English→Meiteilon (Manipuri)

Translate English to Meiteilon (Manipuri) like a local.

It sounds distinctly Meiteilon in greetings such as ꯈꯨꯔꯨꯝꯖꯔꯤ, the clipped check-in ꯆꯥꯔꯦ, and familiar question endings in ꯅꯣ.

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What locals actually say

Hello

ꯈꯨꯔꯨꯝꯖꯔꯤ

ꯈꯨꯔꯨꯝꯖꯔꯤ (khurumjari) is the customary Meitei greeting, with the respectful register commonly used in Manipur.

Have you eaten?

ꯆꯥꯔꯦ?

ꯆꯥꯔꯦ (chare) is the short ꯆꯥ ‘eat’ form used as a social check-in, not only as a literal question about a meal.

Where are you going?

ꯀꯗꯥ ꯆꯠꯂꯤꯕꯅꯣ?

ꯆꯠꯂꯤꯕꯅꯣ (chatlibano) uses the spoken ongoing-action ending ꯂꯤꯕꯅꯣ, giving the question its familiar local cadence.

How much is this?

ꯃꯁꯤ ꯀꯌꯥ ꯅꯣ?

ꯀꯌꯥ, kaya, asks the amount, while ꯅꯣ, no, marks a casual question.

The food is really good.

ꯆꯥꯛ ꯌꯥꯝ ꯐꯖꯩ

ꯆꯥꯛ, chak, refers to cooked rice or a meal, and ꯌꯥꯝ, yam, intensifies ꯐꯖꯩ, phajai, meaning good.

My mother is at home.

ꯑꯩꯒꯤ ꯏꯃꯥ ꯌꯨꯝꯗ ꯂꯩꯔꯤ

ꯒꯤ marks possession in ꯑꯩꯒꯤ, eigi, my, while ꯗ marks location and ꯂꯩꯔꯤ signals being present or residing.

It is raining today.

ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯅꯨꯡ ꯊꯣꯡꯂꯤ

ꯅꯨꯡ ꯊꯣꯡꯂꯤ, nung thongli, is the Meiteilon rain-falling construction, with ꯑꯁꯤ meaning this or today in context.

I am happy.

ꯑꯩ ꯅꯨꯡꯉꯥꯏ

ꯅꯨꯡꯉꯥꯏ, nungngai, is the local word for happy, used directly as a predicate without an English-style copula.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

Meiteilon in Meitei Mayek script.

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