All Tenses of some common Telugu verbs (Complete English version - Detailed)

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In this post, I'm listing all the possible uses of the verb (in terms of tenses) in our day to day conversations. If you feel I've missed something or want me to add something, please let me know, I'll add to this list. For people who already know Telugu, please let me know if I've made a mistake, I'll correct it.

Note: There is a similar post here that explains tenses in Telugu but contains some Telugu text. I fully encourage you to learn how to read Telugu text which should be very easy if your mother tongue is one of the Indian languages, so that, that post will also be of use to you. This post is completely in English and is in more detail (w.r.t. the explanation of tenses) though the number of verbs covered is less. I'll try to add more verbs to this page in due course of time.

First let's start with one verb say 'go' in very detailed manner.

1. Verb: go


1. Present tense (verb - go)
a. I (nEnu) : velthAnu
Usage: While referring to yourself: 'I go' - 'nEnu velthAnu'
b. We (mEmu) : velthAmu
Usage: While referring to ourselves: 'We go' - 'mEmu velthAmu'
c. Male/Female informal (You) (nuvvu) : vellu
Usage: While addressing (directly speaking to) male/female informally: 'You go' - 'nuvvu vellu (nuvvellu)'
c1. Male very informal (You) (nuvvu) : vellara (vellu + ra)
Usage: While addressing a male very informally: 'You go' - 'nuvvellara (nuvvu + vellara)'
c2. Female very informal (You) (nuvvu) : vellave (vellu + e)
Usage: While addressing a female/object very informally: 'You go' - 'nuvvellave (nuvvu + vellave)'
d. Plural OR male/female with respect (You) (mIru) : vellandi
Usage: While addressing a male/female respectfully OR addressing more than two persons: 'You go' - 'mIru vellandi'
e. Male informal (He) (vAdu/athadu) : velthAdu
Usage: While referring to a male informally: 'He goes' - 'vAdu velthAdu'
f. Female/Neutral informal (She, It) (Ame, adhi) : velthundhi
Usage: While referring to a gender-less object or while referring to a female informally: 'She/It goes' - 'Ame/adhi velthundhi'
g. Male/female with respect OR Plural (They) (vAru/vAllu) : velthAru
Usage: While referring to a male/female with respect OR more than two persons: 'He/She (respect) goes', 'They go', - 'vAru velthAru'.
Note: While vAru can be used to refer both 'Male/female with respect' and 'They', vAllu can only be used to refer 'They'.


2. Present continuous tense (verb + ing - going)
a. I - velthunnAnu
Usage: I am going - nEnu velthunnAnu
b. We - velthunnAmu
Usage: We are going - mEmu velthunnAmu
c. Male/Female informal (You) - velthunnAvu
Usage: You are going - nuvvu velthunnAvu (nuvvelthunnAvu)
d. Plural OR male/female with respect (You): velthunnAru
Usage: You are going - mIru velthunnAru (mIrelthunnAru)
e. Male informal (He): velthunnAdu
Usage: He is going - vAdu velthunnAdu
f. Female/Neutral informal (She, It): velthundhi
Usage: She/It is going - Ame/adhi velthundhi
g. Male/female with respect OR Plural (They): velthunnAru
Usage: They are going, He/She (respect) is going - vAru velthunnAru


3. Past tense (2nd form of verb - went)

*Note: The 'A' in these starred words should be pronounced like 'a' in 'bash' or 'bat' and NOT like 'a' in 'bar'.
a. I - vellAnu*
b. We - vellAmu*
c. Male/Female informal (You) - vellAvu*
d. Plural OR male/female with respect (You): vellAru*
e. Male informal (He): vellAdu*
f. Female/Neutral informal (She, It): vellindhi
g. Male/female with respect OR Plural (They): vellAru*


4. Past continuous tense (was/were + verb + ing - was/were going )

a. I - velthU unnAnu
b. We - velthU unnAmu
c. Male/Female informal (You) - velthU unnAvu
d. Plural OR male/female with respect (You): velthU unnAru
e. Male informal (He): velthU unnAdu
f. Female/Neutral informal (She, It): velthU undhi
g. Plural OR male/female with respect (They): velthU unnAru



5. Future tense (will + verb - will go)

a. I - velthAnu
b. We - velthAmu
c. Male/Female informal (You) - velthAvu
d. Plural OR male/female with respect (You): velthAru
e. Male informal (He): velthAdu
f. Female/Neutral informal (She, It): velthundhi
g. Plural OR male/female with respect (They): velthAru


6. Future continuous tense (will be + verb + ing - will be going)

a. I - velthU untAnu
b. We - velthU untAmu
c. Male/Female informal (You) - velthU untAvu
d. Plural OR male/female with respect (You): velthU untAru
e. Male informal (He): velthU untAdu
f. Female/Neutral informal (She, It): velthU untundhi
g. Plural OR male/female with respect (They): velthU untAru


7. can (indicating capacity) + verb - can go

a. I - vellagalanu
b. We - vellagalamu
c. Male/Female informal (You) - vellagalavu
d. Plural OR male/female with respect (You): vellagalaru
e. Male informal (He): vellagaladu
f. Female/Neutral informal (She, It): vellagaladhu
g. Plural OR male/female with respect (They): vellagalaru


