Sunday, December 29, 2013

Holiday Post #19: The start of something new

 Is it too late to learn a new language? The uptake might be slow, but the speed doesn’t stop the interest for sure. Learning is a plus with an eager teacher too. My roommate really, really wants me to converse with her in Telegu. Well, we’re aiming for conversational level for now. 

Not too sure if we can achieve that in four months, but it’s worth a bet. At this point, I have a couple of vocabularies down solid. Here, I’ll write some down for you to try too. Gonna do a pronunciation-approximation list to tailor to non-Telegu speakers.

Am chestu know? (What are you doing?)
Padukuntuna (Sleeping)
Tinda (Eat)
Vintuna (Listen)
Neni ninu chalar premistunanu (I am loving you)
Daebuda (Omg)
Apa (Say what?)


Of course, learning a language ain’t complete without some bad words:
Peecidana (Crazy girl)
Peechora (Crazy boy)
Niku konchom picah/picih (You are crazy.)

Oh say this,
Vonnie S.

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