TN fol 1a} LANGUAGE Slats) LEARN IN 30 DAYS THROUGH ENGLISH EU a ok ao Ber $0808 /The book primarily attempts to introduce those whose mother tongue is not Telugu to learning of Telugu by the most natural and the simplest method. It adopts the scientific approach, introducing alphabets, words, sentences in that order and application of these in the most common situations of daily life. Situational sentences and conversational sentences selected for the book reflect the maximum possible commonness of Indian languages and Indian culture.LEARN TELUGU IN 30 DAYS THROUGH ENGLISH ic (or Krishna Gopal VikalISBN-81-288-1188-6 © Publisher Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. X-30, Okhia Industrial Area, Phase-II, New Delhi-110020 Phone : 011-41611861 Fax : O11-41611866 E-Mail __: sales@diamondpiblication.com Website: www.diamondpublication.com Edition: 2006 Price : 60/- Printer : Adarsh Printers, Shahdara, Delhi-32 Learn TELUGU IN 30 Days TurouGH ENGLISH Rs.60/- by Krishna Gopal Vikal/Telugu Edition by Gowripati Rao & C. ChethunaDedicated to Dr. Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar Renowned Philologist of India whose advice was the source of inspirationA WORD FROM THE PUBLISHER We are glad to announce that with a view to strengthening the unity of our country, we shall be publishing the book-series ‘LEARN THE NATIONAL LANGUAGES ’ to enable people of this country to learn any Indian language other than his mother tongue, through the medium of English. Each book of the series will be divided in five parts. The first two parts will cover the basic knowledge about the language concerned and the rest will be devoted to conversational aspects and practical application of the language. The books will be prepared under the able guidance of the well-known author and editor of several books, Shri Krishna Gopal Vikal, who is the chief editor of this book and he will be assisted by Shri Amitabh Dhingra. Format and scheme of all books will be the same as that of this book and each book will be prepared in close consultation with the topmost linguists of the language concerned. We hope this series will bring together the people of various parts of our country promoting mutual understanding and fostering national unity. \We hereby present the first book ‘Diamond Telugu Learning and Speaking Course’. — PublisherFORWORD The greatest sensation of life is to learn a language. One has to closely watch a child going through this experience, to be convinced of this. Every time he learn a new word or construction from mother, father or other relatives, his heart is filled with wonder, excitement, thrill and creative urge and he toys with its various forms and tones bringing into play all the creative forces within him. To learn a new language is to re-enter this wonderful experience of life, opening infinite opportunities for creative action. Besides, in a fast expanding world transcending all! barriers of colour, caste, religion and language, a new language is an essential tool of life. The book primarily attempts to introduce those whose mother tongue is not Telugu to learning of Telugu by the most natural and the simplest method. It adopts the scientific approach, introducing alphabets, words, sentences in that order and application of these in the most common situations of daily life. Situational sentences and conversational sentences selected for the book reflect the maximum possible commonness of Indian languages and Indian culture. The purpose is that the learner during the process of learning should be sufficiently equipped to converse and transact with a very vast section of Telugu speaking people throughout India and abroad. The book can also be helpful to foreigners who are on visit to India as tourists, scholars, diplomats and businessmen as it would enable them to