Other:
8. can(NOT indicating capacity)/might + verb: vellacchu
Usage: You/He can go: nuvvu/vAdu vellacchu
9. should + verb: vellAli
Usage: You/He should go: nuvvu/vAdu vellAli
10. should have + 3rd form of verb: velli undAlsindhi
Usage: You/He should have gone: nuvvu/vAdu vellundAlsindhi
11. might have + 3rd form of verb (gender insensitive): velli undacchu (vellundacchu)
Usage: You/He might have gone: nuvvu/vAdu vellundacchu
12. should have + 3rd form of verb + know?! : vellundacchugA (velli+undacchu+kadA(know))
Usage: You should have gone know?! = vellundacchugA?!. Note the simplification of 'kadA' (know) to simply 'gA'. This is widely used in spoken Telugu

NOTE:
1. In day to day conversations, the individual words will not be pronounced separately, but will be combined (and in the process some letters can be omitted also) and pronounced like in 'nuvvellu' which is actually a combination of two words 'nuvvu' and 'vellu'.
2. a) For sentences which have 'You(informal)' as subject, the verbs generally end in 'vu'. But in day to day conversations, the last 'u'(vowel) will be omitted. Ex: ekkadiki vellavu (where did you go)? = ekkadiki vellav? (applying principle 2) = ekkadikellav? (applying principle 1). b) In sentences with 'I' as subject, the verbs generally end in 'nu', but in day to day conversations (spoken Telugu), that last 'nu' won't be pronounced. For example to say 'I ate'(nEnu thinnAnu), say it has 'nEnu thinnA'. If you use these two rules (a,b) and other spoken Telugu rules (like 12 above) people will think that you are a native Telugu speaker!
3. Notice the similarity between 1a-5a, 1b-5b, 1e-5e, 1f-5f, 1g-5g. It's common in day to day conversations.
4. Notice the similarity between d-g in every set (2 to 7) except 1st. This is because in 1d (verb), if we use 'velthAru' instead of 'vellandi' it generally means 5d (i.e, will + verb). Ex1: vAlla tharuvAtha mIru velthAru : After them you will go. Ex2: vAlla tharuvAtha mIru vellandi: You go after them.
5. In many cases, in place of set 4, some times set 2 itself is used as you can see there is no much difference between them except for splitting set 1 verb forms in between and extending the sound of 'u' gives set 2.
6. Since writing this detail for every verb would be cumbersome, I will use the notation like 1e,8,3g, etc to refer to above and give only the corresponding verb forms.

2. Verb: Come

	1.Present come	2.Present continuous coming	3.Past came	4.Past continuous was/were coming	5.Future will come	6.Future continuous will be coming	7.can come	8 - 11 (Note: 8 - 11 verbs can be used for all subjects (I,You,He,etc)
a. I (nEnu)	vasthAnu	vasthunnAnu	vacchAnu*	vasthU unnAnu	vasthAnu	vasthU untAnu	rAgalanu	8. can come: rAvacchu
b. We (mEmu)	vasthAmu	vasthunnAmu	vacchAmu*	vasthU unnAmu	vasthAmu	vasthU untAmu	rAgalamu	9. should come: rAvAli
c. You (Single) (nuvvu)	rA,rAra,rAve	vasthunnAvu	vacchAvu*	vasthU unnAvu	vasthAvu	vasthU untAvu	rAgalavu	10. should have come: vacchi undAlsindhi OR rAvAlsindhi
d. You (Plural) (mIru)	randi	vasthunnAru	vacchAru*	vasthU unnAru	vasthAru	vasthU untAru	rAgalaru	11. might have come: vacchi undacchu
e. He (vAdu / athadu)	vasthAdu	vasthunnAdu	vacchAdu*	vasthU unnAdu	vasthAdu	vasthU untAdu	rAgaladu	12.You should have come know?!: vacchundacchugA
f. She/It (Ame / adhi)	vasthundhi	vasthundhi	vacchindhi	vasthU undhi	vasthundhi	vasthU untundhi	rAgaladhu
g. They (vAllu / vAru)	vasthAru	vasthunnAru	vacchAru*	vasthU unnAru	vasthAru	vasthU untAru	rAgalaru

* -  The 'A' in these starred words should be pronounced like 'a' in 'bash' or 'bat' and NOT like 'a' in 'bar'


More verbs will be added in due course of time OR upon request by readers

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Verbs of Telugu Language in Informal, Colloquial, Normal Day-to-Day Conversations - All Persons, All Tenses

I advise you to go through this post also compulsorily. It explains in detail all the different forms a verb can take w.r.t all subjects(persons) in English. The current post also does a similar job but not in very great detail as like the other one.

In this page, I am writing six columns ( Verb(English) - Present(You-singular) - Simple Present(He)/Simple Future(He) - Simple Past(He) - Simple Present(She,It)/Simple Future(She,It) - Simple Past(She,It) ) to illustrate verbs in the Telugu Language. Try to formulate the remaining forms from the illustration given below

Please note that the form of verbs in the first and second columns(scroll down to find the six columns of the table) is such that they are addressed to a second person singular(YOU), that is these can be used directly in sentences that have You(singular) as the main Subject.

