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Anupam: Who do I see here? Nirupam?
(á´®Ω÷? E®Ω’-°æ¢˛’?)
Nirupam: Are you surprised to see me?
(††’o îª÷úøôç Ǩ¡a-®Ωuçí¬ Öçü∆?)
Anupam: Sure. I thought you were in Kolkata.
(Eïçí¬. †’´¤y éÓ™¸-éπû√™ ÖØ√o-´-†’-
èπ◊Ø√o.)
Nirupam: I was, but I got back yesterday.
(Å´¤†’, ÖØ√o. é¬E E†o AJ-íÌî√a.)
Anupam: How about some coffee? or would
you prefer to eat something before
that?
(é¬Ææh 鬰∂‘ BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«¢√? ™‰èπ◊çõ‰
´·çü¿’ àüÁjØ√ Açö«¢√?)
What brings you here?
Nirupam: I could certainly do with something
to eat and then coffee.
(é¬Ææh àüÁjØ√ AØËç-ü¿’èπÿ Ç ûª®√yûª cof-
fee 鬢√L.)
Anupam: You'll have them. What'd you like to
have?
(àç BÆæ’-èπ◊çö«´¤?)
Nirupam: You talk although we were in a
restaurant, with a variety of eats on
the menu. Get me whatever is avail-
able in the house.
(´’†ç àüÓ restaurant ™ Ö†oô’x, ®Ωéπ-
®Ω-鬩 °∂æ©£æ…-®√© menu Ö†oô÷x ´÷ö«x-
úø’-ûª’-Ø√o´¤. Éçöx àü¿’çõ‰ ÅC °ævö«/
Açü∆ç.)
≤ƒüµ∆-®Ω-ùçí¬ Éçöx Åçõ‰ at home Åçö«ç
éπü∆. In the house Åçõ‰ é¬Ææh informal í¬
Éçöx ÅE. Åçõ‰ ûÁ©’-í∫’™ 'éÌç°æ™— ņoô’x.
Anupam: Just wait for a few more minutes.
You can have idli and karappodi. I
expect a distant relative, an uncle of
mine. Oh, here he is. Good morning
uncle. It's really good to see you
again. How are you?
(äéπ\ éπ~ùç Öçúø’. ÉúŒx 鬮Ω-§ÒpúÕ Açü¿’-
´¤-í¬E. ü¿÷®Ω°æ¤ ôdç, ´÷ uncle äé¬-
ߪ’† ´≤ƒh-úøE áü¿’®Ω’ îª÷Ææ’hØ√o. ã,
Çߪ’† ´îËa-¨»úø’. ´’Sx N’´’tLo
îª÷úøôç/ éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-´ôç ÆæçûÓ-≠æçí¬
ÖçC. ᙫ ÖØ√o®Ω’?)
Uncle: Wonderful to meet you again, boy.
How are things going?
(éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ-´ôç ÆæçûÓ-≠æçí¬ ÖçC. ᙫ
ÖØ√o´¤?)
Anupam: Fine. Thank you. By the way this is
my friend Nirupam. Nirupam, this is
my uncle Mr. Sitaram.
Nirupam: How do you do, sir?
Uncle: Fine thank you, how do you do?
Anupam: Would you like to have something,
uncle? I see you are pretty tired.
(àü¿-®·Ø√ BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«®√? ¶«í¬ Å©Æœ-§Ú-
®·-†-ô’d-Ø√o®Ω’.)
Uncle: You can say that. I am really tired. I
don't mind having a bite.
(†’´y-†o-ô’d-í¬ØË Eïçí¬ Å©-Æœ-§Ú-ߪ÷†’.
àüÓ Açö«ØËx °ævö«.)
Anupam: Would you care for some coffee too,
uncle?
(鬰∂‘ èπÿú≈ BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«®√?)
Uncle: That suits me fine.
(Ç BÆæ’-èπ◊çö«.)
Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛
íı®Ω´ ´’®√u-ü¿©÷, Çî√®Ω ´u´-£æ…-®√© N≠æ-ߪ’ç™
´’†èπÿ, English ¢√∞¡xèπ◊ î√™« ûËú≈ ÖçC. ÉçöÀ-éÌ-*a†
ÅA-ü∑¿’-©†’ Ææûª\-JçîË N≠æ-ߪ’ç™ ´·êuçí¬ ¢√∞¡x-éÀîËa
ǣ慮Ω §ƒF-ߪ÷© N≠æ-ߪ’ç™, ¢√∞¡xéπN offer îËߪ’-ö«-
EéÀ ¢√úË formal and informal expressions É°æ¤púø’
ûÁ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊çü∆ç.
´’†ç ¶«í¬ ’´¤í¬ ÖçúË ´uèπ◊h-©-Íé-ü¿-®·Ø√ offer îËÊÆ-
ô-°æ¤púø’ ¢√úË informal expressions èπÿ, ´’†ç Åçûª
’´¤ BÆæ’-éÓ-™‰E ´uèπ◊h-©-Íé-ü¿-®·Ø√ offer îËÊÆ-ô-°æ¤púø’
¢√úË formal expressions èπÿ ûËú≈ áèπ◊\-´-í¬ØË
Öçô’çC. Å™«Íí ´’†ç ’-´¤ûÓ Öçúø-í∫© ´uèπ◊h©’
´’†-Íé-ü¿-®·Ø√ offer îËÆœ-†-°æ¤púø’ ´’† Ææpçü¿-†èπ◊, (infor-
mal response) èπÿ, ´’†-éπçûª Ææyûªç-vûªç-™‰E ´uèπ◊h©’
´’†èπ◊ îËÊÆ offers Ææçü¿-®√s¥™x ´’† Ææpçü¿-†èπÿ (for-
mal response) î√™« ûËú≈ Öçô’çC.
The conversation at the beginning of the les-
son, you can see, begins with expressions we
use when we meet others. Ñ lesson beginning
™Ö†o °æ©-éπ-Jç°æ¤ ´÷ô-©†’ ´·çü¿’í¬ îª÷ü∆lç.
a) Who do I see here? á´®Ω÷? E®Ω’-°æ-¢Ë’Ø√?
(´’†Lo ´÷´‚-©’í¬ éπ©-´-E-¢√∞¡Ÿx, î√™«é¬©ç
ûª®√yûª, ņ’-éÓ-èπ◊çú≈ éπ©-´-ú≈-E-éÌÊÆh ¢√úË ´÷ô.)
É™«çöÀ Ææçü¿-®Ωs¥ç™ ¢√úË Éûª®Ω expressions èπÿú≈
îª÷ü∆lç.
a) Look who is here: îª÷úø’ á´-®Ì-î √a®Ó (Åçõ‰
®√éπ-®√éπ ´î√a-®ΩE üµ¿yEç-îËô’x. Ééπ\úø look, ´‚úÓ
´uéÀh ™‰éπ-§Ú-®·Ø√ Åçö«ç.)
b) What brings you here? = àçöÀ™« ´î√a´¤?
(ÉC Åçûª ´’®√u-ü¿-éπ-®Ω-´’-®·† ´÷ô é¬ü¿E éÌçü¿J
ŧڣæ«. é¬F É™« ņ-ôç™ ûªÊ°pç-™‰ü¿’.)
c) You, ... here? What a surprise! = †’´¤y,
Ééπ\ú≈! Ǩ¡a-®Ωuçí¬ ÖçüË!
ÉN éÌEo °æ©-éπ-Jç°æ¤ ´÷ô©’.
É°æ¤púø’ formal, informal offers èπ◊ ¢√úË éÌEo
expressions îª÷ü∆lç.
ÉçöÀ-éÌ-*a† ÅA-ü∑¿’©’ ´’†èπ◊ ¶«í¬ ÆæEo-£œ«-ûª’-©-®·ûË,
¢√∞¡x-éÀîËa °∂æ©-£æ…®Ω §ƒF-ߪ÷© N≠æ-ߪ’ç™ informal í¬
offers:
a) How about/ What about some coffee?
b) Care for some good coffee?
