Shops and hotels in Manipuri
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Manipuri words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Manipuri phrases in this lesson
- ...ꯂꯩꯕꯔꯥ?LEI-bra
- Do you have...?
- ...ꯀꯗꯥꯏꯗ ꯂꯩꯕꯒꯦ?ka-DAI-da LEI-ba-ge
- Where is...?
- ꯍꯥꯡꯗꯣꯛꯂꯦhang-DOK-le
- Open
- ꯊꯤꯡꯖꯤꯜꯂꯦthing-JIL-le
- Closed
- ꯕꯦꯒ ꯄꯥꯝꯕꯔꯥ?BEG PAM-bra
- A bag?
- ꯌꯥꯝꯅ ꯃꯃꯜ ꯌꯥꯡꯏYAM-na ma-MAL YANG-i
- Too expensive
- ꯑꯩ ꯕꯨꯀꯤꯡ ꯇꯧꯔꯦEI BU-king TOU-re
- I have a reservation
- ꯑꯌꯨꯛꯀꯤ ꯆꯥꯛ ꯌꯥꯎꯕꯔꯥ?a-YUK-ki CHAK YAO-bra
- Is breakfast included?
- ꯋꯥꯏꯐꯥꯏꯒꯤ ꯄꯥꯁꯋꯥꯔꯗ ꯀꯔꯤꯅꯣ?WAI-fai-gi PAS-ward ka-RI-no
- What's the wifi password?
- ꯑꯩ ...ꯕ ꯌꯥꯒꯗ꯭ꯔꯥ?EI ...-ba YA-gad-ra
- Can I...?
Name the item, then ꯂꯩꯕꯔꯥ (LEI-bra). ꯆꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯔꯥ (CHA LEI-bra), do you have tea. Same question ending as the last phrase, attached to the verb for existing.
ꯀꯗꯥꯏꯗ (ka-DAI-da) is where. Put the thing first, exactly as with the phrase above. This one sentence pattern will find you a toilet, a bus, or a hotel.
Literally "it has opened".
Literally "it has closed".
What the vendor asks you. ꯄꯥꯝꯕ (PAM-ba) is to want, and the ending ꯕꯔꯥ (bra) turns a verb into a yes-or-no question. Answer ꯍꯣꯏ (HOI) or ꯅꯠꯇꯦ (NAT-te).
Literally "the price is very high". Bargaining is normal at Ima Keithel, the women's market.
Literally "I have made a booking".
Literally "is the morning rice included?".
Literally "may I ...?".