The An Intensive Course in Telugu podcast series is a 100% volunteer-directed effort to make the Telugu language more accessible online. My team records and transcribes all lesson dialogues and vocabularies, while I revise and publish their work. The series is based on the rare textbook of the same name, An Intensive Course in Telugu, released by the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL).
UNIT 1
Lesson 1 – WHAT IS THAT? AND WHO IS HE?
Lesson 2 – HELLO, SIR!
Lesson 3 – FRIEND’S HOUSE
Lesson 4 – HOW MANY IN TOTAL?
Lesson 5 – YOU, WE AND WE
Lesson 6 – WHERE IS THE POST OFFICE?
UNIT 2
Lesson 7 – MY FATHER IS IN AMERICA
Lesson 8 – HELLO! HOW DO YOU DO?
Lesson 9 – TODAY IS OUR GRANDFATHER’S BIRTHDAY
Lesson 10 – DASARA FESTIVAL
Lesson 11 – WHAT IS THE TIME NOW?
Lesson 12 – WHAT VEGETABLES ARE AVAILABLE?
UNIT 3
Lesson 13 – DO YOU HAVE A JOB?
Lesson 14 – WHAT ARE THERE IN YOUR TOWN?
Lesson 15 – A RIDDLE
Lesson 16 – WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Lesson 17 – YOU DON’T NEED SUGAR
Lesson 18 – TEMPLE AND SCHOOL
UNIT 4
Lesson 19 – SEE WHO HE IS!
Lesson 20 – I HAVE TO GO TO A MOVIE
Lesson 21 – A MANGO GROVE
Lesson 22 – WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Lesson 23 – I AM BUYING A RADIO
Lesson 24 – A LETTER
UNIT 5
Lesson 25 – EATING TOO MUCH IS NOT GOOD
Lesson 26 – LET’S GO TO MOVIE; WILL YOU COME?
Lesson 27 – TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
Lesson 28 – I REPAIRED YOUR AUDIO
Lesson 29 – WE SHOULD NOT WASTE ELECTRICITY
Lesson 30 – WHAT VEGETABLES DID YOU COOK FOR TODAY?
UNIT 6
Lesson 31 – DON’T READ WHILE EATING
Lesson 32 – CATCH BY HAIR IF YOU CAN; OTHERWISE SURRENDER
Lesson 33 – IT IS RAINING
Lesson 34 – DID YOU CLEAN THE TABLES?
Lesson 35 – I AM TOASTING THE BREAD
Lesson 36 – THIS IS OUR FARM, SIR!
UNIT 7
Lesson 37 – MR. MUKHARJEE BECAME THE PRINCIPAL
Lesson 38 – DID ANYBODY COME FOR ME?
Lesson 39 – HAS YOUR BROTHER PASSED THE EXAMINATION?
Lesson 40 – SARMA! YOU WILL LIVE FOR THOUSAND YEARS!
Lesson 41 – WHO IS THE PERSON STANDING THERE?
Lesson 42 – WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COAT THAT I KEPT HERE?
UNIT 8
Lesson 43 – IT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WOULD RAIN NOW
Lesson 44 – WHILE I AM KNITTING. . .
Lesson 45 – HAVING TOLD AND WITHOUT TELLING
Lesson 46 – HOW LONG SINCE YOU CAME?
Lesson 47 – COMPUTER MUSIC
Lesson 48 – SUBBARAO SHOUTED
UNIT 9
Lesson 49 – SHE WOULD HAVE COME
Lesson 50 – ON THE CHAMUNDI HILL
Lesson 51 – MAY BE OR MAY NOT BE
Lesson 52 – ALLOWING OR NOT ALLOWING TO COME
Lesson 53 – WHETHER COMES OR NOT
Lesson 54 – DAWN AND DUSK
UNIT 10
Lesson 55 – THE PYTHON THAT SWALLOWED A GOAT
Lesson 56 – STOPPING AND STOPPING (SOMETHING)
Lesson 57 – I WILL GET THE FLOWERS PLUCKED AND GIVE
Lesson 58 – I BROUGHT PLATES FOR MYSELF
Lesson 59 – TENALI RAMAKRISHNUDU (a story)
Lesson 60 – WHAT IS THE REASON FOR YOU NOT MARRYING?
OVERALL REVIEW
Lesson 61 – A NOVEL EXPERIMENT IN LENDING
Lesson 62 – THE POOR PEOPLE
Lesson 63 – SOME WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Lesson 64 – THE PLANET MARS
‘CHAALA’ THANKS TO THE TEAM! (ᵔᵕᵔ)/
CHARAN B. (Transcriber)
DUSHYANTH EDADASULA (Recorder)
GIRI (Transcriber)
RAM GULLAPALLI (Recorder)
SUNDHEEPA RAAMA (Transcriber)
SWETHA (Recorder)
Disclaimer from Gabriela on 8/29/25:
I’m sharing this course with help from a team of native speakers. Any light edits (fixing errors or updating older forms) are made only to support learners, with full respect for all Telugu dialects. If you notice any mistakes, please feel free to email me so we can correct them. Thank you!