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Lesson 26.5A2

Describing People

మనుషులను వర్ణించడం

Physical and personality descriptions put last level's adjective-ending rule to work constantly, since every adjective here sits directly in front of a noun and must pick up the right ending — something Telugu's invariant adjectives never have to worry about.

Grammar Comparison

వ్యాకరణ పోలిక

Descriptive adjectives trigger the ending rule from A2's grammar spine

German

ein freundlicher Mann (a friendly man) / eine freundliche Frau (a friendly woman)

Telugu

స్నేహపూర్వకమైన మనిషి / స్నేహపూర్వకమైన స్త్రీ (స్నేహపూర్వకమైన ఎప్పుడూ మారదు)

This lesson has no new grammar of its own — it's a vocabulary set specifically chosen to make you practice the adjective-endings pattern from the grammar spine (freundlich → freundlicher/freundliche/freundliches depending on gender and case) with real, memorable words instead of abstract examples. Telugu's స్నేహపూర్వకమైన stays completely fixed no matter the noun's gender, number, or case, always sitting before the noun unchanged; keep reminding yourself that German's ending is doing grammatical work Telugu quietly skips.

Vocabulary

పదజాలం

freundlichFROYNT-likh
Telugu
స్నేహపూర్వకమైనsnehapoorvakamaina
English
friendly
groß / kleingrohs / klyn
Telugu
పొడవైన / పొట్టిpodavaina / potti
English
tall / short
jung / altyoong / ahlt
Telugu
చిన్న / ముసలిchinna / musali
English
young / old
lustigLOOS-tikh
Telugu
సరదా అయినsaradaina
English
funny
die Haaredee HAH-reh
Telugu
జుట్టుjuttu
English
hair
die Augendee OW-gen
Telugu
కళ్ళుkallu
English
eyes