Re: cinnaya sUri vyAkaraNamu

Madhava Kumar Turumella (madhava@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in)
Fri, 16 Feb 96 16:19:47 GMT

Replying Sri Srinivas :
>Now, my question is: how important is "baala vyaakaraNam" today? Is it still
>THE standard book on Telugu grammar? Why don't they talk loud about drawbacks
>in Chinnayya's version of Telugu?

Why should anyone talk loud about *drawbacks* (!) in Chinnayya's version?
tApee dharmArAvugAru cAlA mATlADAru.. "peddavALLayinaMtamAtrAna tAmu
ceppinavannee itrulu pATiMcAlanO, nammAlanO, anukOvaDaM vAru cEsina
poraBATu".

>But, did he ever define whats "graamyam" and what is "vyaavahaarikam"? If
>"printed" language is the earlier and the "spoken" is the later of the above
>terms, and if "spoken" is printed, then it 'd also be called "graanthikam".
>Does it make sense?

bhAshaku dhAtuvu moolaM. A dhAtuvulEkuMDA sAgE E padamainA
"vyAvahArikaM" ani pilavabaDutuMdi. monna sAyaMtraM Hyderabad
sahasrAvadhAna sabhlO saMdhAnakarta aina gurutulyulu Sri EluripATi
anaMtarAmayya gArini "sabhikulu" anna padaMguriMci aDigAnu.
"dAniki 'dhoortuDu', 'kitavuDu' anE cAlA dusthArdhAlu vunnAyi kAnee
vyAvahArikaMlO cellipOtU vunnadi" ani ceppAru.

nellUrulO "ceppu" nu "meTTu" aMTAru. deenini mAMDaleekaM anaccu
lEdA "grAmyaM" (oka pradESaMlO vADabaDE bhAsha) anigUDA anaccu.

Another example. A friend of mine who was verymuch into communist
movement named his son as "Stalin". He lives in a villege and there
the otherkids can not pronounce "Stalin" hence they started calling
him as "tAligADu". "Stalin" anEdi gramdhikam anaMDi migatAvALLu
nOru tiragaka "tAligADu" ani dAnini grAmyaM cEsESAru.

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In Reply to Sri Veluri Rao's message :

> 1. NethibeerakaayalO neyyenta (vundi)?
> 2. PaalakuuralO paalenni (vunnayi)?

> soori gaari telugulO telugantE vunnadi.
> Telugu content in Chinnaya soori's telugu,
> I bet, is anywhere between zero and nothing!

AryA!
Sri Cinnaya suri's telugu is *real* and *original* telugu.
Yes! you want to bet. Serious students of any language obviously
go and read Sri Soori's Grammer.

Hyderabad lO telugu mATlADE vADi daggarikipOyi
ayyA! "EMdivoy parashAn jEstunnv" anaddu "eMduku annayyA bAdha
peDutunnAvu" anU aMTE vADu oppukuMTADA? "eMdivay! nA bAsa
nA giTTaM" aMTADu. kAnee khaccitaMgA "nEnu mATlADEdi 'TELUGU'" ani
vADu aMTAnaMTE nEnu oppukOnu.

Dear Sir, cinnaya sUri gAri language meeku ardhaM kAlEdani
meeru ceppaMDi. hRUdayapoorvakaMgA ardhaM cEsukOvaDAniki
prayatnaM cEstAnu...kAnee, vAri bhAsha telugu kAdani ceppkaMdi.
meeku eduru ceppalEka mAku kaneerE dikkavutuMdi.

peddalaMcu mEmu palumArlu talacEmu
telugu velugulaMcu talapulaMdu;
vennupOTu poDava vErevvarika dikku
vEDi kaMTi neeru varaMu manaku!

(bahuSA Ram gAri samasya ilA upayOgapaDiMdi.)

With regards
-Madhava