With slight modifications to them they can be used in sentences that have I, We, You(plural), She, It, They as the main Subject and also for different tenses as illustrated below.

I REQUEST you all to follow the "Guidelines for pronouncing the transliterated text" that are present at the beginning of this post to AVOID MISPRONUNCIATION

Illustration: For example, let us take the verb 'eat'

1) The form that can be used in a sentence that has You(singular) as main Subject - thinu - తిను.

Simple Present: You(Singular) eat - nuvvu thinu - నువ్వు తిను.

Present Continuous: You(Singular) are eating - nuvvu thintunnAvu - నువ్వు తింటున్నావు.

Simple Past: You(Singular) ate - nuvvu thinnAvu - నువ్వు తిన్నావు.

Simple Future: You(Singular) will eat - nuvvu thintAvu - నువ్వు తింటావు.

2)The form that can be used in a sentence that has I(singular) as main Subject:

I eat - nEnu thintAnu - నేను తింటాను.

I am eating - nEnu thintunnAnu - నేను తింటున్నాను.

I ate - nEnu thinnAnu - నేను తిన్నాను.

I will eat - nEnu thintAnu - నేను తింటాను.

3)The form that can be used in a sentence that has We as main Subject:

We eat - mEmu thintAmu - మేము తింటాము.

We are eating - mEmu thintunnAmu - మేము తింటున్నాము.

We ate - mEmu thinnAmu - మేము తిన్నాము.

We will eat - mEmu thintAmu - మేము తింటాము - mEmu thintAmu.

4)The form that can be used in a sentence that has You(Plural) as main Subject:

You(Plural) eat - mIru thinandi - మీరు తినండి.

You(Plural) are eating - mIru thintunnAru - మీరు తింటున్నారు.

You(Plural) ate - mIru thinnAru -మీరు తిన్నారు.

You(Plural) will eat - mIru thintAru -మీరు తింటారు.

5) The form that can be used in a sentence that has He as main Subject:

He eats - vAdu/athadu thintAdu - వాడు/అతడు తింటాడు.

He is eating - vAdu/athadu thintunnAdu - వాడు/అతడు తింటున్నాడు.

He ate - vAdu/athadu thinnAdu - వాడు/అతడు తిన్నాడు.

He will eat - vAdu/athadu thintAdu - వాడు/అతడు తింటాడు.

Note that Simple Present and Simple Future have same forms. This is true only in colloquial or informal or normal day-to-day life conversations. In formal or ancient scripts, they are different!
Like this you will find in other cases also...try to follow it.


6) The form that can be used in a sentence that has She as main Subject:

She eats - Ame/thanu thintundhi - ఆమె/తను తింటుంది.

She is eating - Ame/thanu thintunnadhi - ఆమె/తను తింటుంది/తింటున్నది.

She ate - Ame/thanu thinnadhi - ఆమె/తను తిన్నది.

She will eat - Ame/thanu thintundhi - ఆమె/తను తింటుంది.

7) The form that can be used in a sentence that has It as main Subject:

It eats - adhi thintundhi - అది తింటుంది.

It is eating - adhi thintundhi/thintunnadhi - అది తింటుంది/తింటున్నది.

It ate - adhi thindhi/thinnadhi - అది తింది/తిన్నది.

It will eat - adhi thintundhi - అది తింటుంది.

8) The form that can be used in a sentence that has They as main Subject:

They eat - vAru/vAllu thintAru - వారు/వాళ్ళు తింటారు.

They are eating - vAru/vAllu thintunnAru - వారు/వాళ్ళు తింటున్నారు.

They ate - vAru/vAllu thinnAru - వారు/వాళ్ళు తిన్నారు.

They will eat - vAru/vAllu thintAru - వారు/వాళ్ళు తింటారు.


Below are 6 columns to illustrate some forms of verbs in terms of person and tense. Try to formulate all the remaining forms by studying the above example about the verb - eat.

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The references to certain words are mentioned at the bottom of the table. Please go through the corresponding reference when you encounter it.

