When to use it
Use it when someone at the door asks for neighbours who have moved away.
“They don't live here anymore.” · The sentence in English
In “They don't live here anymore.” the negative needs ‘do’ and ‘not’, and ‘anymore’ closes the sentence.
- They
- pronounpersonal pronoun, third person plural
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the negative with "n't"
- n't
- particleshort form of "not"
- live
- verblive · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "do" the verb keeps its base form
- here
- adverbadverb of place
- anymore
- adverbadverb; used with a negative to say something stopped
“వాళ్ళు ఇక ఇక్కడ నివసించడం లేదు.” · The sentence in Telugu
In “వాళ్ళు ఇక ఇక్కడ నివసించడం లేదు.” ‘ఇక’ (from now on) and the final ‘లేదు’ (is not) together mean ‘no longer’. ‘నివసించడం’ is the verbal noun of ‘నివసించు’ (reside, live).
- వాళ్ళు
- pronoun'they'
- ఇక
- adverb'from now on'; with a negative, 'any more'
- ఇక్కడ
- adverb'here'
- నివసించడం
- verbnivasincu · form: verbal noun (-ḍaṁ) · 'living, residing'; negated with lēdu
- లేదు
- auxiliary verblēdu · tense: present · 'is not'; nivasincaḍaṁ lēdu = are not living
What changes from one language to the other · English × Telugu
English negates before the verb with ‘don't’; Telugu negates at the very end with ‘లేదు’.
Example conversation
— వాళ్ళు ఇక ఇక్కడ నివసించడం లేదు.
— They don't live here anymore.
— వాళ్ళు ఎక్కడికి వెళ్ళారో తెలుసా?
— Do you know where they went?