Basic Verbs

1. འགྱོ་ནི།

   Gyo ni

   To go

   Usage

   The basic movement verb; point at your destination as you say it

   Grammar Note

   The ending -ni marks the dictionary form of a verb

2. འོང་ནི།

   Ong ni

   To come

   Usage

   For asking someone to come over, or talking about arrivals

3. ཟ་ནི།

   Za ni

   To eat

   Usage

   The basic verb for anything to do with eating

4. འཐུང་ནི།

   Thung ni

   To drink

   Usage

   For ordering drinks and for taking medicine

5. ཉོ་ནི།

   Nyo ni

   To buy

   Usage

   The basic verb for shopping

6. བལྟ་ནི།

   Ta ni

   To see

   Usage

   For sightseeing and for asking to look at goods

7. སྒུག་ནི།

   Guk ni

   To wait

   Usage

   For meeting up and for queueing

8. ང་འགྱོ་ནི་ཨིན།

   Nga gyo ni in

   I want to go

   Usage

   State where you are heading; add a place name and it works in a taxi

9. ང་ཟ་ནི་ཨིན།

   Nga za ni in

   I want to eat

   Usage

   Say what you would like to eat; follow it with the dish name

10. འདི་དགོ།

    Di go

    I want it

    Usage

    Point at what you want; works for both shopping and ordering

11. མི་དགོ།

    Mi go

    I don't need it

    Usage

    Declining a bag, a straw, or a sales pitch

12. ང་འཚོལ་དོ།

    Nga tshoel do

    I'm looking for it

    Usage

    Say it and then name the place or item you are looking for

13. ང་ལུ་ཡོད།

    Nga lu yoe

    I have it

    Usage

    Tell someone you already have the booking, ticket, or cash

14. ང་ལུ་མེད།

    Nga lu me

    I don't have it

    Usage

    Say you have no cash, no change, or no ticket

15. ཏི་རུ་བཏོན་ནི།

    Ti ru ton ni

    I'll withdraw money

    Usage

    When you are looking for an ATM or explaining you need cash

16. སྔོན་བཀོད་འབད་ནི།

    Ngon kod be ni

    I'll make a reservation

    Usage

    To say you want to book a table, a room, or a tour

17. ང་ལུ་གྲོགས་རམ་འབད་གནང་།

    Nga lu drog ram be nang

    Please help me with it

    Usage

    For asking help with a concrete task — bags, a machine, a form

18. ང་ལུ་སླབ་གནང་།

    Nga lu lap nang

    Please tell me

    Usage

    For asking someone to tell you the way, the time, or how to do something

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