{"id":54117,"date":"2023-09-04T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T08:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantheunplanned.com\/?p=54117"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:47:26","slug":"meghalaya-khasi-language-some-useful-words-and-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/meghalaya-khasi-language-some-useful-words-and-phrases\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghalaya Khasi Language: Some Useful Words and Phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"

R<\/span>olling hills, dense forests, and numerous rivers divide Meghalaya. With this division and its history, Meghalaya has several dialects. And while English is widely popular in many countries, even outside of America, students may have assignments to write paper<\/a> specifically in English, but since major tourist attractions lie in the Khasi area, the language that would be useful to you would be Khasi while travelling in Meghalaya. Here are some common phrases and words used in the Meghalaya Khasi language. Remember these while in Meghalaya to make a soulful connection with the beautiful Khasi people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Basic Conversation<\/strong><\/td>\nKhasi Translation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thank You<\/td>\nKhublei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hello<\/td>\nKumno<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What is your name?<\/td>\nPhi kyrteng kumno?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My name is…<\/td>\nNga kyrteng i …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where are you from?<\/td>\nPhi dei naei?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kumno ka rangbah?<\/td>\nHow’s your family?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
U pynjylla ha Shillong.<\/td>\nI live in Shillong.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You are beautiful<\/td>\nPhi bhabriew bha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Number<\/strong><\/td>\nKhasi Numeral<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nWei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nLai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSao<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nHynriew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nHynyao<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nPhra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nKhindai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nShiphew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nArphew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nLaiphew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nSawphew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nSanphew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nHynriew Phew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nHynniew Phew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nPhraphew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\nKhyndai Phew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\nShi Spah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
500<\/td>\nSanspah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1000<\/td>\nShi Hajar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Other Useful Words<\/strong><\/td>\nWords\/Phrases Khasi Translation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where<\/td>\nShano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who<\/td>\nMano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What<\/td>\nKaei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How<\/td>\nKumno<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How many<\/td>\nKatno tylli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Here<\/td>\nHangne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
There<\/td>\nHangthie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Play<\/td>\nLehkai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sleep<\/td>\nThiah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungry<\/td>\nThngan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Read<\/td>\nPule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name<\/td>\nKyrteng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Story<\/td>\nKhana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do you have …?<\/td>\nPhi don ka …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Good night<\/td>\nThiah suk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Happy<\/td>\nKmen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sad<\/td>\nSngewsih<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I love you<\/td>\nNga ieid ia phi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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  2. Ultimate Guide to Exploring Meghalaya in 6 days<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. 10 Best Waterfalls in Meghalaya<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. 7 places to visit in Meghalaya that will make your trip complete!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Rolling hills, dense forests, and numerous rivers divide Meghalaya. With this division and its history, Meghalaya has several dialects. And while English is widely popular in many countries, even outside of America, students may have assignments to write paper specifically in English, but since major tourist attractions lie in the Khasi area, the language that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4320,"featured_media":54135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54117"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54506,"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54117\/revisions\/54506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantheunplanned.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}