Simple verbs- few illustrations- you(informal)

Here are some verbs used generally in Telugu language.Learn them.Please observe how the word is getting changed as it is used to convey different actions.Telugu language can be learnt very easily.Watch Telugu movies,talk with Telugu people in Telugu language and if you are living in Andhra Pradesh,buy an FM radio and listen to it.This will increase your Telugu capabilities to a significant extent.Feel free to comment and I will try to help you.

Take a look at the below words. I have written Telugu script, its transcription in English and its meaning in English. For reading the transcription see the note below.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
The letter 'i' stands for the sound 'i' in the word 'kick', or the short pronunciation of the alphabet letter 'e'
The letter 'I' stands for the sound 'ee' in the word 'cheek'
The letter 'e' stands for the sound of the short pronunciation of the letter 'a' as 'e' in the word 'bell'
The letter 'E' stands for the sound 'a' in the word 'base'
The letter 'o' stands for the sound of the short pronunciation of the letter 'o'
The letter 'O' stands for the sound 'o' in the word 'more' or the the long pronunciation of the letter 'o'

When talking to a person informally,let us label it as YOU(informal) we can use the following verb forms.For talking with elderly people or if you want to talk to some one with respect then we use another verb form which I will be posting shortly.

రా - rA- come


రాకు/రావాకు - rAku/rAvAku- don't come


రావద్దు - rAvaddhu- don't come


వస్తావా? - vasthAvA?- will you come?


రావా? - rAvA? -will you not come?


ఇవ్వు - ivvu- give


ఇవ్వకు - ivvaku- don't give


ఇవ్వద్దు - ivvaddhu- don't give


ఇస్తావా? - isthAvA?- will you give?


ఇవ్వవా? - ivvavA?- will you not give?


తా/తీసుకు రా - thA(pronounced as 'tha' in 'thanks' but without stress)/ thIsuku rA - bring


తాకు/తావాకు - thAku/thAvAku(with thA pronounced as 'tha' in 'thanks' but without stress)- don't bring


తావద్దు - thAvaddhu(with thA pronounced as 'tha' in 'thanks' but without stress)- don't bring


తావా? - thAvA(with thA pronounced as 'tha' in 'thanks' but without stress)- will you not bring?


తెస్తావా? - thesthAva? -will you bring?


తాగు - thAgu- drink


తాగకు/తాక్కు - thAgaku/thAkku - don't drink


తాగద్దు - thAgaddhu- don't drink


తాగుతావా? - thAguthAvA?- will you drink?


తాగవా? - thAgavA?- will you not drink?


తాకు - thAku- touch


తాకకు/తాక్కు - thAkaku/thAkku- don't touch


తాకద్దు - thAkaddhu- don't touch


తాకుతావా? - thAkuthAva?- will you touch?


తాకవా? - thAkavA?- will you not touch?

I think you noticed the general structure of each word i.e., the changes in each word when it is used for conveying different actions.

Try communicating with someone using these.I will be posting more verbs shortly but I will not write different forms as was done for the verbs above.I will be only giving the main word.

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Some simple words of Telugu Language

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In Telugu language most of the words resemble or are the same as the corresponding words of the divine Sanskrit language excepting some basic words like come, go, here, there, etc which are different from the corresponding Sanskrit words. I hope you already know the alphabet of Telugu language and its pronunciation too.They are similar to that of Sanskrit/Hindi languages. If you don't know them there are other websites that can help you in this regard.You can mail me or write a comment if you want me to include the alphabet too in this site.

Take a look at these words. I have written Telugu script, its transcription/transliteration in English and its meaning in English. For reading the transliteration see the guidelines below.

GUIDELINES FOR PRONOUNCING THE TRANSLITERATED TEXT:

