Telugu Baalasiksha with Manu
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Hello and we're back! Omg the response I got for the first part (where we covered vowels) was deafening, we're tagging a lot more people and even @aasthuu has started her own Bangla Shikkha Prokolpo📝📝 which I'm loving so far!
I'd love to see y'all writing whatever we do in every post so that you'll remember. As my grandma says, "Whatever curves you think you'll remember, you will not. So write them down." Just reblog my Baalasiksha posts with your input/homework/doubts or mention me or tag it as 'telugu with manu' and we can work on it together❤️
Today, we are going to get to our second checkpoint - consonants aka "hallulu" like " हल्लुलु "
Consonants
(there are a lot of these so buckle up, don't freak out, i can give you tips to remember them too)
క = क = ka (write it like an S and put a tick over it)
ఖ = ख = kha (write a coil type 2 but extend the end upwards, put a reverse tilak at the bottom)
గ = ग = ga (an inverted U and put a tick over it)
ఘ = घ = gha (write the vowel 'ఎ' and put a tick over it, then stick a follow up curve like a tilted half U. top it off with a reverse tilak at the bottom)
ఙ = ञ = inya (write the vowel ఒ (short o), then put a perpendicular sign) ****in telugu inya is used instead of gya, so "gyan/ज्ञान" is pronounced "inyan"
చ = च = cha (like chair) (start with a half च but take it for another bump, top it off with a tick - i'll show dw)
ఛ = छ = chha (like "achhoo!") (write చ, put a reverse tilak at the bottom)
జ = ज = ja (hard g) (write the vowel ఒ (short o), then put a coil at the neck)
ఝ = झ = jha (i'll write and show down below)
ఞ = इणि = ini (write ఇ and put a perpendicular sign at the neck)
ట = ट = hard t ("tip") (i'll write and show down below)
ఠ = ठ = ttha (force the hh sound also with the hard t) (write ठ without the stem, top it off with a tick, also dot in the belly)
డ = ड = da ("don't") (write ఉ without the stem or the rod bisecting it through, top it off with a tick)
ఢ = forceful ढ ("dhol") (write ఉ without the stem or the rod bisecting it through, top it off with a tick and reverse tilak at the bottom)
ణ = ण = roll your 'na' (a flipped '3' and make a standing coil, i'll show)
త = त = "tabla" (i'll show an easier way to write below)
థ = थ = "thaali" (a reverse heart, top off with a tick mark, reverse tilak at the bottom, dot in the belly)
ద = द = "the" (a reverse heart, top off with a tick mark)
ధ = ध = like a bang, dhum (a reverse heart, top off with a tick mark, reverse tilak at the bottom)
న = न = "no" (i'll show an easier way to write below)
ప = प = pa (write the vowel ఎ (e) put a tick mark without touching the body) ****do not confuse for the vowel ఎ
ఫ = फ but without ph emphasis = fa (write the letter ప and put a reverse tilak at the bottom) ****do not confuse for the vowel ఎ
బ = ब = ba (write the letter ఋ but without the 2 trailing half 'U's) ****do not confuse for ఋ (ru) or ఒ (short o) or జ (hard g)
భ = भ = bha (write the letter బ, top it off with a tick mark, put a reverse tilak at the bottom) ****do not confuse for ఋ (ru) or ఒ (short o) or జ (hard g)
మ = म = ma (write the vowel ఎ (e) put a tick mark touching it, put a trailing tilted half U, i'll show below) ****do not confuse for ఘ (gha) or ప (pa)
య = य = ya (write the letter మ but with a bigger circle) ****do not confuse for ఘ (gha) or ప (pa) or మ (ma)
ర = र = ra (don't roll it) (a circle with a tick, easy peasy)
ల = ल = la (a bulging U coiled on the top left end)
వ = व = va (write the vowel ఎ (e) put a tick mark touching it) ****do not confuse for ఘ (gha) or ప (pa) or మ (ma) or య (ya) or vowel ఎ (e)
శ = स्य = sya (or sa as in "Sally") (sort of like a half 8 with a tick, i'll show y'all below)
ష = ष = sha (write the vowel ఎ (e) put a tick mark without touching the body, put a small flipped comma/small '|' beneath. it can be written in another way, i'll show) ****do not confuse for ఘ (gha) or ప (pa) or మ (ma) or య (ya) or vowel ఎ (e) or వ (va)
స = स = sa (write న except don't let the tick mark touch the body) ****do not confuse for న (na)
హ = ह = ha (write ప (pa) and drag a reverse sigma 'σ' from the body's top)
ళ = the ल equivalent of ण (ळ in Marathi) = roll your la (sort of like a half 8 again, with a tick, will show) ****do not confuse for శ (sya)
క్ష = क्ष = ksha (write క (ka) and draw 2 and a half 'U's below) ⁘⁘⁘ so we're technically writing it like क्-षा
AAAAAAND we're done! (phew)
Okay that was long, 35 consonants and some sounds that are inexistent in English. These can be confusing at times, but i really want you all (whoever is planning on sticking through this and learn Telugu) to write every letter down till you can remember how to read it/pronounce it. Reading should come as first priority as you'll seldom be asked to write only in Telugu, but reading can unlock a lot of lingual fun. So make sure of that my honeydrips.
Here's a picture encompassing all the consonants we have learnt today, written by hand so that we can have a good idea of the shapes outside of print.
homework
write this down at least 5 times (the 5th time try to have learnt it by heart), post it and tag me or dm me/send via asks
so that's it for today phew sorry baccho aaj class thoda lamba gaya😜 aur kya haal chaal, did you understand what we did yesterday? take care ha, i need to go scramble for french and maybe some kathak
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