Learn Telugu: Reading Guides, Grammar and Stories

Read, listen and follow along in Telugu. Start with the alphabet and simple grammar, or choose a story with audio, English translations and useful vocabulary.

Reading guides

• Read Telugu From Zero: Letters, Sounds and Your First Sentences
• Telugu Alphabet: Vowels, Consonants and Vowel Signs

Grammar

• Telugu Grammar for Beginners: Pronouns and Simple Sentences
• Telugu Nouns for Beginners: Plurals, My and Your

Telugu stories

Press play to hear the Telugu story and follow the words as they light up. Click a word to replay that part. You can also switch to English letters for reading help, then explore the sentence-by-sentence English translation and vocabulary.

• వార్షిక క్షవర దినం — The Annual Haircut Day

• నిద్రపోతు భీమా — Sleepy Bhima

• నా చేప! కాదు, నా చేప! — My Fish! No, My Fish!

• చిన్నారుల చేతిపని — The Children’s Handiwork

• చందమామ మరియు టోపీ — The Moon and the Cap

• మంచం క్రింద — Under My Bed