Past Tense: I Went in Telugu

# Past Tense: “I Went” ## 1. The Verb **Go** → **veLLu (వెళ్ళు)** When talking about something you **already did**, we use the past tense. ### I went **nEnu veLLaanu** **నేను వెళ్ళాను** **I went** --- ## 2. Sentence Pattern **nEnu + place + veLLaanu** **నేను + place + వెళ్ళాను** **I + place + went** ### Examples | Romanized Telugu | Telugu | English | |---|---|---| | nEnu school-ki veLLaanu | నేను స్కూల్‌కి వెళ్ళాను | I went to school. | | nEnu office-ki veLLaanu | నేను ఆఫీస్‌కి వెళ్ళాను | I went to the office. | | nEnu market-ki veLLaanu | నేను మార్కెట్‌కి వెళ్ళాను | I went to the market. | | nEnu intiki veLLaanu | నేను ఇంటికి వెళ్ళాను | I went home. | | nEnu India-ki veLLaanu | నేను ఇండియాకి వెళ్ళాను | I went to India. | --- ## 3. The Key Ending For **I**, the past-tense ending is: ### **-aanu** So: **veLLu → veLLaanu** **వెళ్ళు → వెళ్ళాను** **go → went** Remember: > **nEnu + veLLaanu = I went** --- ## 4. Question To ask: ### “Did I go?” **nEnu veLLaanA?** **నేను వెళ్ళానా?** **Did I go?** The ending changes slightly: **veLLaanu → veLLaanA?** --- ## 5. Negative ### “I did not go.” **nEnu veLLalEdu** **నేను వెళ్ళలేదు** **I did not go.** So: **I went** → **nEnu veLLaanu** **I did not go** → **nEnu veLLalEdu** --- ## Quick Practice Complete the sentences: 1. nEnu school-ki ________. 2. nEnu office-ki ________. 3. nEnu market-ki ________. **Answer:** veLLaanu include the CTA at the end to follow telugutrain.graphy.com and get the first lesson for free