°j È®çúÕçöÀ Å®Ωnç– é¬Ææh coffee BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«¢√/ 鬰∂‘
... ´’ç*-üË-´’Ø√o °æ¤îª’a-èπ◊ç-ö«¢√? ÉüË ¶µ«´ç ûÁ©’-
í∫’™– 鬰∂‘ BÆæ’éÓ ÅE (ûÁ©’-í∫’™, coffee BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-
ö«¢√?/ BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«®√? ÅE Åúø-í∫úøç bad man-
ners éπü∆, é¬F English ™ é¬ü¿’.)
(a), (b)™xE informal offers èπ◊ response
(Ææpçü¿†):
coffee °æ¤îª’a-éÓ-¢√-©-†’-èπ◊çõ‰:
a) I don't mind (Ø√éπ-¶µºuç-ûª-®Ωç-™‰ü¿’)
b) That'd be nice
c) Oh sure. A good cup of coffee is certainly
welcome.
d) I could certainly do with some coffee =
鬰∂‘ 鬢√L.(could do with = want)
e) That's nice of you.
(ÅC ´’ç*üË)
coffee ´ü¿’l/ Åçõ‰ offer †’ A®Ω-Ææ\-Jç-îªôç/
´ü¿l-†ôç informal í¬:
a) No, thanks/ thank you.
b) I don't feel like it now. Thank you.
Thank you.)
(Ø√èπ◊ û√í¬-©-E-°œç-îªôç ™‰ü¿’–
c) Oh, not now/ perhaps later.
(É°æ¤púø’ ´ü¿’l/
ûª®√yûª BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«-ØË¢Á÷. DE ¶µ«´ç– ÅÆæ-™Ô-ü¿lE.)
formal offers: °ü¿l-¢√-∞¡xèπ◊, Åçûªí¬ °æJ-îªßª’癉E
-¢√-∞¡xèπ◊ àüÁjØ√ formal í¬ offer îËÊÆ B®Ω’:
a) Would you have/ like/ fancy some coffee? -
ÉC formal offer. offer
(Å®·ûË ûÁ©’-í∫’™ îËÊÆ-ô-
°æ¤púø’– BÆæ’-èπ◊ç-ö«®√? – ņç éπü∆. BÆæ’-éÓçúÕ
Åçö«ç.)
b) Would you care for some coffee?
2
Would you mind a little cof-
fee?
d) Won't you (Will you not)
have some coffee? (é¬Ææh
coffee BÆæ’-éÓ®√?)
e) Let me have the pleasure of
giving you a cup of coffee. Q. Why present tense always come after "did"?
f) Let me have the pleasure of treating you to - R. Murali Mohan, Hyderabad, e mail.
some coffee. (treating (some one) to some- A. Did is an auxiliary/ a helping verb. The
thing = á´-J-ÈéjØ√ àü¿-®·Ø√ É*a Ææûª\-Jç-îªôç) words like come, take, etc coming after it,
as in the verb, for example, did come
°j ¢√öÀéÀ Ææpçü¿†:
(=came) did go (=went), did take (=took),
a) I don't mind. Thank you.
(Ŷµºuç-ûª®Ωç ™‰ü¿’. Thank you.)
etc. are all in the past tense, because, did
is a helping verb, used to form the past
b) That'd be fine. Thank you.
forms of verbs mostly with not and in ques-
c) I'd welcome it. Thank you. tions. Since did itself is past tense, we use
d) So thoughtful of you. Thanks. only the basic form of the verb after it, like
(Éûª-®Ω’© Å´-Ææ-®√© í∫’Jç* ÆæÈ®j† Ç™-îª-†èπ◊ = so come, go, etc.
thoughtful of you) Q. Instead of, Rather than, Apart from,
Being. Ñ °æü∆© í∫’-Jç-* N´-Jç-îªçúÕ.
- Chandu Surapaneni Choudary, e mail.
