| English Word/Phrase |
Phonetic |
Telugu |
| Greetings |
saMbOdhanalu |
xqsLiËÜ[µ³R¶©«sÌÁV |
| Hello |
helO |
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| How are you doing? |
elaa unnaru?, baavunnaaraa? |
FsÍØ D©«sõLRiV?, Ëت«so©yõLS? |
| Please come in |
lOpalaku raMDi. |
ÍÜ[xmsÌÁNRPV LRiLi²T¶. |
| Do you have children? |
miiku pillalu unnArA? |
%dsVNRPV zmsÌýÁÌÁV D©yõLS? |
| How many kinds do you have? |
miiku pillalu eMtamamdi? |
%dsVNRPV zmsÌýÁÌÁV FsLi»R½ª«sVLiµj¶? |
| Will you comeback again? |
maLli eppuDu raavaTaM? |
ª«sV×ýÁ Fsxmsoö²R¶V LSª«sÈÁLi? |
| I will see you again |
maLli kaluddaaM |
ª«sV×ýÁ NRPÌÁVµôyLi |
| Goodbye |
uMTaanu |
DLiÉØ©«sV |
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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