Tense in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “tense”

• ആഗ്രഹിച്ചു (aagrahichu) — Wanted, wished for, desired; past tense of aagrahikkuka, to want.
• എടുത്തു (eduthu) — Took, picked up, carried; past tense of edukkuka, to take; picked; took up with the hand, lifted. Also chose or selected something.
• തുടങ്ങി (thudangi) — Started, began; past tense of thudanguka, to begin; began, started; past form of to begin.
• പറഞ്ഞു (paranju) — Told, said, informed; past tense of parayuka, to say; stated; said, declared, mentioned openly or officially.
• പോയി (poyi) — Went, left, departed; past tense of pokuka, to go.
• വന്നു (vannu) — Came, arrived, reached; past tense of varuka, to come.
• വിങ്ങുക (vinguka) — Become tense or tight, throb with pain, swell up, cry in tension.
• വേണം (venam) — Want, to need, to wish for; Malayalam says enikku venam, I want; should, ought to, need to; on a verb the obligation is usually shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, should go; needs, requires, must have; Malayalam says venam, it is needed; wants, needs, would like to have; in Malayalam the person wanting takes the dative and the thing wanted is the subject; needed, required, wanted; Malayalam says venam, it is needed, and inflects it for tense as venamayirunnu for was needed; wanna, want to; Malayalam says venam for wanting something, as in enikku chaaya venam, I want tea.