Tibetan phrasebook

The Om mani padme hum mantra in Tibetan Tibetan is the main language of Tibet and among Tibetan communities around the world. Pronunciation guide Tibetan spelling and pronunciation diverged around the 11th century, and there is no widely agreed standard on how to spell phonetic Tibetan with the Latin alphabet. Vowels ཨ  Like "a" in "alone" (a). ཷ  Like "aw" in "paw" (å). ེ  Like "e" in "bet" (e). ི  Like "i" in "in" (i). ཱི  Like "ee" in "seen" (í). ོ  Like "o" in "so" (ó). ྲྀ  Like "e" in "father" (ö). ཱུ  Like "ue" in "glue" (ú). ུ  Like "oo" in "soon" (ū). ུ  Like "ee" in "seen" but with rounded lips (ü). ེ  Like "ay" in "day" (ą). Consonants ཀ  Like "k" in "skill" (k). ག  Like "g" in "garden" (g). ང  Like "ng" in "sing" (ng). ཅ  Like "ch" in "charge" (ç). ཇ  Like "j" in "jar" (j). ཉ  Like "ny" in "canyon" (ñ). ཏ  Like "t" in "stop" (t). པ  Like "p" in "spot" (p). ཙ  Like "ts" in "weights" (ţ). ཛ  Like "ds" in "adds" (ds). ཟ  Like "z" in "zoo" (z). ཞ  Like "s" in "treasure" (ž). ར  A throaty "r", not rolled (r). ས  Like "s" in "suck" (s). ཤ  Like "sh" in "shut" (š). Common diphthongs ཁ  Like "k" in "kill" (kh). ཆ  Like "ch h" in "punch hard" (çh). ཐ  Like "t" in "time" (th). ཕ  Like "p" in "pit" (ph). ཚ  Like "ts h" in "fights hard" (ţh). Phrase list Basics Common signs OPEN  Open CLOSED  Closed ENTRANCE  Entrance EXIT  Exit PUSH  Push PULL  Pull TOILET  Toilet MEN  Men WOMEN  Women FORBIDDEN  Forbidden Hello.  Hello. (HEH-low) Hello. (informal)  Hi. (HIGH) How are you?  How are you? (HOW ah YOO?) Fine, thank you.  Fine, thank you. (FIGHN, then KYOO) What is your name?  What is your name? (WUT iz yer NAYM?) My name is ______ .  My name is ______ . (Migh NAYM iz _____ .) Nice to meet you.  Nice to meet you. (NIGHSS t' meet YOO) Please.  Please. (pleez) Thank you.  Thank you. (THANK yoo) You're welcome.  You're welcome. (yuhr WEL-kuhm) Yes.  Yes. (YESS) No.  No. (NOH) Excuse me. (getting attention)  Excuse me. (ehkz-KYOOZ mee) Excuse me. (begging pardon)  Excuse me. (ehkz-KYOOZ mee) I'm sorry.  I'm sorry. (IGHM SAW-ree) Goodbye  Goodbye. (GUHD-bigh.) Goodbye (informal)  Bye. (BIGH) I can't speak name of language [well].  I can't speak English [well]. (IGH cant speek ING-lush [wehl]) Do you speak English?  Do you speak English? (doo YOO speek ING-lush?) Is there someone here who speaks English?  Is there someone here who speaks English? (IZ thayr SUM-wun heer hoo speekz ING-lush?) Help!  Help! (HEHLP!) Look out!  Look out! (look OWT!) Good morning.  Good morning. (guhd MOAN-ing) Good evening.  Good evening. (guhd EEV-ning) Good night.  Good night. (guhd NIGHT) Good night (to sleep)  Good night. (good NIGHT) I don't understand.  I don't understand. (IGH doan UHN-dur-STAND) Where is the toilet?  Where is the toilet? (WAYR iz thuh TOY-leht?) Problems Numbers Time Clock time Duration Days Months Writing time and date Colors Transportation Bus and train Directions Taxi Lodging Money Eating Bars Shopping Driving Authority This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!