Question Words

1. ག་རེ།

   Ga re?

   What?

   Usage

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

2. ག་པར།

   Ga par?

   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་རེ་བྱས་ནས།

   Ga re che ne?

   Why?

   Usage

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

6. ག་འདྲ་བྱས་ནས།

   Ga dra che ne?

   How?

   Usage

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

7. ག་ཚོད།

   Ga tshod?

   How many?

   Usage

   Asks for a number of things, people, or stops

8. གོང་ག་ཚོད་རེད།

   Gong ga tshod red?

   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་རེ་རེད།

    Di ga re red?

    What is this?

    Usage

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

11. གསང་སྤྱོད་ག་པར་ཡོད་རེད།

    Sang chod ga par yod red?

    Where is the toilet?

    Usage

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

12. ད་ལྟ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ག་ཚོད་རེད།

    Da ta chu tsö ga tsö re?

    What time is it?

    Usage

    Asks the current time — useful while waiting for transport

13. ཡོད་པས།

    Yod pe?

    Do you have it?

    Usage

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

14. ཐུབ་ཀྱི་རེད་པས།

    Thub ki red pe?

    Can you do it?

    Usage

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

15. གླ་ཆ་སྤྲོད་དགོས་རེད་པས།

    La cha trod go red pe?

    Is there a charge?

    Usage

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

16. རིན་མེད་རེད་པས།

    Rin med red pe?

    Is it free?

    Usage

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

17. ཆོག་གི་རེད་པས།

    Chok gi re pe?

    Is this OK?

    Usage

    Used to ask for permission; pair it with pointing

18. མི་ཆོག་གི་རེད་པས།

    Mi chok gi re pe?

    Is it not allowed?

    Usage

    Used to double-check after being refused

19. བདེན་པ་རེད་པས།

    Den pa re pe?

    Really?

    Usage

    Used to confirm something surprising

20. ཁྱེད་རང་ག་ནས་ཡིན་ནམ།

    Khye rang ga ne yin nam?

    Where are you from?

    Usage

    A good conversation opener

21. ཁྱེད་རང་གི་མིང་ག་རེ་རེད།

    Khye rang gi ming ga re re?

    What's your name?

    Usage

    A good conversation opener

22. ཁྱེད་རང་ལོ་ག་ཚོད་ཡིན་ནམ།

    Khye rang lo ga tsö yin nam?

    How old are you?

    Usage

    Asking someone's age, especially a woman's or a stranger's, can be considered impolite. Best reserved for once you know someone or as a mark of respect toward elders

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