanu hogalilla.
No Kavya, I didn't go.
ಕಾವ್ಯ Kavya

ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತುಂಬಾ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿತ್ತು.
cinema tumba chennagittu.
The movie was very good.
ಪ್ರಣವ್ Pranav

ನಾನು ಇವತ್ತು ಹೋಗುತ್ತೇನೆ.
naanu ivattu hoguttene.
I will go today.

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