Ladakhi phrasebook

Pronunciation guide

Ladakhi is Romanized in a similar way to Hindi. The most important thing to remember being that the "Th" represents a "T" sound with a bit more air. This corresponds to a large part to the pronunciation of Latin, German, Finnish, and many other European languages. What is written as -le is pronounced as in English "length", or French "lé".

Vowels

Consonants

Common diphthongs

Phrase list

Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase.

Basics

Hello. . Jule Hello. (informal) . Jule How are you? (Nyerang = You) Khamzang ina-le? Fine, thank you. Khamzang in le! O'-Jule! What is your name? Nyerangi mingla chi in? My name is ______ . ______ . ( _____ .) Nice to meet you. . ( ) Please. . Jule Thank you. Tok zhe-che. You're welcome. O'-Jule! Yes. Dik (ok) / Ha-le? (when responding to someone calling you) No. Man-le. Excuse me. (getting attention) . ( ) Excuse me. (begging pardon) . ( ) I'm sorry. . (nga gonspa sal) Goodbye . ( juu hey) Goodbye (informal) . ( ) I can't speak Ladakhi [well]. [nga ladaksi spera yongamet ]. ( [gyala ]) Do you speak English? nyeranga engling shesada ? ( ?) Is there someone here who speaks English? ? ( ?) Help! roks ! (yato !) Look out! ! ( !) Good morning. . ( ) Good evening. . ( ) Good night. Chi tro daylaik. ( ) Good night (to sleep) . ( ) I don't understand. . ( ) Where is the toilet? ? ( ?)

Problems Leave me alone. . ( .) Don't touch me! ! (Nya Lakpa ma-tse !) I'll call the police. . ('nya police la bo-daad' .) Police! ! ( !) Stop! Thief! ! ! ('sring' skun-ma! !) I need your help. . (Nya nyeri yato goshes rag .) It's an emergency. . ( .) I'm lost. . ( .) I lost my bag. . ( .) I lost my wallet. . ( .) I'm sick. . ( Nya zumu rag.) I've been injured. . ( .) I need a doctor. . ( .) Can I use your phone? ? ('nye ri phone bo kolna diga lay' ?)

Numbers 1 (chik ) 2 (nyis ) 3 (sum ) 4 (jzhe ) 5 (nghra ) 6 (tuk ) 7 (dun ) 8 (gyat ) 9 (gyu ) 10 (chu ) 11 (chug-tzik ) 12 (chug-nis ) 13 (chug-sum ) 14 (chug-jzhe ) 15 (chug-nghra ) 16 (chu-ruk ) 17 (chub-dun ) 18 (chob-gyat ) 19 (chur-gu ) 20 (nyi-shu ) 21 (nyishu-ser-chik ) 22 (nyishu-ser nyis ) 23 (nyishu-sar gu ) 30 ( ) 40 ( ) 50 ( ) 60 ( ) 70 ( ) 80 ( ) 90 ( ) 100 ( ) 200 ( ) 300 ( ) 1,000 ( ) 2,000 ( ) 1,000,000 ( ) 1,000,000,000 ( ) 1,000,000,000,000 ( ) number _____ (train, bus, etc.) ( ) half ( ) less ( ) more ( )

Time now (Dak-sa) later (Sting-na ) before ( Syon-la) morning ( Nra-mo) afternoon ( Nying-gung) evening ( Phi-tok) night ( Tsaan)

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