is an excellent survival guide for expatriates or travelers. It serves its purpose well: getting a beginner to speak basic sentences quickly. However, for a student seeking academic fluency or literacy, it should be treated only as a stepping stone, supplemented by a script-learning workbook.

The standard formal greeting for "Hello".

A respectful way to ask "How are you?" Use Nuvvu elā unnāvu? for friends. Subhodayam (శుభోదయం): Good Morning. Dhanyavādālu (ధన్యవాదాలు): Thank you.