Usage of “నాకు” (naaku)and “నన్ను” (nannu) (me) in Telugu

 Both ‘Naaku’ (నాకు) and ‘Nannu’ (నన్ను) are used as objects in Telugu. Both Naaku and Nannu mean ‘me’ in English. However, Naaku is used when you have to refer to something that ‘belongs’ to you,whereas,Nannu is used when we are referring to ourselves. We can differentiate Naaku by adding ‘to’ or ‘for’ to ‘me,’ i.e. ‘to me’ or ‘for me’ whereas Nannu is just ‘me’.

 

Below are some example sentences to know the differences:

·         Amma nannupilichindhi. (అమ్మ నన్ను పిలిచింది.) = Mother called me.

The question for the above answer is Amma evarinipilichindhi? (అమ్మ ఎవరిని పిలిచింది) - Whom did mother call?

·         Amma naakueevishayamcheppindhi. (అమ్మ నాకు ఈ విషయం చెప్పింది.) – Mother told this matter to me.

·         Amma evarikieevishayamcheppindhi? (అమ్మ ఎవరికి ఈ విషయం చెప్పింది?) - To whom did the mother tell this matter?

If you observe the above sentences, you can notice that ‘nannu’ is used like ‘me’ in English whereas ‘naaku’ is withthe addition of some preposition like ‘for’ or ‘to,’ here ‘to me.’It even can remain as ‘I’ in some situations where it is used as the subject.

Observe the following examples:

Naakueevishayamtheliyadhu. (నాకు ఈ విషయం తెలియదు.) – I don’t know this matter.

Nannueevishayamgurinchiadagavaddhu. (నన్ను ఈ విషయం గురించి అడగవద్దు.)  – Don’t ask me about this matter.