Tenses of some common verbs in Telugu

Verb (English)	Present (You-singular)	Simple Present(He) /Simple Future(He)	Simple Past(He)	Simple Present (She,It) /Simple Future (She,It)	Simple Past (She,It)
do	చెయ్యి cheyyi	చేస్తాడు chEsthAdu	చేశాడు  chESAdu[0]	చేస్తుంది chEsthundhi	చేసింది chEsindhi
write	రాయి rAyi	రాస్తాడు rAsthAdu	రాశాడు  rASAdu[0]	రాస్తుంది rAsthundhi	రాసింది rAsindhi
lay down	పడుకో padukO	పడుకుంటాడు padukuntAdu	పడుకున్నాడు padukunnAdu	పడుకుంటుంది padukuntundhi	పడుకుంది padukundhi
study	చదువు chadhuvu	చదువుతాడు chadhuvuthAdu	చదివాడు chadhiVAdu[0]	చదువుతుంది chadhuvuthundhi	చదివింది chadhivindhi
learn	నేర్చుకో nErchukO	నేర్చుకుంటాడు nErchukuntAdu	నేర్చుకున్నాడు nErchukunnAdu	నేర్చుకుంటుంది nErchukuntundhi	నేర్చుకుంది nErchukundhi
sleep	నిద్ర పో nidhra pO	నిద్ర పోతాడు nidhra pOthAdu	నిద్ర పొయ్యాడు nidhra pOyyAdu	నిద్ర పోతుంది nidhra pOthundhi	నిద్ర పోయింది nidhra pOyindhi
get up	లే lE	లేస్తాడు lEsthAdu	లేచాడు lE-chA-du[1]	లేస్తుంది lEsthundhi	లేచింది lEchindhi
sit	కూర్చో kUrchO	కూర్చుంటాడు kUrchuntAdu	కూర్చున్నాడు kUrchunnAdu	కూర్చుంటుంది kUrchuntundhi	కూర్చుంది kUrchundhi
open	తెరువు theruvu	తెరుస్తాడు therusthAdu	తెరిచాడు theri-chA-du[1]	తెరుస్తుంది therusthundhi	తెరిచింది therichindhi
be there	ఉండు undu	ఉంటాడు untAdu	ఉన్నాడు unnAdu	ఉంటుంది untundhi	ఉన్నది/ ఉంది unnadhi/ undhi
make happen	జరిపించు jaripinchu	జరిపిస్తాడు jaripisthAdu	జరిపించాడు jaripin-chA-du[1]	జరిపిస్తుంది jaripisthundhi	జరిపించింది jaripinchindhi
walk	నడువు naduvu	నడుస్తాడు nadusthAdu	నడిచాడు nadi-chA-du[1]	నడుస్తుంది nadusthundhi	నడిచింది nadichindhi
run	పరిగెత్తు parigetthu	పరిగెత్తుతాడు parigetthuthAdu	పరిగెత్తాడు pariget-thA-du[5]	పరిగెత్తుతుంది parigetthuthundhi	పరిగెత్తింది parigetthindhi
climb	ఎక్కు ekku	ఎక్కుతాడు ekkuthAdu	ఎక్కాడు ek-kA-du[2]	ఎక్కుతుంది ekkuthundhi	ఎక్కింది ekkindhi
listen	విను vinu	వింటాడు vintAdu	విన్నాడు vinnAdu	వింటుంది vintundhi	విన్నది/ వింది vinnadhi/ vindhi
speak	మాట్లాడు mAtlAdu	మాట్లాడతాడు mAtlAdathAdu	మాట్లాడాడు mAtlA-dA-du[3]	మాట్లాడుతుంది mAtlAduthundhi	మాట్లాడింది mAtlAdindhi
say/tell	చెప్పు cheppu	చెప్తాడు chepthAdu	చెప్పాడు chep-pA-du[4]	చెప్తుంది chepthundhi	చెప్పింది cheppindhi
see	చూడు chUdu	చూస్తాడు chUsthAdu	చూశాడు  chUSAdu[0]	చూస్తుంది chUsthundhi	చూసింది chUsindhi
play	ఆడు Adu	ఆడతాడు AdathAdu	ఆడాడు A-dA-du[3]	ఆడుతుంది Aduthundhi	ఆడింది Adindhi
sing	పాడు pAdu	పాడతాడు pAdathAdu	పాడాడు pA-dA-du[3]	పాడుతుంది pAduthundhi	పాడింది pAdindhi
fall	పడు padu	పడతాడు padathAdu	పడ్డాడు paddAdu	పడుతుంది paduthundhi	పడింది padindhi

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References:
[0] - 'SA' in these words has to be pronounced as 'sa' in 'sad' or 'sap', etc. Distinguish this from 'sA' which will be pronounced as 'sa' in 'sauce'. The difference between the two is case of letter 's'. Similarly 'VA' should be pronounced as 'va' in 'van',etc and NOT like 'va' in 'vault' or 'wha' in 'what'. These two are already explained in "Guidelines for pronouncing the transliterated text". I'm just repeating here.
[1] - Same thing applies to 'chA' in these words. Pronounce the hyphenated 'chA' in these words as 'cha' in 'chat', 'charm', etc
[2] - Pronounce hyphenated 'kA' in these words as 'ca' in 'cat', 'cater', etc and NOT like 'ca' in 'cart'
[3] - Pronounce hyphenated 'dA' in these words as 'da' in 'damp', 'dangle', etc and NOT like 'da' in 'dark'
[4] - Pronounce hyphenated 'pA' in these words as 'pa' in 'parrot', 'pack', etc and NOT like 'pa' in 'pass'
[5] - Pronounce hyphenated 'thA' in these words as 'tha' in 'thank' and NOT like 'tha' in 'thali'

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All sentences - Second Person Singular ( 'You' ) - Informal Conversations

I advise you to go through this post before you go through this one. It explains in detail all the different forms a verb can take w.r.t all subjects(persons) in English.

Below I wrote some sentences concerning with second person singular that is 'You'. Observe them and learn how Telugu words form a sentence. Observe the modifications to certain words as they are used in the sentence.