A. i) Instead of = In place of.
a) He wrote with a pencil instead of with a
pen = He used a pencil and not a pen.
b) He likes coffee better than tea, so he took
coffee = He took coffee in place of tea =
e) That's nice of you, thank you.
He took coffee instead of tea.
f) Oh, sure. A cup of coffee would be welcome. c) He gave him gold instead of
Thank you. money (•ü¿’©’)
g) Nothing like it at the moment. Thank you. ii) Rather than = We use this
(É°æ¤p-úøç-ûª-éπçõ‰ ´’ç*-C-™‰ü¿’. Thank you.) expression when we com-
pare two things of different
(Å®·ûË ´’† Ææ´÷-ïç™ Çî√®Ω ´u´-£æ…®Ωç v°æ鬮Ωç,
kinds. It also means
á´-Jçöx Å®·Ø√ coffee offer îËÊÆh, °j† ņoô’x 'instead of'.
'Å´¤†’, û√í∫’û√†’— ņ™‰ç éπü∆. ´’†èπ◊ û√í¬-©E a) Rather than go by bus, he walked the
ÖØ√o èπÿú≈, ´ü¿lØË Åçö«ç.)
distance = He walked the distance
ã offer †’ formal í¬ A®Ω-Ææ\-Jç-îªôç/ ´ü¿l-†ôç:
instead of going by bus.
a) No please. Thanks. b) I'd rather not see movies than see such
movies = I like not to see movies instead
b) Right now, no. Thank you just the same.
of seeing such movies.
(Just the same = Å®·-†-°æp-öÀéÃ)
iii) Apart from (i) = in addition to, besides
c) Hope you don't mind my saying no. Thank eg: Apart from stealing his money, they
you, any way = beat him = They not only stole his
؈’ ´ü¿l-†oç-ü¿’èπ◊ O’Í®ç ņ’-éÓ®Ω’ éπü∆. Thank money, but also beat him.
you. b) Apart from the house, he bought new
d) Not now/ perhaps later, please. furniture = He bought not only the
house but also new furniture.
(É°æ¤púø’ é¬ü¿’-™„çúÕ/ ûª®√yûª îª÷ü∆lç.) Apart from (ii) = except for
e) Sorry. I don't feel like it. Thank you. a) Apart from the opening scene, the
û√í¬-©-E-°œç-îª-úøç-™‰ü¿’. Thank you.)
(Sorry. rest of the movie is very good= The
ÉO formal/ informal offers, ¢√öÀéÀ responses. opening scene alone isn't good, the
rest of the movie is good.
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ b) Apart from the youngest son, the rest
are married = All the other sons are
married, the youngest alone is
éÀçü¿öÀ lesson (No. 256) exercise ™ É*a† sen- unmarried.
tence pattern èπ◊ †´‚Ø√ sentence ©’:
iv) Being = (Most often, being has the
Sub Verb Object Complement meaning of because)
1) I like my coffee hot a) Being rich, he can buy a car =
Because he is rich, he can buy a car.
2) He kicked the door open
Ø√èπ◊ b) Being weak, she can't play well =
3) They elected him captain of the team
Because she is weak, she can't play well.
4) She wants it done immediately Q. ''How long will you be in Hyderabad?''
5) I want the house painted. ''How long will you be at Hyderabad?''
Which one is correct?
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
- Sasanka, e mail
EXERCISE A. How long will you be in Hyderabad? is cor-
rect. 'In' is used before big and important
Speak aloud as many sentences as you
places, and at only before small places.
can, on the following pattern.
In Hyderabad, In Chennai, In London, etc.
It 'be' form complement subject
At Mangalagiri, at pattanecheru (very small
(infinitive) towns and villages)
a) It is easy to do that I was at college = I was in the college - 'I
was at college', is used more than, 'I was
(ÅC îËߪ’ôç Ææ’©¶µºç)
in the college'. 'I was in college', is also
b) It was difficult to carry it. being accepted in modern usage.
(ü∆Eo ¢Á÷ߪ’ôç éπ≠dçæ Å®·uçC.)
– -áç. Ææ’Í®-¨¡-Ø˛