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Lesson 38.5B1

Formal Letters & Emails

అధికారిక లేఖలు మరియు ఇమెయిల్స్

Formal correspondence is where Sie from Lesson 1 and formal adjective endings come together in fixed opening and closing formulas you can reuse in almost any formal message.

Grammar Comparison

వ్యాకరణ పోలిక

Fixed formulas built entirely from grammar you already have

German

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ... Mit freundlichen Grüßen (Dear Sir or Madam, ... Kind regards)

Telugu

గౌరవనీయులైన మహాశయులకు, ... ఇట్లు విధేయుడు (formal Telugu letter conventions follow a similar opening/closing structure)

German formal letters follow rigid, memorizable opening and closing formulas, much like formal Telugu correspondence has its own fixed conventions (గౌరవనీయులైన మహాశయులకు, ఇట్లు విధేయుడు). None of the grammar here is new — Sehr geehrte uses the same adjective-ending and Sie-formality rules you already know — the skill is simply memorizing which fixed phrases go where in a formal message.

Vocabulary

పదజాలం

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,zair geh-AIR-teh DAH-men oont HAIR-en
Telugu
గౌరవనీయులైన మహాశయులకు,gauravaneeyulaina mahaashayulaku,
English
Dear Sir or Madam,
Mit freundlichen Grüßenmit FROYNT-likh-en GRUE-sen
Telugu
ఇట్లు విధేయుడుitlu vidheyudu
English
Kind regards
Ich schreibe Ihnen, um...ikh SHRY-beh EE-nen oom
Telugu
నేను మీకు ఈ లేఖ ఎందుకు రాస్తున్నానంటే...nenu meeku ee lekha enduku raasthunnaanante...
English
I am writing to you in order to...
Vielen Dank im Voraus.FEE-len dahnk im FOR-ows
Telugu
ముందుగానే ధన్యవాదాలు.mundugaane dhanyavaadaalu.
English
Thank you in advance.
der Betreffdair beh-TREF
Telugu
విషయంvishayam
English
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