By the end
What you'll build
- Use Telugu's eight cases (vibhaktulu) accurately — especially dative -కి/-కు, genitive, locative -లో, instrumental -తో and ablative -నుంచి.
- Build oblique noun stems (ఇల్లు → ఇంటి, పిల్లలు → పిల్లల) and attach postpositions like కోసం, గురించి, దగ్గర, తరువాత correctly.
- Recognise and undo the four native Telugu sandhis (utva, atva, itva, yaḍāgama) and the Sanskrit sandhis (savarṇadīrgha, guṇa) when reading compound words.
- Read everyday signboards, shop names, road warnings and metro/bus signage with confidence.
- Read a Telugu tiffin/meals menu plus prices, weights and quantities without transliteration crutches.
- Read notices, circulars and informal WhatsApp/SMS Telugu, adjusting for register.
- Decode Telugu news headlines and short snippets — including numbers (లక్షలు, కోట్లు, శాతం) and honorific reporting verbs (ప్రకటించారు, తెలిపారు).
- Distinguish written గ్రాంథిక Telugu from spoken వ్యావహారిక Telugu and choose the right one for the situation.
- Fix the two error families learners get wrong most: case selection (dative vs genitive vs locative) and gender/honorific verb agreement (వచ్చాడు / వచ్చింది / వచ్చారు).
- Type Telugu on your own phone using phonetic transliteration, and compose short polite messages.
Curriculum
What's inside
7 modules · 36 lessons
- 01
Module 1 — విభక్తులు: The Telugu Case System
5 lessons- How Telugu carries meaning: cases, not word order
- Nominative & object: the -ని / -ను accusativequiz
- The dative -కి / -కు: to, for, and the choosing rulefill blank
- The genitive: showing possessionword power
- Instrumental -తో, ablative -నుంచి, locative -లోfill blank
- 02
Module 2 — Oblique Stems & Postpositions
5 lessons- The oblique stem: how nouns change before endings
- Plural case forms: -లు becomes -లsentence builder
- Postpositions I: కోసం, గురించి, వరకు, దగ్గర, తరువాతword power
- Postpositions II: spatial words (మీద, కింద, పక్కన, మధ్య)sentence builder
- Error clinic 1: dative vs genitive vs locativequiz
- 03
Module 3 — సంధులు: Sandhi for Reading & Writing
6 lessons- What is sandhi? & ఉత్వ సంధి (u-elision)
- ఉత్వ సంధి in practice: split the joinfill blank
- అత్వ సంధి & ఇత్వ సంధి (a-drop and i-drop)quiz
- యడాగమ సంధి: when a య slips insentence builder
- Sanskrit sandhi for signboards: సవర్ణదీర్ఘ సంధిword power
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- 04
Module 4 — Reading Signboards & Public Signage
5 lessons- Shop boards: the Telugu you see on every streetword power
- Road & government signs: caution and directionquiz
- Metro & bus boards: getting around by signlistening lab
- Sandhi in the wild: decode signboard compoundsfill blank
- Trace the conjuncts you meet in signagescript trace
- 05
Module 5 — Reading Menus, Notices & Messages
5 lessons- Reading a Telugu tiffin & meals menuword power
- Prices, weights & quantities on boardsfill blank
- Reading a notice or circular (formal register)quiz
- Reading WhatsApp & SMS Telugu (informal)fill blank
- Error clinic 2: gender & honorific verb agreementquiz
- 06
Module 6 — Reading News Headlines & Snippets
5 lessons- Newspaper Telugu: the core vocabularyword power
- Headline grammar: compressed, verb-final, honorificsentence builder
- Read a short civic-news snippetquiz
- Numbers, dates & statistics in the newsfill blank
- Written vs spoken: గ్రాంథిక and వ్యావహారిక
- 07
Module 7 — Writing & Typing Telugu (Capstone)
5 lessons- Write a short polite messagesentence builder
- Type Telugu on your phone: words (lipi_type)lipi type
- Type Telugu: match sentences & Gboard tipslipi type
- Capstone: read the street, write the replyquiz
- Course Review — Spaced Recallflashcard sr
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
36 lessons across 7 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.
Practice as you go
Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.
A certificate at the end
Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.
Ready when you are.
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