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General Information about Khasi Culture/Stories/Folklore

 


Khasi Terms & Numbers
   

When meeting somebody:

Hello KHUBLEI  (MEANS GOD BLESS - IS USED FOR GREETING, DEPARTURE - THANK YOU
Goodbye or similar on departure KHUBLEI (MEANS GOD BLESS) - SIMILARLY ONE MIGHT SAY 'SHONG SUK' MEANING REMAIN SAFELY.
What is your name? PHI KYRTENG AIU?
Where do you live? PHI SAH HANGNO?
Is this your village/town? KANE KA DEI KA SHNONG JONG PHI?
Do you have children? PHI LA DON KHUN?
How many children do you have? PHI DON KHUN KATNO NGUT?
How many boys do you have? KATNO NGUT KI KHUN SHYNRANG PHI DON? 
How many girls do you have?

KATNO NGUT KI KHUN KHYNTHEI PHI DON?
Yes HOID 
No EM 
Thank you very much KHUBLE SHIBUN
Please SNGEWBHA
You look  very beautiful PHI BHA BRIEW  PALAT
You look very handsome PHI BHA BRIEW PALAT (NO REAL GENDER DIFFERENCE)

Buying things:

How much is this? KATNO KANE?
Can you lower the price? PHI LAH BAN PYNDUNA KA DOR KYNDIET?
Where is the main market? SHANO KA IEW HEH?
Where can I get supplies? HANO NGA LAH BAN TIED JING TIED?
Tea SHA 
Rice KHAW (RAW RICE) JA (COOKED RICE)

 How to order Food in restaurant:

 

Please give me a plate of rice

SNGEWBHA AI JA SHI PLIANG

With vegetables

 		BAD KI JHUR
With meat BAD KA DOH
Do you have Fish? PHI DON DOH KHA
Beef DOH MASI
Pork DOH SNIANG
Chicken DOH SYIAR
Please give me a cup of tea SNGEWBHA AI SHA IA NGA
Milk tea please SHA DUD SNGEWBHA
Milk tea with no sugar SHA DUD KLEM SHINI
Black tea with no sugar SHA SAW KLEM SHINI 
Black tea with very little sugar SHA SAW - PYN DUNA SHINI SNGEWBHA
PLEASE GIVE TEA WITH MILK AND SUGAR SEPARATE SNEWBHA AI SHA, AI DUD BAD SHININ LA KA JONG
I am hungry NGA LA TNGAN 
I am full NGA LA KDANG 
Can I have more – rice? NGA LAH BAN IOH JA SHUH?

Other:

Where does this bus go? KANE KA BUS KA LEIT SHANO?
Which bus/vehicle do I take to get to __________? KANO KA KALI NGAN IOH BAN LEIT SHA _________?
How far is it to the next village? KA JNGAI KATNO BAN LEIT SA SHA KAWIE KA SHNONG?
What is the name of this village? KANE KA SHNONG KA KYRTENG AIU?
What is the name of that village/town? KATEI KA SHNONG KA KYRTENG AIU?
Where is the Toilet? Hangno ka painkhana?
Where can I have a bath? Nga lah ban sum hangno?
Please stop here Sngewbha sangeh hangne
GOOD NIGHT THIAH SUK - MEANS SLEEP SAFELY
ON DEPARTURE -  

YOU SAY

 SHONG SUK (STAY SAFELY)

THEY WOULD SAY

LEIT SUK (GO SAFELY)
NUMBERS
One wei
Two Ar
Three Lai
Four Saw
Five San
Six Hyndriew
Seven Hynniew
Eight Phra
Nine Kyndai
Ten Shiphew
Twenty Arphew
Thirty Laiphew
Fourty Sawphew
Fifty Sanphew
Sixty Hyndriewphew
Seventy Hynniewphew
Eighty Phraphew
Ninety Kyndaiphew
One Hundred Shispah
One Thousand Shihajar
Ten Thousand Shiphewhajar
One Hundred Thousand Shi lac
One Million Shiphew lac
Ten Million Shi Crore