Hotel

1. ཁང་མིག་ཡོད་པས།

   Khang-mig yoe-pa?

   Do you have a room available?

   Usage

   Basic expression used when checking into a hotel

   Grammar Note

   Tourists in Bhutan generally stay in government-approved hotels, usually arranged by the tour operator. Rates and what they include change, so check with your operator.

2. མི་གཅིག་གི་ཁང་མིག་དགོ།

   Mi-chig-gi khang-mig go

   I need a single room

   Usage

   Used when requesting a single room

   Grammar Note

   "མི་གཉིས་གི་ཁང་མིག" (mi-nyis-gi khang-mig) means double room.

3. མཚན་མོ་གཅིག་ལུ་ག་དེམ་ཅིག་རེ་ཨིན་ན།

   Tshen-mo chig-lu ga-dem-chig re in-na?

   How much per night?

   Usage

   Used to check the nightly room rate

   Grammar Note

   In Bhutan, accommodation is often paid as part of the tour price. What the package covers (meals, guide, etc.) depends on the booking, so confirm with your operator beforehand.

4. ཞོ་གསོལ་ཚར་ཚར་ཡོད་པས།

   Zho-sol tshar-tshar yoe-pa?

   Is breakfast included?

   Usage

   Used to confirm whether breakfast is included in the rate

   Grammar Note

   On tours in Bhutan, meals including breakfast are often part of the tour price. It depends on the booking, so check.

5. ཝི་ཕའི་ཡོད་པས།

   Wi-fai yoe-pa?

   Is there WiFi?

   Usage

   Used to ask about WiFi availability

   Grammar Note

   Internet connectivity in Bhutan has improved, but can be unreliable in mountain areas.

6. ལྡེ་མིག་ཅིག་གནང་།

   De-mig chig nang

   Please give me the key

   Usage

   Used when receiving the room key at check-in

   Grammar Note

   Dzongkha imperatives use the verb directly. Politeness is conveyed through tone and honorific vocabulary.

7. ཕྱིར་འབུད་ཆུ་ཚོད་ག་ཚོད་ཨིན།

   Chir-bue chu-tshoe ga-tshoe in

   What time is checkout?

   Usage

   Used to ask about checkout time

   Grammar Note

   Bhutanese hotels typically have a 12 noon checkout. Your guide will usually confirm this in advance.

8. ཀི་ལྤགས་གཞན་ཅིག་བྱིན།

   Ki-lpag zhen-chig jin

   Please give me another blanket

   Usage

   Used to request an extra blanket on cold mountain nights

   Grammar Note

   Bhutan's high altitude makes nights cold. Thimphu sits at 2,320m, Paro at 2,200m. Warm layers are essential.

9. དགོན་པ་མཐོང་ཐུབ་པའི་ཁང་མིག་ཡོད་པས།

   Goen-pa tong-thub-pai khang-mig yoe-pa?

   Is there a room with a view of the monastery?

   Usage

   Used to request a room with a monastery view

   Grammar Note

   Many Bhutanese hotels are built in traditional architectural style and located near religious buildings.

10. ཆུ་དྲོ་ཡོད་པས།

    Chu-dro yoe-pa?

    Is there hot water for showering?

    Usage

    Used to check if the hotel has hot water for showers

    Grammar Note

    Hot water is reliable in upscale hotels but may be limited in mountain lodges and guesthouses.

11. གནས་སྡོད་ཆུ་ཚིགས་རྒྱ་སྐྱེད་བྱེད་ཐུབ་ཨིན་པས།

    Ne-doe chu-tsig gya-kyed jed-thub in-pa?

    Can I extend my stay?

    Usage

    Used when wishing to extend the length of stay

    Grammar Note

    Entry to Bhutan requires pre-approval. Extending a stay must be arranged through your licensed tour operator.

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