Basic Verbs

1. འགྲོ་བ།

   Dro wa

   To go

   Usage

   The basic movement verb; point at your destination as you say it

2. ཡོང་བ།

   Yong wa

   To come

   Usage

   For asking someone to come over, or talking about arrivals

3. ཟ་བ།

   Sa wa

   To eat

   Usage

   The basic verb for anything to do with eating

4. འཐུང་བ།

   Thung wa

   To drink

   Usage

   For ordering drinks and for taking medicine

5. ཉོ་བ།

   Nyo wa

   To buy

   Usage

   The basic verb for shopping

6. ལྟ་བ།

   Ta wa

   To see

   Usage

   For sightseeing and for asking to look at goods

7. སྒུག་པ།

   Gug pa

   To wait

   Usage

   For meeting up and for queueing

8. ང་འགྲོ་འདོད་ཡོད།

   Nga dro dod yod

   I want to go

   Usage

   State where you are heading; add a place name and it works in a taxi

9. ང་ཟ་འདོད་ཡོད།

   Nga sa dod yod

   I want to eat

   Usage

   Say what you would like to eat; follow it with the dish name

10. འདི་དགོས།

    Di go

    I want it

    Usage

    Point at what you want; works for both shopping and ordering

11. མི་དགོས།

    Mi go

    I don't need it

    Usage

    Declining a bag, a straw, or a sales pitch

12. ང་འཚོལ་གྱི་ཡོད།

    Nga tshol gi yod

    I'm looking for it

    Usage

    Say it and then name the place or item you are looking for

13. ང་ལ་ཡོད།

    Nga la yod

    I have it

    Usage

    Tell someone you already have the booking, ticket, or cash

14. ང་ལ་མེད།

    Nga la med

    I don't have it

    Usage

    Say you have no cash, no change, or no ticket

15. ངས་དངུལ་ལེན་གྱི་ཡིན།

    Nge ngul len gi yin

    I'll withdraw money

    Usage

    When you are looking for an ATM or explaining you need cash

16. ངས་སྔོན་འགོད་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡིན།

    Nge ngon god che gi yin

    I'll make a reservation

    Usage

    To say you want to book a table, a room, or a tour

17. རོགས་པ་བྱེད་རོགས་གནང་།

    Rogs pa che rogs gnang

    Please help me with it

    Usage

    For asking help with a concrete task — bags, a machine, a form

18. ངར་བཤད་རོགས་གནང་།

    Ngar she rogs gnang

    Please tell me

    Usage

    For asking someone to tell you the way, the time, or how to do something

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