Environment & Sustainability
పర్యావరణం
Environmental vocabulary is dominated by nominalized nouns — a preview of the heavy Nominalstil you'll meet formally in B2 — so this is a good place to start noticing verbs hiding inside abstract nouns.
Grammar Comparison
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
Spotting the verb inside an environmental noun
die Umweltverschmutzung (pollution, from Umwelt 'environment' + verschmutzen 'to dirty' + -ung)
పర్యావరణ కాలుష్యం (పర్యావరణ + కాలుష్యం, a compound built from environment + pollution)
German environmental vocabulary loves compounding a topic noun (Umwelt) with a nominalized verb (Verschmutzung, from verschmutzen), producing long words that look intimidating but decompose cleanly once you spot the -ung ending signaling a hidden verb. Telugu builds its own environmental compounds by joining a topic noun directly with another noun (పర్యావరణ + కాలుష్యం, itself related to the adjective కలుషితం 'polluted') — the same noun-fusing instinct, just applied to a modern topic rather than a hidden verb suffix.
Vocabulary
పదజాలం
- Telugu
- పర్యావరణంparyaavaranam
- English
- the environment
- Telugu
- వాతావరణ మార్పుvaathaavarana maarpu
- English
- climate change
- Telugu
- పర్యావరణ కాలుష్యంparyaavarana kaalushyam
- English
- pollution
- Telugu
- పునర్వినియోగం చేయడంpunarviniyogam cheyyadam
- English
- to recycle
- Telugu
- సుస్థిరమైనsusthiramaina
- English
- sustainable
- Telugu
- చెత్తchetta
- English
- trash / waste