Feelings

1. སྐྱིད་པོ།

   Kyid po

   Happy / cheerful

   Usage

   The basic adjective for feeling good; it goes down well when describing your trip

2. སྐྱོ་པོ།

   Kyo po

   Sad

   Usage

   The counterpart of kyid po. The two look alike, so watch the vowel marks

3. དགའ་པོ།

   Ga po

   Fond of / like

   Usage

   Use it for food, places and music you have enjoyed. Aimed at a person it carries more weight, so keep it for things and events

4. ཁོང་ཁྲོ།

   Khong thro

   Anger

   Usage

   Raising your voice in public is strongly frowned on; complain calmly and lead with the facts

5. འཇིགས་སྣང་།

   Jig nang

   Fear

   Usage

   Use it to say you are uneasy on a cliffside road or travelling after dark

6. སེམས་ཁྲལ།

   Sem thral

   Worry

   Usage

   Sem (mind) plus thral (burden). Say what you are worried about right after

7. ཧང་སངས།

   Hang sang

   Astonishment

   Usage

   A natural word when a view or a scale has overwhelmed you

8. ངོ་ཚ།

   Ngo tsha

   Shyness / embarrassment

   Usage

   Literally "hot face"; it also fits the shyness of trying Tibetan in front of people

9. ཐང་ཆད།

   Thang che

   Exhaustion

   Usage

   Above 3,600 m half the distance tires you as much, so say it early rather than pushing on

10. གཉིད།

    Nyid

    Sleep / sleepiness

    Usage

    Sleep is shallow at altitude and daytime drowsiness is common; naps help in the first few days

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