Emergency

1. సహాయం చేయండి!

   Sahāyam ceyaṇḍi!

   Help me!

   Usage

   Calling for help in an emergency

   Grammar Note

   "Sahayam ceyandi" (do help). Alternatively "sahayapadandi" (please assist). "-ndi" is the polite imperative suffix.

2. డాక్టర్ ని పిలవండి

   Ḍākṭar ni pilavaṇḍi

   Please call a doctor

   Usage

   Requesting someone to call a doctor urgently

   Grammar Note

   "Ni" is the accusative postposition (object marker). Used for animate direct objects in Telugu: "daaktar-ni" = "the doctor (object)".

3. పోలీస్ స్టేషన్ ఎక్కడ?

   Polīs sṭeṣan ekkaḍa?

   Where is the police station?

   Usage

   Looking for the nearest police station

   Grammar Note

   Telugu place interrogative "ekkada". Place system: "ikkada" (here), "akkada" (there), "ekkada" (where) — three-way distinction.

4. నాకు బాగా లేదు

   Nāku bāgā lēdu

   I am not feeling well

   Usage

   Expressing that you feel unwell

   Grammar Note

   "Ledu" is the negative existential "is not". "Baaga ledu" (not good) is the standard phrase for feeling unwell. Dative subject marks experiencer.

5. అంబులెన్స్ పిలవండి

   Ambulens pilavaṇḍi

   Please call an ambulance

   Usage

   Calling for an ambulance in an emergency

   Grammar Note

   Indian emergency numbers: unified 112, Police 100, Ambulance 108 (Telangana/AP), Fire 101. (102 is the maternal/child transport ambulance — use 108 for medical emergencies.) "Pilavandi" is polite imperative of "pilavu" (to call).

6. నా పాస్‌పోర్ట్ పోయింది

   Nā pāspōrṭ pōyindi

   I have lost my passport

   Usage

   Reporting a lost passport to authorities

   Grammar Note

   "Pōyindi" is the neuter past of "pōvu" (to go/disappear). Telugu idiomatically expresses losing something as "it went away".

7. నా డబ్బు దొంగిలించారు

   Nā ḍabbu doṅgiliñcāru

   My money was stolen

   Usage

   Reporting theft to the police

   Grammar Note

   "Dongilinchaaru" = "dongu" (thief) + "-ilinchu" (verb-forming suffix). "To steal". Honorific "-aaru" past is used in formal reports.

8. ఇది నొప్పి పెడుతోంది — ఆపండి

   Idi noppi peḍutōndi — āpaṇḍi

   This hurts — please stop

   Usage

   Asking medical staff to stop causing pain

   Grammar Note

   "noppi peṭṭu" is a compound of నొప్పి (pain) + పెట్టు (to put / cause). Here it takes the present progressive పెడుతోంది ("this is hurting"), followed by the polite imperative ఆపండి ("stop").

9. నాకు అలర్జీ ఉంది

   Nāku alarjī undi

   I have an allergy

   Usage

   Informing medical staff about an allergy

   Grammar Note

   "Naaku X undi" (I have X) is the dative possession construction. Dative "naaku" (to me) expresses possession/state. "Alarji" is Telugu phonological adaptation.

10. హాస్పిటల్ ఎక్కడ ఉంది?

    Hāspiṭal ekkaḍa undi?

    Where is the hospital?

    Usage

    Asking the location of the nearest hospital

    Grammar Note

    Both English "hospital" and Sanskrit-derived "aaspatri" are used in Telugu. "Undi" (exists, neuter) is the existential verb for inanimate nouns.

11. ఆపండి

    āpaṇḍi

    Stop it

    Usage

    Shown without speaking to make someone stop what they are doing; distinct from āgaṇḍi, which stops movement

12. నన్ను ముట్టుకోవద్దు

    nannu muṭṭukōvaddu

    Do not touch me

    Usage

    Show it silently to someone touching you; the wording reads as a flat refusal, which is deliberate

13. నన్ను వదిలేయండి

    nannu vadilēyaṇḍi

    Leave me alone

    Usage

    For touts and hawkers who will not go away after repeated refusals

14. కాపాడండి!

    kāpāḍaṇḍi!

