| English Word/Phrase |
Phonetic |
Telugu |
| Shopping |
shaapiMgu |
uyzmsLigRiV |
| kilo |
kilO |
NTPÍÜ[ |
| buy |
konu |
N]©«sV |
| haggle |
bEramu |
ÛËÁ[LRiª«sVV |
| how much |
eMta |
FsLi»R½ |
| price |
dhara |
µ³R¶LRi |
| rupee(s) |
ruupaayi(lu) |
LRiWFyLiVV(ÌÁV) |
| sell |
ammu |
@ª«sVVø |
| value |
viluva |
%sÌÁVª«s |
Legend:
Unlike in "plain english", the capital letters in the "Phonetic english"
have special "phonetic" significance. Here is the (partial) quick reference:
| Lowercase/Uppercase | Usage |
| b/B(bh) | bombay/B |
| c(ch)/C(Ch) | check/Chest |
| d/D | d/Detroit,Denmark/ |
| l/L | learn,late,lame/L(no equivalent in english, sounds like "tounge twisted" 'l') |
| n/N | night,name/N(no equivalent in english) |
| p/P(Ph,ph,f) | pen,pencil/(Ph)foreign,father |
| s/S | save,same/S(more or less sounds like 's') |
| t/T | thing/Tree,Temper |
| m/M | mother,monkey,man/M(same as 'm' but sounding like 'n'!!) |
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