Schedule & Booking

1. ད་ལྟ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ག་ཚོད་ཡིན།

   Da-ta chu-tsod ga-tsod yin

   What time is it now?

   Usage

   The most basic time inquiry. Essential for travel schedule management and meeting times

   Grammar Note

   "Chu-tsod" comes from "water measurement" — a traditional time concept. "Ga-tsod" is the quantity interrogative

2. སྔ་དྲོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་བཞི་ལ་ཐོན་དགོས།

   Nga-dro chu-tsod zhi la ton-go

   We must depart at 4 AM

   Usage

   Used to communicate early morning departure for trekking or Everest Base Camp expeditions

   Grammar Note

   "Go" expresses obligation. "Nga-dro" means "early morning" before sunrise. Early departures are standard for mountain treks

3. ཕྱི་མ་ཉིན་ཆུ་ཚོད་གཉིས་ལ་མཇལ་ཐུབ།

   Phyi-ma nyin chu-tsod nyi la jal-thub

   I can meet tomorrow at 2 PM

   Usage

   Used to propose a meeting time. Useful when confirming arrangements with a guide or local contact

   Grammar Note

   "Thub" is the capability modal. "Jal" is the honorific form of "meet," showing respect to the person

4. ཐང་ལམ་འདིར་ཆུ་ཚོད་ག་ཚོད་ལ་སླེབས།

   Thang-lam di-r chu-tsod ga-tsod la sleb

   How many hours does it take via this route?

   Usage

   Used to check journey time. In Tibet's mountains, actual travel time often far exceeds what map distance suggests

   Grammar Note

   "Sleb" is the verb "to arrive." "La sleb" indicates arriving at a destination

5. ད་རིང་གི་ལས་རིམ་ཅི་རེད།

   Da-ring gi le-rim chi-re

   What is today's schedule?

   Usage

   Used to confirm the day's itinerary with a guide. Common for tour participants

   Grammar Note

   "Le-rim" means "order of tasks" — used for schedule. "Chi-re" forms the content question

6. ཚེས་གྲངས་ཅི་རེད།

   Tse-drang chi-re

   What is today's date?

   Usage

   Basic phrase to confirm the date. Tibet uses both the Gregorian and Tibetan lunar calendars

   Grammar Note

   "Tse-drang" is a compound meaning "count of days." Important Tibetan religious days differ from standard calendars

7. ལམ་འགྲུལ་དོར་ལུས་ཀྱི་རེད།

   Lam-drul dor-lü-ki-re

   The flight is delayed

   Usage

   Used to inform accommodation or guides of a flight delay. Lhasa Gonggar Airport often has weather-related delays

   Grammar Note

   "Dor-lü" means "left behind/abandoned" and is used for delays. Tibetan often expresses states from a resultative perspective

8. ད་ལྟ་མི་ཚང་མ་ཚོགས་འདུ་གནང་རོགས།

   Da-ta mi tsang-ma tshog-du nang-rok

   Please everyone gather now

   Usage

   A gathering instruction for tour groups. Typically used by guides

   Grammar Note

   "Nang-rok" is a polite request "please do." "Tsang-ma" means "all/everyone"

9. གཅིག་ལ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ཐེར་མར་ཡིན།

   Chig la chu-tsod ther-mar yin

   The meeting is in one hour

   Usage

   Used to announce the next meeting time. Common during sightseeing tours

   Grammar Note

   "Ther-mar" is a temporal adverb meaning "after/later." Commonly used for expressing future time points

10. ཕྱི་མ་ཉིན་ལ་ཉལ་ཆོག

    Phyi-ma nyin la nyal-chog

    Tomorrow you can rest

    Usage

    Used by a guide to inform participants about a free day. Useful for acclimatization rest day announcements

    Grammar Note

    "Nyal" means "to lie down/rest." "Chog" marks permission. Rest days for acclimatization are essential in Tibet

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