How to form the plural in Telugu

How to form the plural in Telugu

You want to learn how to use the plural in Telugu? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Telugu lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Telugu.

Telugu nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The plural in Telugu is generally formed by adding '-lu' to the end of the word.

Examples

pustakālu
books
manišulu
men
illu
houses
ammāyilu
girls
mahilalu
women
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The plural is important in Telugu when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns pustakamu, kurčī and talupu (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are pustakālu, kurčīlu and talupulu. Now learn how to use each of these Telugu plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are pustakālu, kurčīlu and talupulu (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Telugu plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of pustakamu, kurčī and talupu, you can move on to Step 6 (Telugu demonstrative pronouns).

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