Pronunciation guide
[edit]Vowels
[edit]Vowels are [a ɛ e i ø y ɜ ɨ o u]. Diphthongs are [ai au ei øy ɤu/ou iɛ uɔ/yɔ]. The only coda is eng, in /aŋ eŋ oŋ/ and syllabic [ŋ̩].
Consonants
[edit]| Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
| voiceless | p | t | k | |||||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||||
| Fricative | voiced | v | z | ɦ | ||||
| voiceless | f | s | ɕ | h | ||||
| Affricate | voiced | dz | dʑ | |||||
| voiceless | ts | tɕ | ||||||
| aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | ||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||
Common diphthongs
[edit]Phrase list
[edit]Basics
[edit]- Hello (formal)
- Kuzoozangpo la
- Hello (informal)
- Kuzoozangpo
- How are you?
- Gadaybay Zhu yi Ga?
- I'm fine
- Legshom (Layshom) or Legshom bey rang yoe (full)
- What is your name?
- Chhoe gi ming ga chi mo?: What is your name (formal)
- Na ge tshen ga chi zhuwu eena?
- My name is _____
- Nge gi ming _____ in
- I am from ____
- Nga ____ lay in la
- Thank you
- Kadrin chhe
- See you later (formal)
- Shoo lay log jay gay
- See you later (alternate)
- Tama chhay gay
- See you tomorrow
- Naba chhay gay
- Where
- Gatey
- How much
- Gademchi
Problems
[edit]Where is the bathroom?
chhab sang gatey inna la?
We need to go to the hospital.
Nga chey (plural)/ nga (singular) menkhang na jo go bay.
Doctor:
Drung tsho
- What is the Problem?
- Choe gi Ka Ngyel ga chi mo?
- Where is the Bank?
- Ngyul Khang Ga teey mo?
Numbers
[edit]- 0
- leykor
- 1
- chi
- 2
- nyi
- 3
- sum
- 4
- zhi
- 5
- nga
- 6
- dru
- 7
- dhuen
- 8
- ghay
- 9
- gu
- 10
- chutham
- 11
- chu chi
- 12
- chu nyi
Time
[edit]Clock time
[edit]- time
- (...)
- o'clock
- bazaar
- 8 o'clock
- bazaar gyed/ chhutsed gyed
Duration
[edit]- _____ minute(s)
- karma
- _____ hour(s)
- chhutsed
- _____ day(s)
- Zha/nim
- _____ week(s)
- dhuenthra
- _____ month(s)
- Daw
- _____ year(s)
- Lo
Days
[edit]- Monday
- Migmar
- Tuesday
- Lhagpa
- Wednesday
- Phurba
- Thursday
- Pasang
- Friday
- Penpa
- Saturday
- Nima
- Sunday
- Dawa
Months
[edit]- January
- indha dangpa
- February
- indha nyipa
- March
- indha sumpa, indha zhipa, indha ngapa, indha drukpa, indha duenpa, indha gyepa, indha gupa and indha chunyepa for December
- Note
- For the months of lunar calendar the prefix is rangda, indha is used for the months of the international calendar.
Writing time and date
[edit]Colors
[edit]- Green
- Changkha
- Red
- Marp
- White
- Karp
- Blue
- Hoem
- Black
- Naap
- Yellow
- Sep
- Orange
- Leewang
Transportation
[edit]Bus and train
[edit]Directions
[edit]Taxi
[edit]Identified by the yellow top (hood) and BT registration affixed before the number.
- Taxi
- la khor
- Fare
- la
- how much
- ga day chi in na la
Lodging
[edit]Money
[edit]How much is this/it ? Ngultrum ga them chi mo
Eating
[edit]Meal : Toh /zhay go
Breakfast: dom zer
Lunch: nima ge toh
Dinner: tsho
eating : zhaygo za ni
delicious : zhim bay
bitter ; khag tay
sweet : ngam
sour ; chup
Water ; chhu
Tea : ja
Curry : tshoem
Soup :thup
Chilli : ema
Cheese :datshi
cook(verb) : toh bey ni
eat : zhey (formal)/ za (informal)
Dry Chilli : ema kam
Bars
[edit]- May I please have _____: Nga lu ______ nang mey la
- Alcoholic Beverage
- Changg
- Bar
- Changkhang
- Tip
- soera
- Whats the bill
- Ga de chi mo
- I am drunk
- changg dang so ye
- Water
- chu
HOT Water
Chu-tse
- Local Drink
- Ara
- It is strong(spirit)
- ah ni ga tra du
- It is mild
- lha si si du
Shopping
[edit]shop : tsongkhang
how much : ga de chi mo?
discount please : gong phab nang mey la
Driving
[edit]Car : Numkhor
Drive : Numkhor tang ni
Licence : Lak Kher
Police : thrim sung
Road : Lam
High speed : joba joba/ shuk bay tang
Low speed : drey gay bay tang
please take caution(driving) : reb drim di tang
Lets go : jogay
stop ; numkor kag nang
Risky : ngyen khag
Love
[edit]I love you: nga gi che lu ga
I miss you: nga choe drem mey
I can't stay without you: nga che me pa me cha bay
I will make you a phone call: nga gi che lu juthen tang gay
Do you miss me: che nga dem mey ga
You're so beautiful: che namay samay jarim dhu
I miss you very nuch : na may sa may dren yi