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Telugu is mainly spoken by the people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.There are more than 81 million native speakers of Telugu in India. Telugu is the fourth most spoken language in India and 15th in the world in the Ethnologue list of languages by number of native speakers.
Learning Telugu will be easy if we start with simple words and phrases of everyday conversation and learn to read Telugu by identifying the letters of the alphabet. It might be better to practise writing the letters as that will fix the letters in our mind and it will make reading Telugu easier for us. Being in touch with Telugu speakers, watching Telugu programmes and listening to Telugu songs will help in getting a good exposure to the language.
These materials are prepared with the help of native speakers of Telugu and Telugu language experts Shri. Gayatri Rao Andra and Shri. Mohan Narkedamilly. They will be available in the WhatsApp class to help you learn the language.
1. Learn Some Telugu Verbs
If we set a goal for ourselves to learn a few verbs everyday we will have a basic vocabulary of the most important verbs. We will be able to use them in conversation and manage by using English words for the nouns we are yet to learn.
It will be better if we start using the language as soon as possible rather than wait till we gain a good competence. Telugu people love to help others who are trying to learn their language.
Add అండి /andi / to make a verb polite.
2. Learn some Telugu Nouns
By learning a few Telugu nouns such as డబ్బు, பணம், ఫోటో, படம், water, నీరు and adding the verbs learnt before, it will be possible to make sentences.
3. Combine nouns and verbs to make sentences.
4. Combine adjectives and nouns to form sentences.
ఇది - இது - /இதி/ అది - அது - /அதி/
5. Combine Adverbs and Verbs to form sentences.
இங்கே - ఇక్కడ - /இக்கட/ அங்கே - అక్కడ - /அக்கட/
6. Learn some relationship words.
7. Learn some pronouns.
8. Learn some question words.
9. Interact, ask and answer questions with the words learnt.
By learning one question word ఏమి which means என்ன and one noun ఏమి / ఏమిటి meaning பெயர், a number of questions can be asked and answered.
The answer will be என் பெயர் - en peyar …….., என் அம்மா பெயர் -నా తల్లి పేరు ……., என் மனைவி பெயர் - నా భార్య పేరు ……….
Other questions can also be framed similarly.
யார் உங்க அம்மா / அப்பா/ ? ఎవరు మీ తల్లి / తండ్రి ?
எங்கே உன் கணவன் /மனைவி ? ఎక్కడ నీ భర్త / భార్య ?
10. Learn simple conversation starters.
Listen to others’ conversations and try to learn the tone and intonation.
Radha: నమస్కారం
Ramya: నమస్కారం
Radha: నీ పేరు ఏమిటి
Ramya: నా పేరు రమ్య. నీ పేరు?
Radha: నేను రాధను
Ramya: మీరు ఎలా ఉన్నారు?
Radha: నేను బాగున్నాను. మీరు?
Ramya: నేను బాగున్నాను.
Radha: మీరు ఇక్కడికి తరచుగా వస్తారా?
Ramya: కాదు. ఈరోజు కొంత సమయం దొరికింది.
Radha: నేను ఈ ప్రదేశానికి తరచుగా వెళ్తుంటాను.
Ramya: మంచి ప్రదేశం. మంచి సౌకర్యాలు.
Radha: అవును. అందుకే నాకు చాలా ఇష్టం.
Radha: வணக்கம்
Ramya: வணக்கம்
Radha: உங்க பெயர் என்ன?
Ramya: என் பெயர் ரம்யா. உங்க பெயர்?
Radha: நான் ராதா.
Ramya: நீங்க எப்படி இருக்கீங்க?
Radha: நல்லா இருக்கேன். நீங்க?
Ramya: நான் நல்லா இருக்கேன்.
Radha: நீங்க அடிக்கடி இங்கே வருவீங்களா?
Ramya: இல்லை. இன்னிக்கு கொஞ்சம் நேரம் கிடைத்தது.
Radha: நான் இந்த இடத்துக்கு அடிக்கடி வருவேன்.
Ramya: நல்ல இடம். நல்ல வசதிகள்.
Radha: ஆமாம். அதனால் தான் இது எனக்கு ரொம்ப பிடிக்கும்.
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