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Everyday Telugu: 28 lessons, from hello to the news

775 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
నమస్కారముnamaskāramu
a salutation; a greeting used for most purposes including hello, good morning/afternoon, and goodbye
Interjection
శుభోదయంśubhōdayaṁ
good morning
Interjection
దయచేసిdayacēsi
please (a particle used to make a polite request)
Adverb
కాదుkādu
no, not [so] (it is untrue)
Adverb
లేదుlēdu
no, none, (it's) not (not present, don't have, it doesn't exist)
Adverb
సరేsarē
fine, okay, OK; all right
Interjection
ఇదిidi
she, it, this
Pronoun
అదిadi
non-masculine third-person singular distal pronoun; it or she
Pronoun
ఉందిuṁdi
syncopic form of ఉన్నది (unnadi)
Verb
మంచిmaṁci
good; soundness
Noun
కూడాkūḍā
too, also, likewise; even; along with, together with
Adverb
మాత్రముmātramu
only, merely, alone, simply, exclusively
Adjective
చాలcāla
many; much
Determiner
ఇక్కడikkaḍa
here, in this place
Adverb
ఎలాelā
how
Adverb
ఉండుuṁḍu
to be; to exist, live; to be alive; to reside, dwell; to stay, remain somewhere
Verb
బాగుbāgu
good, welfare, wellbeing, a good state, condition, health, etc.
Noun
నేనుnēnu
I (first-person nominative singular pronoun)
Pronoun
నువ్వుnuvvu
you; (second person nominative singular/informal pronoun)
Pronoun
అతనుatanu
he; (3rd person singular slightly formal distal pronoun)
Pronoun
ఆమెāme
third-person singular distal female pronoun, she
Pronoun
మేముmēmu
first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we
Pronoun
మనముmanamu
we (including the person or people addressed)
Pronoun
వారుvāru
they; third-person human distal plural personal pronoun; he; third-person male distal singular personal pronoun
Pronoun
నీnī
your; (second person oblique-genitive singular pronoun)
Pronoun
మీmī
your; upper, above
Adjective
తోtō
with, together with, accompanied by, accompanying or following
Conjunction
లోlō
inner, internal, inside; inferior, subordinate
Adjective
వరకుvaraku
thin plate, a foil
Noun
మీదmīda
above, on, upon, on the top of
Preposition
దగ్గరdaggara
by, at, near, close by, at hand, towards, to, with, in possession of
Adverb
ఈī
this, these, as ఈ చోటున in this place; ఈ కావులు these farmers
Adjective
రోజుrōju
day (24 hour period)
Noun
రేపుrēpu
tomorrow
Adverb
లేదాlēdā
or, otherwise; is it not?
Conjunction
మరియుmariyu
and
Conjunction
అప్పుడుappuḍu
then, at that time
Adverb
మనిషిmaniṣi
human, human being; human of unspecified gender—person
Noun
అమ్మamma
mother; madam, lady; woman
Noun
కూతురుkūturu
daughter; one's female child
Noun
అన్నanna
elder brother
Noun
అక్కakka
elder sister
Noun
తాతtāta
grandfather
Noun
అమ్మమ్మammamma
maternal grandmother
Noun
మామmāma
maternal uncle; father-in-law
Noun
అత్తatta
mother-in-law; paternal aunt (father's sister); maternal uncle's wife
Noun
బాబాయిbābāyi
father's younger brother; mother's younger sister's husband
Noun
పిన్నిpinni
contraction of పిన్నమ్మ (pinnamma); the younger sister of one's mother
Noun
కుటుంబముkuṭuṁbamu
family, nuclear family; a rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank; a household; race
Noun
భర్తbharta
husband, lord, master
Noun
పాపpāpa
child, baby
Noun
స్నేహితుడుsnēhituḍu
boyfriend, a male friend
Noun
పెద్దవాడుpeddavāḍu
an elder, senior, an adult
Noun
చిన్నcinna
small, little; young, younger
Adjective
ముసలిmusali
old, aged
Adjective
పొరుగుporugu
a side; the part or side adjoining the next house; the neighbourhood or vicinity; nearness; the side opposite to one's house
Noun
గారుgāru
an honorific plural affix to singular nouns as దొరగారు (doragāru) master
Adjective
పిల్లpilla
baby; a child, a babe, a young girl
Noun
ఒకటిokaṭi
one (౧); another
Noun
రెండుreṁḍu
2 (Telugu numeral: ౨ (2))
Numeric
ఏడుēḍu
seven; year
Noun