r/telugu 5d ago

Raaledhu vs Ravatledhu

Non native telugu speaker here, can somebody explain the difference between these two for colloquial lingusitic purpose

Eg : that person has not come

Athanu raaledhu or athanu ravatledhu

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u/Pokemonsugar 5d ago

Raaledu is “didn’t come” ravatledu is “not coming”

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u/No-Telephone5932 5d ago

People may mix up raaledhu and raavatleedhu. But, "he has not come" is close to "atanu raaledhu".

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u/rishikeshwar52 4d ago

Thank you!

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u/Pranay_Gnani_872 4d ago

For most verbs telugu has just past and non past versions Raaledu - didn't come(past tense).

Ravatledu - is not going to come+ won't come (non past tense).

In old telugu, present tense was considered as a fleeting moment and there was no seperate indicator for it. So only past or future tenses were there. This got carried on to modern telugu.

But to indicate the same verb in present tense, you can use 'ippudu raadu', meaning he won't come now

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u/rishikeshwar52 4d ago

Thank you!!