Usually the last sounds of last words of certain sentences are left out while speaking(For example, 'emi chestunnav?' is used while speaking/talking to a friend instead of the actual 'emi chestunnavu?' for asking 'what are you doing?'. This(the presence of sound 'vu' at the end of actual sentences) is the major case whether you will observe this. Like this there are a few others also). This you might have observed in your own mother tongue too. The same is the case here. Below I am writing complete sentences, but the last sounds in some sentences may be left out while speaking. This you have to identify from listening to Telugu conversations.

Please note: The initial subject may be left out while speaking in most of the cases as is found in many languages while speaking directly to a person.

Please note: The English part has three lines. The first line is the Telugu transliteration. The second line is a word by word (respectively) translation of the Telugu sentence to English (It is almost correct, but not exactly correct, it only gives a rough idea, but the third line aptly conveys the exact meaning of the actual Telugu sentence). The third one is the usual complete sentence translation into English.

I REQUEST you all to follow the "Guidelines for pronouncing the transliterated text" that are present at the beginning of this post to AVOID MISPRONUNCIATION


నీ పేరేంటి?

nI pErEnti(pEru+Enti)?

your name-what?

What is your name?


నువ్వెక్కడ ఉన్నావు?

nuvvekkada(nuvvu+ekkada) unnAvu?

you-where there/present?

Where are you?


నువ్వు ఏం చేస్తున్నావు?

nuvvu Em chEsthunnAvu? (nuvvEm chesthunnAv?-more colloquial)

you what doing?

What are you doing?


ఇటు రా / ఇట్రా

itu rA / itrA

this-side come / come here

come here


అటు పో/వెళ్ళు

atu pO/vellu

that-side go/go

go there/that side


చదువు

chadhuvu

study


పడుకో

padukO

lay down on back


పడుకోకు / పడుకోవద్దు

padukOku / padukOvaddhu

Don't lay down


నిద్ర పో / నిద్ర పోవద్దు

nidhra pO / nidhra pOvaddhu

sleep go / sleep don't-go

Go to sleep / Don't go to sleep


నీకు తెలీదా?

nIku thelIdhA?

to-you don't-know?

Don't you know?


నీకు తెలుసు కదా?!

nIku thelusu kadhA?!

to-you know know

You know know/ you know right ?!


ఈ మిగిలిన పని రేపు చేద్దు(వు) గానిలే

I migilina pani rEpu chEddu(vu) gAnilE

this remaining work tomorrow can-do -

You can do this remaining work tomorrow


నీకు ఎన్ని సార్లు చెప్పాలి?

nIku enni sArlu cheppAli?

to-you how-many times have-to-say?

How many times you have to be told?


నీ పని నువ్వు చూసుకో

nI pani nuvvu chUsukO

your work you see

You do your work / you see your work (means not to interfere in other's work)


నువ్వు ఎక్కడున్నా/ ఏమి చేస్తున్నా నాకు తెలియాలి

nuvvu ekkadunnA/ Emi chEsthunnA nAku theliyAli

you where-present(there)-also/what-doing-also to-me/I have-to-know

Wherever you are present or whatever you are doing, I should know.


ఏడువు/ఏడవకు

Eduvu/Edavaku

cry/don't-cry


నీ వల్ల కాదిది

nI valla kAdhidhi

your by this-cannot-happen

This is not possible by you


నువ్వు దీన్ని చెయ్యలేవు

nuvvu dhInni cheyyalEvu

you this cannot-do

You cannot do this


నీకేది నచ్చింది?

nIkEdhi(nIku+Edhi) nacchindhi?

to-you-what liked?

What did you like?


నీకిది నచ్చలేదా?

nIkidhi(nIku+idhi) nacchalEdhA?

to-you-this not-liked?

Didn't you like this?


నువ్వెళ్ళు/నువ్వెల్లకు

nuvvellu(nuvvu+vellu)/nuvvellaku(nuvvu+vellaku)

you-go/you-don't-go


నువ్వు ఇక్కడే ఉండు

nuvvu ikkadE undu

you here-only stay

You stay here only


నీకేది ఇష్టమైతే అది చెయ్యి

nIkEdhi(nIku+Edhi) ishtamaithE(ishtam+aithE) adhi cheyyi

to-you-what if-liking that do

What you like you do it


నీకేం కావాలన్నా నాతో చెప్పు

nIkEm(nIku+Em) kAvAlannA nAthO cheppu

to-you-what want-if to-me say

Whatever you want, say it to me


నువ్వు నా దగ్గరికి రాకు

nuvvu nA dheggariki rAku

you my near don't-come

You don't come near me


నీ మనసులో ఉన్నది చెప్పు

nI manasulO unnadhi cheppu

your in-mind there/present say

Say what is in your mind


నువ్వు ఏ ఊరు నుంచి?

nuvvu E Uru nunchi?

you which place(city,town,etc) from?

You are from which place?


నువ్వు 8 గంటల నుంచి 9 గంటల వరకు ఇక్కడే ఉండాలి

nuvvu 8(enimidhi) gantala nunchi 9(thommidhi) gantala varaku ikkadE undAli

you 8 hours from 9 hours till/to here-only have-to-be-there

From 8'o clock to 9'o clock, you have to be here only


నువ్వేం చేసినా నాకు చెప్పి చెయ్యి

nuvvEm(nuvvu+Em) chEsinA nAku cheppi cheyyi

you-what if-do to-me having said/told do

Whatever you do, say me and do


నీకు నా సహాయం ఎప్పుడూ ఉంటుంది

nIku nA sahAyam eppudU untundhi

to-you my help always will-be-there

My help will always be there to you


నీకేం కావాలో కోరుకో...

nIkEm(nIku+Em) kAvAlO kOrukO...

to-you-what want choose...