• The letter 'i' stands for the sound 'i' in the word 'kick', or the short pronunciation of the alphabet letter 'e'
• The letter 'I' stands for the sound 'ee' in the word 'cheek'
• The letter 'e' stands for the sound of the short pronunciation of the letter 'a' as the first 'e' in the word 'elephant'
• The letter 'E' stands for the sound 'a' in the word 'base'
• The letter 'o' stands for the sound of the short pronunciation of the letter 'o'
• The letter 'O' stands for the sound 'o' in the word 'more' or the the long pronunciation of the letter 'o'
• Pronounce consonants like 'k', 't', 'd', etc as their sound indicates. Addition of 'h' to them: Pronounce 'th' as 'th' in 'thumb', 'dh' as 'th' in 'that'/'this' and so on.
• Simplifications for simplicity: thth = tth, dhdh=ddh and so on. For example kaththi (knife) = katthi, vadhdhu (don't want) = vaddhu, etc
• For consonants, lower case letter indicates normal pronunciation and capital letter indicates pronunciation with stress e.g., katthi(knife), Kadgam(sword) - observe the case of 'k' in both.
• For the sound of 'j' in 'junk' I use 'j', for the sound of 'g' in 'gum' I use 'g'. For example ginger will be transliterated to jinjar according to this rule. 
• 's' indicates normal pronunciation as in 'sum'. 'S' indicates pronunciation of 's' as in 'sat', 'sad',etc. In Hindi/Sanskrit also there are these two different versions of 'sa' as you all know.
• Apply same thing to letter 'v' also. 'v' indicates normal pronunciation like 'v' in 'vault' and 'V' indicates pronunciation of 'v' as in 'van'. Note that both are two very different pronunciations and if one is used instead of other, it won't sound good!. But one thing to note is in written Telugu there is only one letter 'va' which will be used for both and its pronunciation depends on the word in which it is used. Only in some Telugu verb forms and when English words like 'van' are transliterated into Telugu, the 'V' sound is pronounced and mostly in all others, 'v' sound is pronounced. You will find this (the above two different ways of pronouncing the same Telugu letter) happening in few more cases like 'kA', 'chA', 'dA', 'thA', 'pA' when these are used in Telugu verb forms corresponding to 'Past tense'. Some examples for these can be found towards the end of this post in the table with references below it

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ఎక్కడ - ekkada - where

ఏమి/ఏంటి - Emi/Enti - what

ఎందుకు - endhuku - why

ఎలా - elA - how

అక్కడ - akkada - there

అందుకు - andhuku - for that

ఇందుకు - indhuku - for this

దేనికి - dhEniki - for what

అటు - atu - that side

ఇటు - itu - this side

అది - adhi - that

ఇది - idhi - this

కానీ-kAni-but/let it...

లేదు - lEdhu - not there/did not 'verb'

కాదు - kAdhu - is not, not correct

వద్దు - vaddhu - don't want

కావాలి - kAvAli - want

గురించి - gurinchi - about

ఎప్పుడు - eppudu - when

అప్పుడు - appudu - then/that time

ఇప్పుడు - ippudu - now

కింద - kindha - down

పైన - paina - up

మీద - mIdha - on top of/over

లో/లోపల - lO/lOpala - in/inside

అంటే - antE - means

అంతే - anthE - thats it

అయినా - ayinA - 'but', 'though', 'having something happened,still....', etc

కొంచం - koncham - little, some

కనీసం - kanIsam - atleast

మరి - mari - so/then

మరింత - marintha - much

చాలా - chAlA - many

కాబట్టి/కావున - kAbatti - hence/so

అలాగే - alAgE - ok (that's fine)

ఎక్కువ - ekkuva - more/extra/much

తక్కువ - thakkuva - less

అన్నీ - annI - all

అంతా - anthA - everything

ఈ - I ( don't pronounce it as the English 'I' ) - this

ఆ - A - that

కానివ్వు/కాని - kAnivvu/KAni - keep working/do it/complete it

చాలు - chAlu - enough

చాలదు - chAladhu - will not be enough

చాల్లేదు - chAllEdhu - is/was not enough

సరిపోదు - saripOdhu - will not be sufficient

సరిపోతుంది/చాలుతుంది - saripOthundhi - will be sufficient

సరిపోయింది - saripOyindhi - is/was sufficient

సరిపోలా/సరిపోలేదు - saripOlA/saripOlEdhu - is/was not sufficient

Some words may not be translated exactly or it happens to be difficult to translate into English.Such type of words are to be learnt by observing their use in the sentences. Even in the above you find some words having more than one meaning, ( e.g., 'kAni' , 'ainA' )which is to say that the meaning of that particular word is dependent on the context of the sentence where it is used. Also to express something in Telugu you can do it by means of one or more different words. Come back frequently as I will be updating the site explaining you more about learning Telugu Language.


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