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

[bibhas]

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

yep, although "Thanks" has completely replaced it in common usage. Small point: "dhanyavAdam" is "Thank", "dhanyavAdamulu" or "dhanyavAdAlu" is "Thanks".

'Thanks'iki emu cheptAnu ?

The word is "Emi" and not "emu".
"cheptAnu" means "I will say (future tense).
The sentence you wrote should be "Thanks anaDAniki Emi cheppanu ? " This would mean "what I should I say to say "thanks". If you write "thanks ki Emi cheppanu ?" it would translate as "what should I say to Thanks" as in personifying "thanks".
An easier way to say this would be "(telugu lo) thanks ni EmanTAru ? ". What's is the word for "thanks" (in telugu) ? Note that we have used sandhi to make EmanTAru from Emi + anTAru.

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

I don't know the origin but I can guess. Alasyam means "late" or "delay". Guess since being lazy always ends up in a delay, in a way it might have the same origin.

Meeku : I suppose its plural for 'neeku' ? does telugu have a dual case ('dwitiya' case) as in Sanskrit ?

Yes, mIku is plural for nIku. telugu does not have a dual case.

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' ?

Well, the word for wrong in telugu is also "tappu", the only difference from the tamil "tappu" being the "u" at the end is pronounced fully instead of the abbreviated sound that tamilians use.

The "t" in "tappaka" is pronounced just as the "t" in "tappu" (of both tamil and telugu descent). (for a sound as in "Train" I will use "T"). The root "tappa" is used in connection with missing something. So an accurate translation of "tappaka" would be "without missing", implying certainly. Other uses of this root (all in the same connotation) :
nuvvu dAri tappAvA ? Did you lose your way ? (or are you lost /)

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

No, it's pronounced nErpaDAniki. E as in tamil "pEsu" or "pEru"; D as in tamil "eppaDi".

Bibhas
p.s. A lot of your confusion arose because I didn't write pronunciation cues in my first post, I apologise.

[visuja]

No, it's pronounced nErpaDAniki. E as in tamil "pEsu" or "pEru"; D as in tamil "eppaDi".

Bibhaasgaaru, naa samshayAliki vistAranga uttarAlu ivvaDAniki dhanyavAdamulu.

mIku thamizh 'aata hai' ? (telugulo 'zh' lEdu kadA ?) nAku telugu rAlEdu :-( (is rAOdu correct ?)

will you do this (no respect): nuvvu chEstAvA ?
will he do this (no respect): vADu/atanu chEstADA ?
will you do this (respect): mIru chEstArA ?
will he do this (respect): Ayana chEstArA ?

Does that clarify it ?

spashTangA arthamAindi :-)

taravAta vachhi 'post continue' chEdAm (or is it chEstAnu ?)

Vivek