Willing To Teach Telugu ?, Adhyaapak kaavaali Options

[visuja]

Hi,

I wish to learn some Telugu and get a basic understanding of the language. Would help me a lot in enjoying telugu film music as well as Carnatic krithis.

Evaru unnaara ? bibhaas-gaaru ..... sahaayyaam cheysaava ?

(Anyone willing to teach) ?

Vivek

Endaro (HF-lo) Mahaanubhaavulu
Andariki Vandanamulu

[bibhas]

Vivek, Shyam,
Kshaminchandi, ee thread koncham aalasyam gaa choosaanu. Meeku telugu nerpadaaniki tappaka prayatnam chestanu.
(Sorry, saw this thread a little late. I will certainly try to teach you telugu).

Bibhas

p.s. Randi is certainly the most apt word to say "welcome or aaiye". It's important to realize that this word in telugu ends in a short "e" at the end and not a deergha "ee" as in that word in Hindi that makes you uncomfortable.

[visuja]

Vivek, Shyam,
Kshaminchandi, ee thread koncham aalasyam gaa choosaanu. Meeku telugu nerpadaaniki tappaka prayatnam chestanu.
(Sorry, saw this thread a little late. I will certainly try to teach you telugu).

Bibhas

Thanks bibhas ... 'Thanks'iki emu cheptAnu ? Dhanyavaadam !!

Wow.. managed to understand 90% of that sentence without having to resort to the translation ! (except 'nerpadaaniki' and 'tappaka' : most imp parts of that sentence though )

A few queries / comments though:

Aalasyam : seems to be related to 'aalas' in Hindi .. meaning lazy ... does it have the same connotation in Telugu too ?

Meeku : I suppose its plural for 'neeku' ? does telugu have a dual case ('dwitiya' case) as in Sanskrit ? Actually, I dont find any language that has a special reservation for 'dual' cases except Sanskrit.... maybe Im wrong

Aargh.. its so frustrating when similar words mean different things in different languages .... "Tappu" means wrong / incorrect in Tamil ... on first reading, it felt like u'd teach Telugu incorrectly !!
Maybe the pronunciation is different ---- how is 't' in 'tappaka' pronounced ? as in 'train' or as in 'there' ?

Nerpadaaniki : 'd' as in 'day' or as in hindi for day .. 'din' ?

Vivek