Manipuri: Basic Words
Maru oiba waheising

(English = Manipuri)

• Yes = hoi
• No = natte
• Thank you = thaagatchari
• Thank you very much = yaamna thaagatchari
• You're welcome = yaamna nungaijare
• Please = chaanbeeduna
• Excuse me = kari nomata hangjage (can I ask you something?)
• Hello = hello
• Goodbye = chatlage
• So long = konna amuk unnarasee
• Good morning = good morning
• Good afternoon = good afternoon
• Good evening = good evening
• Good night = good night
  
• I do not understand = Ei bhaab taade
• How do you say this in [English]? = masee ingraajida karamnaa haibage?
• Do you speak [english] = nang [english] naangba heibraa?
• English = ingraaji
• French = french
• German = german
• Spanish = spanish
• Chinese = chinese
  
• I = Ei
• We = Eikhoi
• You (singular, familiar) = nang
• You (singular, formal) = nahaak
• You (plural) = nakhoi
• They = makhoi
• What is your name? = naming kari koubage?
• Nice to meet you. = nahaak thengnabaa yaamna nungaire
• Are you fine? (used more commonly than "How are you?") = nungairibraa?
• Good = aphabaa
• Bad = phattabaa
• So so = adum adum
  
• Your wife/ his wife = nangi nupi/maagi nupi
• Your husband/her husband = nangi nupaa/maagi nupaa
• Daughter = ichaanupi (my daughter); machaanupi (his/her daughter)
• Son = ichaanupaa (my son); machaanupaa (his/her son)
• Mother = imaa
• Father = ipaa
• Friend = marup
  
• Where is the bathroom/toilet? = irujapham/khonghaampham kadaidaa leibage?