Bumthangkha phrasebook

Bumthangkha is a regional language of in the Bumthang area of Bhutan.

Pronunciation guide

Vowels

Consonants

Common diphthongs

Phrase list

Basics

Hello.: . (Kuzuzangpo la )
Hello. (informal): . (Kuzu )
How are you?: ? (ah dar nak ke)
Fine, thank you.: . (laso kadinchey la )
What is your name?: ? ( weth key meng sha yo?)
My name is ___Nga gey ___ .: meng . ( tzha yo.)
Nice to meet you.: . (domzay gasth )
Please.: . (kuje )
Thank you.: . ( kadin chay)
You're welcome.: . ( tsoro bu si ma sung la )
Yes.: . (phath )
No.: . ( mengo)
Excuse me. (getting attention): . ( gom ma thay la)
Excuse me. (begging pardon): . ( gom ma thay la)
I'm sorry.: . ( gom ma thay la)
Goodbye: . (lok sey jay gey )
Goodbye (informal): . (kachin bu sey gala )
I can't speak name of language [well].: [ ]. ( [ ])
Do you speak English?: ? ( philingpa kha khan ya?)
Is there someone here who speaks English?: ? ( philingba kha khan kan na ya?)
Help!: ! ( !)
Look out!: ! (wai !)
Good morning.: . (kuzuzangpo )
Good evening.: . ( kuzuzangpo)
Good night.: . (chiru delek )
Good night (to sleep): . (ka chin bu si sim la )
I don't understand.: . ( mabran)
Where is the toilet?: ? ( chabsang ao na?)

Problems

Numbers

1 : Thaek 2 ; tson 3 : tsum 4 : blay 5 ;ya nga 6 :rok 7 ; nyith 8 ; jath 9 ; dokgo 10; chey

Time

Clock time

"chu tsud"

Duration

"dutsed"

Days

"ngyan"

Months

"la"

Writing time and date

Date : Date/Month/Year Time : Hour(day or night) and Minutes

Colors

Transportation

Bus and train

Directions

Taxi

Taxi = "gyerkhor" Fare = "lha " How much =" ak pa thek yo"

Lodging

Money

Eating

I am Hungry : Bru nas

can i have some : chi gath tzu gi

Meal : shay go / zama

Rice : zama

Curry : ruk

Soup : cho tsa

Water ; kway

Hot : kep kep

Cold : nagk sim sim

eggs ; kha wa tey

Meat : sha

cheese : phrum

butter ; mar

delicious ; ngam da

not delicious ; mey ngam da

sweet ; ngok tom ma

sour ; thun ma

I am full : joma rangs

It was prepared very well : ka chin bu si kher na

oil : nom

salt ; tsa

sugar ; guram

chilly ; bangala

cilantro ; yotsey

tea ; ja

orange juice : tsa lum khway

Bars

Shopping

Driving

Authority

gollark: I fixed it by making thing of things into a dictatorship controlled only by me.

gollark: I turned that off.

gollark: I think I ignored the thing for ages and accidentally had executive delegate powers?

gollark: Anyway, Thing of Things got raided one time, which was !!FUN!!.

gollark: This is to spite you.

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