    Save me!

    Usage

    The cry used when you are in danger; far more urgent than sahāyaṃ cēyaṇḍi, which just asks for assistance

15. పోలీసులను పిలవండి

    pōlīsulanu pilavaṇḍi

    Call the police

    Usage

    Show it to bystanders to get the police called; the all-in-one emergency number in India is 112

16. దొంగ!

    doṅga!

    Thief!

    Usage

    The one word that alerts a crowd right after a theft; point at the person. It is a serious public accusation, so use it only when you are sure

17. అగ్నిప్రమాదం

    agnipramādaṃ

    Fire (blaze)

    Usage

    అగ్ని (fire) plus ప్రమాదం (accident, danger), naming a blaze in a building or vehicle

18. దోపిడీ

    dōpiḍī

    Robbery

    Usage

    Taking someone's property by force, also spelt దోపిడి; unlike దొంగతనం (theft) it involves force or threat

19. జేబుదొంగ

    jēbudoṅga

    Pickpocket

    Usage

    జేబు (pocket) plus దొంగ (thief); «దొంగ!» దొంగ covers thieves in general, this names the one who lifts from pockets

20. అపహరణ

    apaharaṇa

    Kidnapping

    Usage

    Carrying a person off; it also has a “theft” sense, so point at the person or place as you show it. The English loan కిడ్నాప్ is widely understood in speech

21. హత్య

    hatya

    Murder

    Usage

    The act of killing a person; it also forms compounds such as ఆత్మహత్య (suicide) and శిశుహత్య (infanticide)

22. అల్లర్లు

    allarlu

    Riots

    Usage

    The plural of అల్లరి; the singular leads with "commotion, mischief", so the plural is what names civil rioting

23. బాంబు

    bāmbu

    Bomb

    Usage

    A loan from English "bomb"; show it to report a suspicious object to the police or station staff

24. అగ్నిప్రమాదం! పరుగెత్తండి!

    agnipramādaṃ! parugettaṇḍi!

    Fire! Run!

    Usage

    Warns of a fire and tells people to get out; «అగ్నిప్రమాదం» agnipramadam (fire) with an order to flee added

    Grammar Note

    The polite imperative of parugettu (to run); the -ndi ending is the same as in «సహాయం చేయండి!» ceyandi and «డాక్టర్ ని పిలవండి» pilavandi.

25. దొంగ! పట్టుకోండి!

    doṅga! paṭṭukōṇḍi!

    Thief! Catch him!

    Usage

    Shouted at bystanders while pointing at someone running off; «దొంగ!» donga! (thief!) followed by "catch him"

    Grammar Note

    The polite imperative of pattukonu (to catch, to take hold of).

26. అగ్నిమాపక వాహనాన్ని పిలవండి

    agnimāpaka vāhanānni pilavaṇḍi

    Please call a fire engine

    Usage

    Asks someone to call the fire service; the fire emergency number in India is 101 and the unified number is 112. «అగ్నిమాపక కేంద్రం» names the fire station itself

    Grammar Note

    The accusative "vaahanaanni" of "agnimapaka vaahanam" (fire engine) followed by "pilavandi" (please call). It names the vehicle rather than the brigade itself ("agnimapaka dalam").

27. దొంగతనం గురించి ఫిర్యాదు రాసి ఇవ్వండి

    doṅgatanaṃ gurinci phiryādu rāsi ivvaṇḍi

    Please make a theft report

    Usage

    Shown at a police station to have a theft report written out - the document an insurer asks for is issued from it

    Grammar Note

    Dongatanam (theft) is the abstract noun of donga (thief). Gurinci means "about", phiryadu is a complaint / report, and rasi ivvandi is the polite request "please write it out and hand it over".

28. జపనీస్ మాట్లాడే వ్యక్తి ఉన్నారా?

    japanīs māṭlāḍē vyakti unnārā?