Choose what you want...


నా మాట విను

nA mAta vinu

my words listen

Listen to my words/Listen to what I am saying


నేను చెప్పేది విను

nEnu cheppEdhi vinu

me that-saying listen

Listen to what I am saying


అందరు కష్టపడుతున్నారు కదా, మరి నువ్వెందుకు కష్టపడటం లేదు?

andharu kashtapaduthunnAru kadhA, mari nuvvendhuku(nuvvu+endhuku) kashtapadatam lEdhu?

all working-hard know/right,then you-why hard-working not?

All are working hard know, then why are you not working hard?


నువ్విలా ఉంటే కష్టం, నీకు ప్రాక్టిస్ అవసరం బాగా!

nuvvilA(nuvvu+ilA) untE kashtam, nIku practice(English) avasaram bAgA!

you-like-this if-there/present difficult, to-you practice required very-much

Its difficult if you are like this, you need very much practice!


నువ్వేం చేస్తావో నాకు సంబంధం లేదు, రేపటికల్లా నాకీపని పూర్తవ్వాలి.

nuvvEm(nuvvu+Em) chEsthAvO nAku sambanDham lEdhu, rEpatikallA nAkIpani(nAku+I+pani) pUrthavvAli(pUrthi+avvAli)

you-what will-do to-me relation not-there by-tomorrow to-me-this-work have-to-be-completed

I don't bother what you do, by tomorrow I want this work to be completed


నువ్వు ఆ రోజు చేసావు కదా, అలానే ఇప్పుడు చెయ్యి!

nuvvu A rOju chESavu kadhA, alAnE ippudu cheyyi!

you that day did know/right, like-that-only now do!

You did that day know/right, like that only do now!


చూడు, నువ్వనుకున్నట్టు జరగాలంటే కష్టమయ్యా...

chUdu, nuvvanukunnattu(nuvvu+anukunnattu) jaragAlantE(jaragAli+antE) kashtamayyA(kashtam+ayyA)...

see, you-think-like has-to-happen-means difficult-man

See, its difficult(for things) to happen as you want(thought), man...

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All Sentences - First Person Singular ( 'I' ) - Informal Conversations

Please learn to read Telugu text by learning how to read Telugu alphabet. It is very easy as it resembles Sanskrit in terms of sounds. But since many people have requested me to include Telugu transliteration, I have done that.

I advise you to go through this post before you go through this one. It explains in detail all the different forms a verb can take w.r.t all subjects(persons) in English.

Below I wrote some sentences concerning with first person singular that is 'I'. Observe them and learn how Telugu words form a sentence. Observe the modifications to certain words as they are used in the sentence.

Usually the last sounds of last words of certain sentences are left out while speaking. This you might have observed in your own mother tongue too. The same is the case here. Below I am writing complete sentences, but the last sounds in some sentences may be left out while speaking. This you have to identify from listening to Telugu conversations. The sentences below are in random. They are not continuously related. I wrote them as they struck my mind. The below sentences are written arbitrarily, they don't necessarily describe me.

Please note: The English part has three lines. The first line is the Telugu transliteration. The second line is a word by word (respectively) translation of the Telugu sentence to English (It is almost correct, but not exactly correct, it only gives a rough idea, but the third line aptly conveys the exact meaning of the actual Telugu sentence). The third one is the usual complete sentence translation into English.

I REQUEST you all to follow the "Guidelines for pronouncing the transliterated text" that are present at the beginning of this post to AVOID MISPRONUNCIATION

నా పేరు రామదాసు.

nA pEru rAmadhAsu

my name ramadasu

My name is Ramadasu.


నేను డిగ్రీ వరకు చదువుకున్నాను.

nEnu digrI varaku chadhuvukunnAnu

i degree till studied.

I studied till degree.


నేను ప్రస్తుతం ఒక కంపెనీ లో పని/ఉద్యోగం చేస్తున్నాను.

nEnu prasthutham oka kampenI(company) lO pani/udhyOgam chEsthunnAnu

i presently one company in work/employment doing.

Presently I am working in a company.


నాకు ౨౦ (ఇరవై) ఏళ్ళు లేదా నా వయసు ౨౦ ఏళ్ళు.

nAku 20 (iravai) Ellu lEdhA nA vayasu 20 Ellu

to-me 20 (twenty) years or my age 20 years

I am 20 years old or My age is 20 years.


నాకు ఈ పండంటే చాలా ఇష్టం.

nAku I pandantE(pandu+antE) chAlA ishtam

to-me this fruit-means very-much liking/favourite

I like this fruit very much.


నేను నిజమే చెప్తున్నాను, నన్ను నమ్ము.

nEnu nijamE chepthunnAnu, nannu nammu

i truth-only saying, me believe.

