For one of my cultural proof credits I was allowed to study a language. (that’s why several of these have dealt with Hindi). Although Hindi was the mostly what I focused on, I did learn a little Tibetan as well. As one of my requirements I was supposed to keep a vocab dictionary to keep track of the words I was learning. For this blog post I am simply going to supply some of the vocabulary I learned from each of the languages 1) in case anyone is interested in learning a little themselves, and 2) as a way for myself to review.
Hindi words
(with English words or phrases, and then the translation)
Hello - Namaste/Namaskar
How are you? - Ap kese hei?
What is your name? – Apka naam kya hei?
My name is ___ - Mera naam ____ hei
Thank you – Shukriya (or) Danyewad
I - Mein
You - Ap/tum/tu
We - Hum
He/She (here) - Yeh
He/She (there) - Voh
Husband/Wife – Pati/Patni
Rice – Chawal
Dog – Kuta
Son/Daughter - Beta/Beti
Auntie - Mausi
What - Kya
Where - Kaha
When - Kab
Who - Kon
Why - Kyo
How - Kese
To make - Banana
To meet - Milna
To do - Karna
To work - Kam karna
To say - Kahna
To sit - Betna
To know - Janna
To think - Sochna
To give - Dena
Hot - Garam
Spicy - masaledar
Angry - Naraz
About/Approx. - Lagbag
Pesa - Money
Log - People
Sab log - Everyone
Koi - Somebody
Koi nahi - Nobody
Other - Dusra
Maybe - Shayad
What happened? - Kya hoga?/Kya hua?
Bara/Chota - Big/Little
Tora tora - Little bit
I learned a lot more than that, but this is just an example of some of the things on my list. Next is:
Tibetan
Hello - Tashi delek
I - Nga
You - Kay-rang
We - Nga-tso
Mother/Father - Ama-la/Pa-la
Boy/Girl - Pu/Pumo
Dog - Khi
Puppy - Khi-chug
Elephant - Langchin
Monkey - Pew
Bird - Cheew
Crow - Poro
Rice - De
Now - Tanda
Good morning - Nga-to delek
Today - Te-ring
Tomorrow - Sanyi
Yesterday - Ke-sa
Chili - Siping
Outside - Chila
Married - Changza
Student - Lobtug
Money - Ngu
Milk - Oma
Cow - Ba-chug
Horse - Ta
Animal - Semchen
What - Karay
Where - Kabah
Who - Su
When - Kadu
Why - Karay chaynay
How - Kantesi
Again, there are quite a few more, but this is all I’ll write for now. I’m actually surprised at how many words I was able to learn, but I’m also not surprised at how quickly I have forgotten most of them. Sadly I don’t have a lot of opportunity to practice now that I’m back in the states, but I can’t say that I’ve really looked for opportunities either. Someday I’d love to do a much deeper study of either or both of these languages, and I have a good base to start from now, but we’ll see if that day ever comes.
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