| English Word/Phrase |
Phonetic |
Telugu |
| Traveling/Directions |
prayaaNamu, dikkulu |
úxms¸R¶Wß᪫sVV, µj¶NRPVäÌÁV |
| arrive |
raaka |
LSNRP |
| bus |
bassu |
ÊÁxqsV= |
| charge |
dhara,chaarji |
µ³R¶LRi,¿yLêji |
| depart |
pOka |
F¡NRP |
| details |
vivaraalu |
%sª«sLSÌÁV |
| far |
duuramu |
µR¶WLRiª«sVV |
| left |
eDama |
Fs²R¶ª«sV |
| near |
daggara |
µR¶gæRiLRi |
| return |
tirugu |
¼½LRiVgRiV |
| right |
kuDi |
NRPV²T¶ |
| station |
sTEshanu |
}qísxtsQ©«sV |
| straight |
tinnagaa,nErugaa |
¼½©«sõgS,®©s[LRiVgS |
| train |
railu,Trainu |
\lLiÌÁV,ú\ÛÉÁ©«sV |
| travel |
prayaaNamu |
úxms¸R¶Wß᪫sVV |
| east |
tuurpu |
»R½WLRiVö |
| west |
paDamara |
xms²R¶ª«sVLRi |
| south |
dakshiNa |
µR¶OTPßá |
| north |
uttaramu |
D»R½òLRiª«sVV |
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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