ఇక్కడికి రా
ikkadiki raa
The English phrase "come here" is translated into Telugu as ఇక్కడికి రా (ikkadiki raa).
ఇక్కడికి రా is a command used to tell someone to move toward your current location.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of ikkadiki, meaning "to here" and raa, meaning "come".
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
ఇక్కడికి రా is an informal command used with friends, children or people younger than you. When speaking to elders, strangers or in formal settings, you should use the polite form ఇక్కడికి రండి instead.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb రా is the imperative form used for singular, informal subjects. For the polite or plural imperative, the verb changes to రండి.
How do you pronounce it?
ikkadiki raa
Did you know?
- In many Telugu households, it is considered impolite to beckon someone with a single finger. Instead, people often use their whole hand, palm facing down, waving the fingers toward themselves to signal రా.
- In cinema and street slang, the word రా is often appended to the end of sentences as a particle, similar to how 'dude' or 'man' is used in English, losing its meaning as 'come'.
- In very heated arguments, a speaker might switch from the polite రండి to the blunt రా mid-sentence to intentionally signal that they no longer respect the listener.
Examples in context
- ఇక్కడికి రా.ikkadiki ra.Come here.
- నాతో మాట్లాడటానికి ఇక్కడికి రా.natho matladataniki ikkadiki ra.Come here to talk to me.
- త్వరగా ఇక్కడికి రా!tvaraga ikkadiki ra!Come here quickly!
Example conversation
A mother is calling her son in the living room.
- లక్ష్మి Lakshmiసాయి, ఇక్కడికి రా!Sai, ikkadiki ra!Sai, come here!
- సాయి Saiఏం కావాలి అమ్మ?em kavali amma?What do you want, Mom?
- లక్ష్మి Lakshmiఈ పనిలో నాకు సహాయం చేయి.ee panilo naku sahayam cheyi.Help me with this work.
- సాయి Saiసరే, ఇప్పుడే వస్తున్నాను.sare, ippude vastunnanu.Okay, I'm coming right now.
