Question Words

1. ག་ཅི

   Ga ci?

   What?

   Usage

   The question word to ask what something is or what was said

2. ག་ཏེ

   Ga te?

   Where?

   Usage

   Asks for a place; point at a map or an object while you say it

3. ག་དུས

   Ga-du?

   When?

   Usage

   Asks about time — departures, opening hours

4. སུ

   Su?

   Who?

   Usage

   Asks about a person, including who is in charge

5. ག་ཅི་འབད

   Ga ci be?

   Why?

   Usage

   Asks for a reason; keep your tone soft so it does not sound like an accusation

6. ག་དེ་སྦེ

   Ga de be?

   How?

   Usage

   Asks for a method — how to get there, how to use something

7. ག་དེམ་ཅིག

   Ga dem ci?

   How many?

   Usage

   Asks for a number of things, people, or stops

8. གོང་ག་དེམ་ཅིག

   Gong ga dem ci?

   How much is it?

   Usage

   The standard way to ask a price — the most used shopping question

9. ག་གི

   Ga gi?

   Which one?

   Usage

   Choosing among options; use it while pointing

10. འདི་ག་ཅི་སྨོ།

    Di ga ci mo?

    What is this?

    Usage

    Point at a dish or an item to ask what it is — handy in markets and eateries

11. ཆབ་གསང་ག་ཏེ་སྨོ།

    Chap sang ga te mo?

    Where is the toilet?

    Usage

    One of the most used travel questions; fine to ask anyone

12. ད་ལྟོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ག་དེམ་ཅིག།

    Da-ta chu-tsod ga-dem-chig

    What time is it?

    Usage

    Asks the current time — useful while waiting for transport

13. ཡོད་ག།

    Yoe ga?

    Do you have it?

    Usage

    Asks whether something is available; point at the item and it works

14. འབད་ཚུགས་ག།

    Be tshug ga?

    Can you do it?

    Usage

    Asks whether something is possible — a discount, a repair, a takeaway

15. གླ་ཆ་བཏབ་དགོ་ག།

    La cha tab go ga?

    Is there a charge?

    Usage

    Check whether luggage storage, entry, or Wi-Fi costs money

16. རིན་མེད་ཨིན་ན།

    Rin me in na?

    Is it free?

    Usage

    Check whether a sample, a map, or a shuttle is free of charge

17. གནས་སྟངས་ག་དེ་སྨོ།

    Nay-tang ga-de-mo

    Are you OK?

    Usage

    Used to check on someone's wellbeing

18. ཁྱེད་རང་གི་མིང་ག་ཅི་ལགས།

    Khe-rang gi ming ga-chi-la

    What's your name?

    Usage

    A common conversation starter

19. གཅིག་ཁར་པར་བཏབ་ཆོག་ག།

    Chig-khar par tab chog ga?

    Can we take a photo together?

    Usage

    Used to ask permission before taking a photo together

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