    Is there anyone who speaks Japanese?

    Usage

    Shown at a police station or hospital when looking for someone who can interpret; «ఇంగ్లీషు మాట్లాడే డాక్టర్ ఉన్నారా?» asks whether there is an English-speaking doctor

    Grammar Note

    "japanis māṭlāḍē vyakti" (a person who speaks Japanese) + "unnārā?" (is there?). "Unnārā" is the polite existential question for people; things take "undā".

29. ఈ వ్యక్తికి స్పృహ లేదు

    ī vyaktiki spṛha lēdu

    This person is unconscious

    Usage

    Shown to bystanders or paramedics while pointing at a collapsed person

    Grammar Note

    A "dative + ledu (there is no ...)" frame: "ī vyaktiki" (to this person) + "spṛha" (consciousness) + "lēdu" (there is not) = "this person has no consciousness".

30. ఒక వ్యక్తి నీటిలో మునిగిపోతున్నారు!

    oka vyakti nīṭilō munigipōtunnāru!

    Someone is drowning

    Usage

    Alerts bystanders to someone drowning in a river, pond or the sea; show it while pointing at the water

    Grammar Note

    The progressive of munugu (to sink, to drown); niti (of water) is the same stem as in «నీటి దృశ్యత ఎంత ఉంది?» niti drsyata (underwater visibility).

31. నన్ను కొట్టారు

    nannu koṭṭāru

    I was beaten

    Usage

    Shown to the police or at a hospital to report having been assaulted

    Grammar Note

    The accusative nannu is the same form as in «నన్ను ముట్టుకోవద్దు» nannu muttukovaddu; the third-person plural verb reports the harm without naming who did it.

32. నన్ను కత్తితో పొడిచారు

    nannu kattitō poḍicāru

    I was stabbed

    Usage

    Reports having been stabbed with a blade; pair it with «రక్తం కారుతోంది» raktam karutondi (I am bleeding) if there is blood

    Grammar Note

    Katti (knife, blade) is the same word as in «కత్తి సాము ప్రదర్శన ఎక్కడ చూడవచ్చు?» katti samu; -to marks the instrument, and the verb is the same third-person plural as in «నన్ను కొట్టారు».

33. నా గదిలో దొంగతనం జరిగింది

    nā gadilō doṅgatanaṃ jarigindi

    My room was broken into

    Usage

    Tells a hotel or the police that a theft took place in your room while you were out

    Grammar Note

    Gadi (room) is the same word as in «ఒక గది బుక్ చేయాలి» oka gadi buk ceyali, with the locative -lo; dongatanam is the abstract noun of donga (thief, «దొంగ!»).

34. ఆ వ్యక్తి నేరస్థుడు

    ā vyakti nērasthuḍu

    That person is the culprit

    Usage

    Shown to the police while pointing at the offender; use it only when the person is in sight

    Grammar Note

    Telugu equational sentences place two nouns side by side with no copula; the masculine nominative ending -udu is the same as in «ఈ కళాకృతి అద్భుతంగా ఉంది — కళాకారుడు ఎవరు?» kalakarudu (artist).

35. నన్ను మోసం చేశారు

    nannu mōsaṃ cēśāru

    I was deceived

    Usage

    Shown to report a scam or having been overcharged; «నన్ను మోసం చేయకు» is for protesting on the spot

    Grammar Note

    "Mōsaṃ cēyu" means "to cheat". "Nannu" (me) + "mōsaṃ cēśāru" (they cheated) is a past-tense, third-person-plural form that does not name who did it.

36. నా పర్స్ దొంగిలించారు

    nā pars doṅgiliñcāru

    My wallet was stolen

    Usage

    Shown to the police or bystanders when a wallet has been taken; «నా డబ్బు దొంగిలించారు» covers cash alone

    Grammar Note

    "nā pars" (my wallet) + "doṅgiliñcāru" (it was stolen). "Pars" is borrowed from English "purse"; the verb is a past-tense third-person plural that does not name the thief.

