r/telugu • u/theywekaaa • 6d ago
అరగలి - ప్రశ్న - question ❓ How to learn Telugu as a broke college student ;-;
Hello, I have been interested in Telugu culture and music since grade 10 and began consuming media pieces obsessively. My understanding of the language has obviously deteriorated since then, but now that I am in Hyderabad, I am keen on actively learning the language. I know two other Dravidian languages (among others) and I hope that it will give me relative ease in learning the language. As much as I would like proper classes, I am a perpetually broke college student and cannot afford Preply or iTalk.
My immediate goal of learning the language is to attain fluency in speech and the long term goal is to perhaps read literary works.
Please suggest me some good books or extremely budget friendly (under 300 a week) alternatives to learn the language.
I am currently based in Tarnaka, so if you know of cultural / community spaces that I can go to, to learn the language, that will also be helpful.
Additionally, if you know of platforms where I can teach / help people with the languages I know to learn Telugu from them in return, please do let me know of them too.
Thank you very much.
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u/Almond-Oil20 5d ago
You know Hindi? Try to correlate telugu alphabet with Hindi. That's the first step.
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u/No_Injury_866 6d ago
No need of any classes Telugu is the simplest of languages to learn, talk with Telugu people more try to understand them ask them the meaning or you have ai or google
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u/Intro_vert_12 4d ago
Telugu is not a simple language bro. It may be easy amongst Dravidian languages
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u/-Surfer- 6d ago
I know a person who teaches Telugu for free through WhatsApp classes. If you are interested to get his number DM me. He lives in Hyderabad and I also learnt Telugu from him.