Useful words in Telugu

English	Telugu
Good Morning	Shubhodayam
Morning	Udayam
Afternoon	Madhyahnam
Evening	Saayantram, Saayankaalam
Night	Raatri
Is it good?	Baagundaa?
Here	Ikkada
There	Akkada
No	Kaadu
Good	Baaga
Why?	Enduku?
What	Aemiti?
Where?	Ekkada?
When?	Eppudu?
How?	Elaa?/Etlaa?
Vacation	Selavu
How was the vacation?	Selavu elaa undinadi?
You (Formal)	Meeru
You (Casual)	Neevu
Safe	Jaagratta
Safe	Jaagratta
Hogi(Formal)	Velllandi
Go safe	Jaagratta ga velllandi
Go safe	Jaagratta ga velllu
How will you go?	Meeru elaa velataru?
How will you go?	Neevu elaa velatavu?
Ask	Adugu
Tell	Cheppu
Want	Kaavaali
Lot	Chaala/Ekkuva
Very	Chaala/Ekkuva
Lot/Much	Chaala/Ekkuva
Come	Raa
Come here	Itu raa / Itu randi / Ikkadiki raa/ Ikkadiki randi
Good	Baagundi
From	Nundi
To	Varaku
Far	Dooram
Near	Daggara
It is	Adi undi
Home	illu / Gruhamu
At home	Inti daggara / Inti vadda
It is far from home	Adi inti nundi dooram undi
Coming	Vastunnanu
Today	Ee roju
When will you go today?	Ee roju neevu eppudu velatavu? / Ee roju meeru eppudu velataru?
Tomorrow	Repu
Day after tomorrow	Ellundi
Food	Bhojanam / Annam (refers to rice)
Had food?	Bhjanam chesaavaa? / Bhojanam chesaaraa? / Annam tinnaavaa? / Annam tinnaaraa?
You had?	Needi ayindaa? / Meedi ayindaa?
I had food at home	Nenu intlone bhojanam chesaanu
Did you Have Snacks?	Snacks tinnaavaa? / Snacks tinnaaraa?
Work	Pani
Is the work done?	Pani ayinda?
Someone	Evaraina
learn	Nerchuko
doing("ing" forms)	Chestunnanu
I am learning	Nenu nerchukuntunnanu
Sent	Pampinchanu
I have sent a mail	Nenu oka mail pampinchanu
Fast	Tondaraga
Slow	Mellaga
Make it fast	Tondaraga kaani
Know	Telusu
Don’t know	Teliyadu
Bad (female)	Cheddadi (female)
Bad (male)	Chedda vaadu (female)
Good (female)	Manchidi (female)
Good (male)	Manchi vaadu (male)
Very good team	Chaala manchi team
Down	Kinda
Up	Paina
It is	Adi
Keep silent	Nisshabdanga undu
Want	Kaavaali
Don't want	Vaddu
Water	Neeru / Neelllu
Kudi	Taagu
But	Kaani
Something like “You do this”	Idi cheyyi
Need/want	Kaavaali
Happy	Santosham
You are looking happy today	"Ee roju neevu santoshanga kanipistunnaavu
You are looking happy today	Ee roju meeru santoshanga kanipistunnaaru"
Song	Paata
Going	Veltunnamu
Going	Veltunnanu
Where are you going?	Ekkadiki veltunnaru?
Where are you going?	Ekkadiki veltunnavu?
Where are you going?	Neevu ekkadiki veltunnavu / veltunnaru?
Or	Leda
And	Mariyu
Red	Erupu
White	Telupu
Red and White	Erupu mariyu telupu
Help	Sahaayam
Can someone help me?	Naaku evaraina sahaayam cheya galara?
Me	Nenu
Mine	Naadi
Can you do?	Neevu cheyya galava? / Meeru cheyya galara?
Can someone help me?	Naaku evaraina sahaayam cheya galara?
Time	Samayam
At what time?	Ennintiki? / Enni gantalaku? / Ae samayaaniki?
What time are you coming?	Meeru ennintiki vastunnaru?
Coming	Vastunnanu / Vastunnamu
Also	Kooda
Me too/Also	Nenu kooda
Happening	Jarugutondi?
What's Happening?	Aemi jarugutondi?
What's Happening there?	Akkada aemi jarugutondi?
Half an hour	Ardha ganta
One hour	Oka ganta
Work will come within half an hour	Ardha ganta lo evaru vastaru?
When did u come?	Meeru eppudu vachaaru?
I came just now	Nenu ippude vachaanu
Nothing like that	Aemi ledu
Like that	Alaa
Not there	Akkada ledu
Not done	Cheyya ledu
Not yet done?	Inka cheyya leda?
Not yet done	Inka ava leda?
Speak/Talk	Maatlaadu
Speak to me in Kannada	Naa to Kannada lo maatlaadu
Please/Kindly	Dayachesi
Please come here	Dayachesi itu randi
Rent	Baaduga / Adde
Will it be?	Untundi?
How much will the rent here be?	Ikkada baaduga enta untundi?
When shall we do?	Manam eppudu cheddam?
When will you do?	Meeru eppudu chestaru?
What are you saying	Meeru aemi antunnaru?
I want to ask you something before that	Antaku mundu nenu ninnu okati adagaali
I want to tell you something before that	Antaku mundu nenu neeku okati cheppaali
Thank You	Dhanyavadamulu
What's happening here?	Akkada aemi jarugutondi?
What's happening there?	Akkada aemi jarugutondi?
Need to go down to have food	Bhojanam cheyataaniki kindiki velllaali
Food	Bhojanam / Annam (refers to rice)
To have	Cheyataaniki
Down	Kinda
Need to go	Vellaali
Going on	Jarugutu undi / Nadustu undi
I had some work to be done	Naaku koncham pani chesuko valasindi undindi
I had some work to be done	Naaku koncham pani chesuko valasindi undindi
I gave it to Vijay	Nenu Vijay ki icchaanu
Means	Ante
How much will it cost from Whitefield to Koramangala	Whitefield nundi Koramangalaku enta avutundi?
How much will you take from Whitefield to Koramangala	Whitefield nundi Koramangalaku meeru enta teesukuntaru?
All team members are repeated in the list	Team members andaru list lo repeat ayyaru
All	Andaru
In	Lo
Happening	Jarugutondi
Pair	Jata
One pair of glasses	Oka jata glassulu

Introduction to Basic Telulgu blog

New to Hyderabad? Want to talk to a localite in his/her language? Here is a quick list of easily frequently used/needed words.

Try to use this and forward to others who may need it. Also, please suggest other words that I can add to this list and any improvements to be made to this.