37. నేను నా లగేజ్ మరచిపోయాను

    nēnu nā lagēj maracipōyānu

    I left my luggage behind

    Usage

    Says you left your luggage behind in a shop, a vehicle or your lodging - not a theft, so keep it separate from «నా డబ్బు దొంగిలించారు»

    Grammar Note

    Maracu (to forget) with the completive povu; the poy- stem is the same as in «నా పాస్‌పోర్ట్ పోయింది» na pasport poyindi.

38. రోడ్డు ప్రమాదం జరిగింది

    rōḍḍu pramādaṃ jarigindi

    There has been a traffic accident

    Usage

    Reports that an accident has happened; pair it with «అంబులెన్స్ పిలవండి» ambulens pilavandi if an ambulance is needed

    Grammar Note

    Roddu is «రోడ్డు» and pramadam is the same word as in «ఈ ప్రదేశంలో హిమపాతం ప్రమాదం ఉందా?» himapatam pramadam (avalanche risk); jarigindi is the perfect of jarugu (to happen).

39. నన్ను కారు ఢీకొట్టింది

    nannu kāru ḍhīkoṭṭindi

    I was hit by a car

    Usage

    Reports being hit by a car; pair it with «ఎముక విరిగింది» emuka virigindi (I have a fracture) or similar if you are injured

    Grammar Note

    The perfect of dhikonu (to collide with); karu is the same word as in «నాకు ... రోజులు కారు అద్దెకు కావాలి.» karu addeku kavali.

40. అత్యవసర నిర్గమనం నుండి బయటకు వెళ్ళండి

    atyavasara nirgamanaṃ nuṇḍi bayaṭaku veḷḷaṇḍi

    Please escape through the emergency exit

    Usage

    Shown while pointing at the escape route during a fire or a power cut; «అత్యవసర నిర్గమనం» is the sign itself

    Grammar Note

    Nundi is the ablative postposition of «ఇక్కడ నుండి రైల్వే స్టేషన్ ఎంత దూరం?» ikkada nundi (from here); bayataku is from «మీతో బయటకు వెళ్ళాలని ఉంది» and vellandi from «నేరుగా వెళ్ళండి».

41. త్వరగా చేయండి

    tvaragā cēyaṇḍi

    Please hurry

    Usage

    Shown to ask paramedics or the police to come quickly, or to ask a driver to hurry

    Grammar Note

    The polite imperative ceyandi of «సహాయం చేయండి!» sahayam ceyandi! preceded by the adverb tvaraga (quickly).

42. వెంటనే ఇక్కడికి రండి

    veṇṭanē ikkaḍiki raṇḍi

    Please come right away

    Usage

    Shown on the phone or face to face to ask someone to come here immediately

    Grammar Note

    Ikkada (here) is «ఇక్కడ» with the directional -ki; randi is the polite imperative of ra (to come), with the same -ndi ending as «డాక్టర్ ని పిలవండి» pilavandi.

43. ఇది అత్యవసరం

    idi atyavasaraṃ

    It's an emergency

    Usage

    Shown to ask to be dealt with without waiting in line - at a hospital reception or a police station

    Grammar Note

    A copula-less equational sentence; atyavasara is the word used in «అత్యవసర నిర్గమనం» atyavasara nirgamanam, and atyavasaram is its standalone noun form. Idi is the demonstrative of «ఇది నొప్పి పెడుతోంది — ఆపండి».

44. నన్ను ఆసుపత్రికి తీసుకు వెళ్ళండి

    nannu āsupatriki tīsuku veḷḷaṇḍi

    Please take me to a hospital

    Usage

    Shown to a taxi driver or a bystander to be taken to a hospital; «హాస్పిటల్ ఎక్కడ ఉంది?» just asks where one is

    Grammar Note

    Tisuku is the same converb as in «నేను నా సేవా కుక్కను తీసుకు రావచ్చా?» tisuku ravacca?; combined with vellandi (please go, «నేరుగా వెళ్ళండి») it means "take along". Asupatri is the word used in «ఆసుపత్రిలో చేరడం».

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