| English Word/Phrase |
Phonetic |
Telugu |
| Clothes/Apparel |
kaTTu baTTalu |
NRPÈíÁV ÊÁÈíÁÌÁV |
| bindi |
boTTu |
ËÜÈíÁV |
| blouse |
ravika |
LRi%sNRP |
| glasses(spectacles) |
kaLlajODu |
NRPÎýÏÁÇÜ[²R¶V |
| saree |
chiira |
ÀdÁLRi |
| shirt |
chokkaa |
¿]NSä |
| shoe(s) |
buuTu(lu) |
ÊÁWÈÁV(ÌÁV) |
| slipper(s) |
cheppu(lu),jOLlu |
¿Áxmsoö(ÌÁV),ÇÜ[ÎýÏÁV |
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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