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Lesson 7 of 10

Meeting people in Mongolian

How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Mongolian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

A takhi, or Przewalski’s horse, the only wild horse species never domesticated
Meeting people
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
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All 10 Mongolian phrases in this lesson

Сайн байна уу?sain BAI-na uu
How are you?

The polite, full how are you.

Сайн, баярлалааsain, ba-yar-LAA-laa
I'm fine, thanks

Literally "good, thanks".

Та тэгээд?ta te-GEED
And you?

Literally "and you?".

Таны нэр хэн бэ?ta-NY ner KHEN be
What's your name?

Literally "your name is who?".

Миний нэр ...mi-NII ner
My name is...
Та хаанаас ирсэн бэ?ta khaa-NAAS ir-SEN be
Where are you from?
Би ...-аас ирсэнbi ...-aas ir-SEN
I'm from...
Надад таалагдаж байнаna-DAD taa-lag-DAJ BAI-na
I like it
Үзэсгэлэнтэйu-zes-ge-len-TEI
It's beautiful
Тавтай морилtav-TAI mo-RIL
Welcome

Literally "ride in comfort", a welcome from the age of horses.

Where Mongolian is spoken

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