Malayalam

Verbs

Form	Description	Tag	Example	Translation
Present	stemk-unnu	<pres>	kuttikal kalikkunnu children play	The children are playing.
Future	stem-um	<fut>	naale mala peyyum tomorrow rain will.fall	It will rain tomorrow.
Present progressive	presk-unt		aval nannaayi pathikkunt she well studying.is	She is studying well.
Present progressive (II)	inf ān		siita avite irikkuka ān Sita there sit is.	Sita is sitting there.
Iterative present	stem-kontu-iri-kk-unnu		avan paatikkontirikkunnu He singing.is	He is singing.
Iterative fut	stem-kontu-iri-kk-um		avan paatikkontirikkum He singing.will.be	He will be singing.
Iterative past	stem-kontu-iri-unnu		avan paatikkontirunnu He singing.was	He was singing.
Continuous iterative	stem-konte-iri-kunnu		kuttikal paatikkonteeyirunnu children sang.without.stopping	The children sang without stopping
Perfect			innale mala peytirunnu yesterday rain fell	It rained yesterday.
Contemporaneous perfect			yuddham pottippurappettirikkunnu war broken#out.has	War has broken out!
Remote perfect			ñaan paattŭ pathiccittuntŭ I music studied.had	I had studied music.
Habitual present			juun maasattil mala peyyaaruntŭ June month.in rain falls.usually	It usually rains in June.
Habitual past			ñaan delhiyil pookaaruntaayirunnu I Delhi.to go.used#to	I used to go to Delhi.
Imperative			putiya vidyaarthikal hedmaasrrare kaaneentataanŭ new students headmaster meet.should	New students should meet the headmaster.
Promissive	past-ām		ñaan naale varaam I tomorrow come.will	I will come tomorrow.
Emphatic promissive	past-ēk-ām		ñaan naale vanneekkaam I tomorrow come.will	I will come tomorrow.
Permissive	past-ō (kolluu)		vannoo you.may.come	You may come.
Permissive (II)	past-ootte		avan avite irunnootte He there sit.let	Let him sit there.
Permissive (III)			avar avite taamasikkatte He there sit.let	Let him sit there.
Permissive (Formal)			paas ullavarkkŭ itilee pookaavunnatŭ aanŭ pass having this.way go.may is	Those who have a pass may go this way.
Optative			mala peyyatte rain fall.let	Let it rain.
Precative	stem-anē (= stem-uka-vēnam-ē)		mala peyyanee rain fall.may	May it rain.