I am saying truth only, believe me.


రెండేళ్ళ తర్వాత నేనెక్కడ ఉంటానో నాకే తెలీదు!

rEndElla(rendu+Ella) tharvAtha nEnekkada(nEnu+ekkada) untAnO nAkE thelIdhu

two-years after i-where will-be-there i-only don't-know

After 2 years I only don't know where I will be!


నేను ఏ పని చేయాలన్నా దేవున్ని ప్రార్థించి చెయ్యాలనుకుంటాను.

nEnu E pani chEyAlannA(chEyAli+annA) dhEvunni prArThinchi cheyyAlanukuntAnu(cheyyAli+anukuntAnu)

i any work have-to-do-means to-god having-prayed have-to-do-i-think.

I think that any work I want to do, only after praying God OR I think that, if I want to do any work, I should do it only after praying God.


నేను రోజూ పూజ చేస్తాను.

nEnu rOjU pUja chEsthAnu

i daily prayer will-do/do

I do prayer daily


నాకు బస్సు ప్రయాణం పడదు.

nAku bassu prayAnam padadhu

for/to-me bus journey not-healthy/not-acceptable

Bus journey is not healthy/not accepatable(like you may be allergic(not acceptable by your body/not healthy) to dust) to/for me.


నాకు బస్సు ప్రయాణమంటే/ప్రయాణం ఇష్టముండదు.

nAku bassu prayAnamantE(prayAnam+antE)/prayAnam ishtamundadhu(ishtam+undadhu)

to/for-me bus journey-means/journey not-liking(don't like)

I don't like bus journey.


నేను మంచి వాళ్ళు చెప్పేది వింటాను.

nEnu manchi vAllu cheppEdhi vintAnu

i good people what-is-said will-hear

I listen to what good people say.


నేను సాధారణంగా ఎవరైనా ఏదైనా చెప్తే, దాన్లో ఉన్న మంచిని గ్రహించి, చెడును వదిలేస్తాను.

nEnu sADhAranangA evarainA(evaru+ainA) EdhainA(Edhi+ainA) chepthE, dhAnlO(dhAni+lO) unna manchini grahinchi, chedunu vadhilEsthAnu

i generally any-one any-thing if-said, in-that there good absorb, bad will-leave

Generally if anyone says anything, I absorb the good in that, will leave the bad.


నాకు చాలా ఆటలు వచ్చు.

nAku chAlA Atalu vacchu

to-me many games know

I know many games.


నేను ఎన్నో వింతలు చూసాను నా జీవితంలో ఇప్పటివరకు.

nEnu ennO vinthalu chUSAnu(pronounce 'SA' here as 'sa' in 'sad') nA jIvithamlO ippativaraku

i many wonders saw my in-life now-till.

I saw many wonders till now in my life.


నాకు ఏదైనా కావాలంటే దాని కోసం నేను కష్టపడతాను.

nAku EdhainA(Edhi+ainA) kAvAlantE(kAvAli+antE) dhAni kOsam nEnu kashta padathAnu

to-me anything if-want-means of-that for i will-work-hard

If I want anything I will work hard for that.


నేనెంత చెప్పినా నువ్వు వినలేదు.

nEnentha(nEnu+entha) cheppinA nuvvu vinalEdhu

i-how-much though-said you didn't-listen.

How much ever I said, you didn't listen.


నాకిది కావలి

nAkidhi(nAku+idhi) kAvAli

to-me-this want

I want this.


నాకు ఇదొద్దు లేదా నాకిది వద్దు

nAku idhoddhu(idhi+vaddhu) lEdhA nAkidhi(nAku+idhi) vaddhu

to-me this-not-want or to-me-this not-want

I don't want this or I don't want this.


నేను ఏం చేసినా నీ కోసమే చేస్తున్నాను.

nEnu Em chEsinA nI kOsamE chEsthunnAnu

i anything if-done your for-only am-doing

What ever I do, I am doing that only for(the sake of) you.


నా పరిస్థితి అర్థం చేసుకో దయచేసి ప్లీజ్

nA parisThithi arTham chEsukO dhayachEsi plIz

my condition understand do please/please

Please understand my condition.


నేనెక్కడ ఉన్నా నువ్వు కనిపెట్టలేవు

nEnekkada(nEnu+ekkada) unnA nuvvu kanipettalEvu

i-where there you can't-find

Wherever I am, you can't find me.


నేనెక్కడ ఉన్నాననేది నువ్వు కనిపెట్టలేవు

nEnekkada unnAnanEdhi(unnAnu+anEdhi) nuvvu kanipettalEvu

i-where thing-that-there you cannot-find.

You cannot find the thing that where I am ( You cannot find me where I am ).

నాక్కావలసింది నీ దెగ్గర/దగ్గర ఉంది.

nAkkAvalasindhi(nAku+kAvalasindhi) nI dheggara/dhaggara undhi

thing-i-want your near/near there.

What I want is with you.

నేనిలా చెప్తానని వాడు/ఆమె/వాళ్ళు ఊహించలేదు.

nEnilA(nEnu+ilA) chepthAnani vAdu/Ame/vAllu UhinchalEdhu

i-like-this that-will-say he/she/they didn't-expect

He/she/they didn't expect that I will say like this.