move about in different parts of the country transending the language barriers.We hope the book will serve the purpose. It will be popular among the youngsters as well as the serious language learner. We are grateful to Shri Narendra Kumar, Director of Diamomd Pocket Books, who has wisely taken special initiative to bring out this very useful series. We also express out gratitute to the persons concerned with proof-reading, printing and production of the book. — Krishna Gopal Vikal Amitabh Dhingra Gouripati Rao & C. ChethunaCONTENTS PARF-EALPHABET 1. Welcome youall 2. Alphabet/o% 3. Consonants/s 9209 4. How to Write Alphabet 5. Vowels & Their Abbreviated Forms/exs yoo, a3 8089 Srdsnve. 6 Conjuncts/sociwsrg ssx02 7, The Parts of Speech/#2 Sgsneo & Gender/dordx 9. Number/s35s0 10. Case & Declention of Nouns/2a%02 PART-2-WORDS Il. Pronoun/sdgarsosa 12. Adjective/o#aaso 13. Verb/gos 14. Tense (1)/seesa (1) 15, Tense (2)/sreaa (2) 16. Voice/earcsn 17. Casual Verbs/iserge Basseo 18. Indeclinable/was-o 19. Cardinal Numerals/eo8e. 20. Errors in Spellings/eraidos* &5pe> PART-3-CLASSIFIED SENTENCES 21. Useful Expressions/asaartes axigsneo 22. Imperative Sentences/sdtgrigs a-¥gSneo 2B. Present Tense/sgirs wrote 24, Future Tense/gaag6 ross 25. Past Tense (1)/gré eros (1) BR RRBESBR BRERBSRERHB SAMS26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Past Tense (2)/gré soda (2) Interrogative Sentences (1)/gaygs ar¥gimeo cy Interrogative Sentences (2)/ga gs arsg&eo (2) Interrogative Sentences (3)/gaygs agin 3) Negative Sentences/podars3¥ segine. PARF-4-SITUATIONALSENTENCES 31. 22, 33, 34, 35, 36. 37. 38. 39, 40. At Home/acse* Shopping/zr2oh Craftsmen/igsno~ey Foods & Drinks/witsis iodetn adores Hotel & Restaurant/s*Bd S8cio BRIS Post Office/Telephone/Bank/atg-$5/B09'S/ergo While Travelling/gsoirm Siabins Health & Hygiene/so%igis Soocie ud'ig Srpsimen Weather/srarsdmt Time/sisctoino PART-5-CONVERSATION 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Let Us Talk/argreioorio Between Two Friends/agt angseo Sods About Money/déa) w000 On the Bus/siope* Asking the Way/a82 wiéfoo Making A Trunk Call/po8 s-S aide About A Trip/osy Gdiresy 800 The Villager & The Urbanite/yriss-d S:8ci Saoar The Doctor & The Patient/segeo isoain ofa Self-Introduction/sgsesosioo APPENDIX Idioms & Proverbs/Sdémogin dain S-ddeo Telugu-English Dictionary/s§xie ssmogia> Some Important Telugu Verbs/gent Baieo ReBs8an SRSSSRLES 113 117 121 124 130 133 137 142PART 1 ALPHABETWELCOME YOU ALL do& wPeiso This book is in your hands. It means that you intend to learn Telugu. It is amatter of pleasure to us. Of all the languages of India, Telugu is one of the most popular South Indian languages. It is one of the Dravidian languages. It has a vast and rich literature. It is a phonetic language. Telugu has a special place in the family of Indian languages. It is the language in which most of the Carnatic lyrics are composed. We welcome you all for your praiseworthy enthusiasm and fully assure you of success. You will move on continually—step by step until youreach your destination. Let us start our journey. Sentences of Greetings in Conversation In Telugu, there are no separate clauses for timely salutations as in English, like ‘Good morning’, ‘Good evening’, ‘Good night’ etc. We say every time we meet 2,80 (Namaskaram) or Si (Namaste), etc. While meeting addoS. 