నేనింత కష్టపడినా ఫలితం దక్కకపోవచ్చు

nEnintha(nEnu+intha) kashtapadinA phalitham dhakkakapOvacchu

i-this-much though-workedhard result may-not-get.

Though I workhard this much, I may not get the result.


నాకు ఆ ముగ్గురి/ఇద్దరి/నలుగురి/ పేర్లు తెలుసు.

nAku A mugguri/iddhari/naluguri pErlu thelusu

to-me those/that threes'/twos'/fours' names know

I know the names of those three/two/four persons.


నాకింకా కొంచం కావాలి.

nAkinkA(nAku+inkA) koncham kAvAli

to-me-still little want.

I still want little more.


ఇంకా నా పని పూర్తికాలేదు.

inkA nA pani pUrthikAlEdhu

still my work not-completed

Still my work is not completed.


నేనడిగింది తెచ్చావా?

nEnadigindhi(nEnu+adigindhi) thecchAva(pronounce 'cchA' as 'cha' in 'chat')

that-i-asked brought?

Did you bring what i asked?


నాకింకా కొంచం సమయం కావాలి.

nAkinkA(nAku+inkA) koncham samayam kAvAli

to-me-still little time want

I still want little/some more time


నాకైతే ఇదే కరెక్ట్ అనిపిస్తుంది.

nAkaithE(nAku+aithE) idhE karekt anipisthundhi

to-me-means this-only correct feeling

According to me(to me means), I am feeling that this only is correct


నాకేం చెయ్యాలో అర్థం కావటంలేదు.

nAkEm cheyyAlO arTham kAvatamlEdhu

to-me-what have-to-do understand not

I am unable to understand what to do.


నేనెన్ని సార్లు ప్రయత్నించినా నాకది దక్క లేదు.

nEnenni(nEnu+enni) sArlu prayathninchinA nAkidhi(nAku+idhi) dhakkalEdhu

i-how-many times though-tried to-me-that not-got

Though I have tried for many times, I didn't get it.


నాకెన్నో చెయ్యాలనుంది.

nAkennO(nAku+ennO) cheyyAlanundhi(cheyyAli+anundhi)

to-me-many want-to-do

I want to do many.


నాకెన్నో చెయ్యాలనిపిస్తుంది.

nAkennO(nAku+ennO) cheyyAlanipisthundhi(cheyyAli+anipisthundhi)

to-me-many feel-to-do.

I am feeling that I want to do many.


నాకిది బాగా కష్టంగా అనిపిస్తుంది.

nAkidhi(nAku+idhi) bAgA kashtamgA anipisthundhi

to-me-this very-much difficultly feeling.

I am feeling that this is very much difficult.


ఎందుకోగాని నేనేం చేసినా అది తప్పవుతుంది.

endhukOgAni nEnEm chEsinA adhi thappavuthundhi(thappu+avuthundhi)

don't-know-why i-what if-done that turning-wrong

Don't know why, what ever I do, that is turning wrong.


నాకిది నచ్చలేదు.

nAkidhi(nAku+idhi) nacchalEdhu

to-me-this not-liked

I didn't like this.


నాకిది నచ్చింది.

nAkidhi(nAku+idhi) nacchindhi

to-me-this liked

I liked this.


నన్నందరూ రాము అని పిలుస్తారు.

nannandharU(nannu+andharU) rAmu ani pilusthAru

me-all/everyone ramu as call

Everyone/all call me as Ramu.


నన్ను కూడా తీసుకెళ్ళు.

nannu kUdA thIsukellu

me also take

Take me also


నన్ను విడిచి వెళ్ళకు ప్లీజ్.

nannu vidichi vellaku plIz

me having-left don't-go please

Please don't go leaving me.


ఈ బాధ్యత నా మీద పెట్టి వెళ్ళకు.

I bADhyatha nA mIdha petti vellaku

that responsibility my/me on/over having-put don't-go

Don't go putting that responsibility on me.


నా చొక్కా రంగు తెలుపు.

nA chokkA rangu thelupu

my shirt colour white.

My shirt colour is white.


నా కారు చాలా పెద్దది

nA kAru chAlA peddhadhi

my car very-much big-one

My car is very big.


నేనెన్ని సార్లు చెప్పినా నీకిది అర్థం కాదు.

nEnenni(nEnu+enni) sArlu cheppinA nIkidhi(nIku+idhi) arTham kAdhu

i-how-many times though-said to-you-this not-understandable

How many ever times I say also, you will not understand this.


నా పని అయిపోయింది.

nA pani ayipOindhi

my work got-over.

My work got over.


నా పని ఇంకా అవ్వలేదు.

nA pani inkA avvalEdhu

my work still not-done/completed

My work is not yet done/completed

నా పేరు బాగుందా?

nA pEru bAgundhA(bAgA+undhA)?

my name nice/good?

Is my name nice/good?


నాకిది అర్థమైంది.

nAkidhi arThamaindhi(arTham+ayyindhi)

to-me-this understood

I understood this.


నాకిది అర్థం కాలేదు.

nAkidhi arTham kAlEdhu

to-me-this understand not.

I didn't understand this.

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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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