20383 pe Good morning, Sir! S240 ‘Namaskaraam ! Good morning, SHIYS0, eo Namaskaram médam ! Madam! Good afternoon, my 2% Sy eoar Namasté Snéhituda friend! Good afternoon, SSrQ Sdcom Namasté SSdaruda brother! Good evening, boss! sia do oS Namaskaram Bas Goodevening,my Si&a,50 s(SE Namaskaram comrade! comrade! Good night, HIB Iso Subharatri SSdari sister! Learn Telugu in 30 days Through English >While departing 3¥)0i5 pc Good bye, my child! BO) Sao wSrz00/ wero Bye bye! BO) dod Ta-Ta! over Good bye! 5 B Good wishes w2rs-oxoo Happy Diwali! E2352 Sywsrogoo Happy Pongal Sogrod Lyrsrogeo Happy Ugadi ! Sores Lyrwrogeo Happy X-mas! BSmS Harsrogoo Velfi Vastanu ammayi/ abbayi Velli Randi fata Gud bait Dipavati Subhakaiksalu Saikranti Subhakaaksalu ‘Yugidi Subbakaniksalu Krismas Subhakiaksalu REMARKS 338° SAS DachSneo In Telugu, all cam say $323, 0 (Namaskiram) OF SS2%) (Namasté ) in salutation. There are no specific terms in Indian languages which are similar to English terms like ‘good morning, good afternoon and good night etc. Learn Telugu in 30 days Through English2ND STEP 24 Sd ALPHABET Oo Telugu language is based on the Bhrami script and shares similarity with Kannada script. Telugu alphabets consist of vowels and consonants which are 17 and 35 respectively. The vowels have Anuswara and Visarga as #0 and e33 Here we are going to deal with vowels. VOWELS e200 © 3 a Sa é aa 09 a a i i u a ri aor 2 2 2 a & ze ni é ai ° 3 au an ah 60 CE Recognise and pronounce— o oe eS es & a Te) os a oe ens? 1. In Telugu, there are two classes of vowels: (Short (Hrasva (ss) and (ii) long (Sandhi 4g) vowels Learn Telugu in 30 days Through English ———15>@ Short vowels (a agogssne2) se a 6 2 a a i u e oO (i) Long vowels (Deergha swara (4g og6:5e) s e oe 2 & a i u é 5 ai ou 2 ° 3. Short vowels are to be pronounced short and long vowels, long. Let us learn how to pronounce the vowels. Letter — Pronunciation Remarks ° (Short) a sounds like short ‘a’ as in sub. ° (long) 3 sounds like long ‘¥ as in far. a (short) i sounds like short as in is. & (long) i sounds like long ‘7 as in meet. * (short) w sounds like long 7 as in put. oe (long) & sounds like long 'w as in wool. ao (short) ri sounds like ri as in rib. a (short) ¢ sounds like ‘e’, as in say. 2 (long) é sounds like‘, as in saying. © (diphthong) ai sounds like 'ai' as in aim. e (short) o sounds like 'o' as in word. (long) s sounds like 's' as in Note. (diphthong) au sounds like ‘an’ as in shout. wo (long) ai sounds like ‘un’ as in hunger. ar (long) an sounds like 'h’ as in ah. REMARKS 338° SAS Acide. * 2 is different from a in pronunciation. Actually =» is used in writing only Sanskrit words. woand « are not vowels, but semi-consonantsU For the sake of convenience, these areplaced among vowels. Learn Telugu in 30 days Through EnglishCONSONANTS Weare oO ‘There are 35 consonants in Telugu some are peculiar to Telugu, and they have no equivalents in English. The consonants reproduced below are in the manner in which they are generally found in Telugu books. 8 ® “ ee e o ¥ @ & * kha es heh cho ja jh 6 3 4 o s € 6 $ 6 th = do im tha da dha o % 2 x So 6 ° ‘ pa ophe be hme ya = owe 4 a os & 2 sha sha = he a ex (r) has its lengthened form wo» (su) but it rarely occurs either in spoken or written Telugu. 2 The consonants as shown above have the inherent sound of “w" blended with them for the convenience of pronunciation. To write pure consonants, a pure consonant marker © is added. Learn Telugu in 30 days Through English — 6 Sp SSaSS Hands are consonants, which are peculiar to Telugu, and in fact, they have no equivalents in English. The accurate pronunciation of the above letters can only be mastered through practice. Learn Telugu in 30 days Through EnglishHOW TO WRITE ALPHABETS Telugu script is written from left to right just like the roman script. Let us begin to write the vowels and consonants. VOWELS wi 20 eS es a os o oe 2 2 2 & & z Oo es Lean Telugu in 30 days Through English ———_X2CONSONANTS 2002 g 2 6 ~ 2% 4s 3 & a © 6 & & & 6 6 © 2 3 % 2 8 a oS 6 © 2 $ a 2 Po) e & REMARKS 33;p&* SAS Ddabosneo 1. In this chapter, these are all the standardized Telugu letters. These must be compulsorily learnt. 2. Telugu scriptis written from left to right. 3. £6 _q arenot consonants; these are conjuncts. > Learn Telugu in 30 days Through Englisk