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Phonetic	Written form	English	Lesson
sæːn	sain	good	1
bæːnɑː	baina	have, be	1
ʊː	oo	question particle	1
tɑː	ta	you (polite)	1
tɑːnə̌r	ta nar	you (plural) (That’s “y’all” for all y’all Texans out there.)	1
tɑːnæː	tan o	your (polite)	1
ɑːb	abo	father	1
əːʤ	eji	mother	1
ʧin	chini	your	1
təd	tede	they	1
ɔʧnɔː	ochina	go	1
bəj	beye	body	2
bɑjə̌rllɑː	bayarlala	thank you	2
bɑjirtæː	bayartai	goodbye	2
bid	bide	we	2
bugdəːr	bugudeger	everybody	2
bɑs	basa	also	2
tədnæː	teden o	their	2
bɑgʃ	bagsi	teacher	2
bɑt	bato	Batu (a common boy’s name)	2
tərgə̌l	tergel	Tergel (a common girl’s name)	2
iːn	on yin	possessive particle (like “apostrophe s” in English)	2
næː	o	possessive particle (like “apostrophe s” in English)	2
nəg	nige	one	2
xɔjə̌r	xoyar	two	2
gʊrə̌b	gorba	three	2
dorə̌b	durbe	four	2
tɑb	tabo	five	2
ʤʊrgɑː	jirgoga	six	2
dɔlɔː	dologa	seven	2
næːm	naima	eight	2
jis	yisu	nine	2
ɑrə̌b	arba	ten	2
xœr	xori	twenty	2
gʊʧ	gochi	thirty	2
oːdə̌r	edur	day	2
onoːdə̌r	unudur	today	2
jɑːrʊː	yagaro	busy	3
ɑʤə̌l	ajil	work, job	3
ugue	ugei	not, without	3
tiːm	teimu	really	3
biː	bi	I	3
tɑːnʊːs	tanos	you (plural)	3
bugdəːr əːn	bugudeger iyen	everybody	3
jɑdə̌rʤiːn	yadarajo baina	tired	3
ɑx	axa	older brother	3
əgʧ	egechi	older sister	3
duː	deguu	younger brother	3
duː nɑr	deguu nar	younger siblings	3
œxə̌n duː	uxin deguu	younger sister	3
xuːxə̌n duː	xeuxen deguu	younger sister	3
nəgdʊgɑːr	nigeduger	first	3
xɔjə̌rdʊgɑːr	xoyadogar	second	3
gʊrə̌bdʊgɑːr	gorbadogar	third	3
dorə̌bdʊgɑːr	durbeduger	fourth	3
tɑbdʊgɑːr	tabodogar	fifth	3
ʤʊrgɑːdʊgɑːr	jirgadogar	sixth	3
dɔlɔːdʊgɑːr	dolodogar	seventh	3
næːmdʊgɑːr	naimadogar	eighth	3
jisdʊgɑːr	yisuduger	ninth	3
ɑrə̌bdʊgɑːr	arbadogar	tenth	3
sɑr	sara	month	3
mɑrgɑːʃ	margasi	tomorrow	3
ən	ene	this	3
dɑrɑː	daraga	next	3
ʤil	jil	year	3
ɔn	on	year (used after an actual year)	3
doʧ	duchi	forty	3
tæb	tabi	fifty	3
ʤir	jira	sixty	3
dɑl	dala	seventy	3
nɑj	naya	eighty	3
jir	yere	ninety	3
ʤʊː	jago	hundred	3
mæŋg	mingga	thousand	3
tɑnɑː	tana	Tana (a common girl’s name)	4
gədə̌g	gedeg	called	4
tɑntæː	tan tai	with you (polite)	4
ʊːlʤ-	agolja	meet	4
dɑːn	do ban	grammar particle	4
jix	yexe	big, very	4
bɑjə̌rlʤ bæːn	bayarlajo baina	happy	4
nər	nere	name	4
xən	xen	who	4
be, bœ	boi	question particle (used with wh- question words)	4
tər	tere	he, she, it	4
bɔl	bol	is, are	4
sʊrə̌gʧ	sorogchi	student	4
bɑːtə̌r	bagator	Baatar (common boy’s name)	4
ɑldə̌r	aldar	name (respectful)	4
ʧiː	chi	you (casual)	4
jɑmə̌r	yamar	what, what kind of	4
tæː	tai	with	4
mon	mun	to be, yes	4
əmʧ	emchi	doctor	4
ʧɑgdɑː	chagdaga	policeman, policewoman	4
miniː	minu	my	4
næːʤ	naija	friend	4
tæn-	tani	know (a person)	4
tɑnig	tan i	you (polite) (verb object)	4
ʧɑmə̌g	chima gi	you (casual) (verb object)	4
tərig	tere gi	him, her, it (verb object)	4
xun	xumun	person	4
ɔbə̌g	obog	family name	4
ɑmerə̌k	amerika	America	4
tænə̌l-	tanilcha	to know, meet	4
tænə̌lʧʊːl-	tanilchagol	to introduce	5
og-	ug	to give	5
xɑː	xamiga	where	5
ʤɑŋ	jang	Zhang 张 (a common Chinese family name)	5
gər	ger	home	5
təːn, tɑːn	tu ben to ban	grammar particle (signifying location and belonging)	5
dɔtə̌gʃ mœrə̌l	dotogsi morila	Come in	5
ʊlɑːn	olagan	Ulaan (a common girl’s name meaning red)	5
tomə̌rəː	temure	Temur (a common boy’s name meaning iron)	5
tɔŋ	tong	very	5
bəːʤiŋ	begejing	Beijing	5
sʊrgʊːl	sorgagoli	school	5
jix sʊrgʊːl	yixe sorgagoli	university	5
dəlguːr	delgegur	store	5
bæːr	bairi	dormitory	5
xuːxə̌n	xeuxen	daughter, girl	5
ʃiɑʊjiŋ	siyoo ing	Xiaoying 小英 (a Chinese name)	5
xəʧəːl iːn ger	xichiyel on ger	classroom	5
sulʤəːn bɑːr	suljiyen bagar	internet cafe	5
xær-	xari	to return, to go back	5
bogoːd	buged	and	5
xədə̌n	xedun	how many	6
gærə̌g	garag	week	6
gærə̌g iːn nəgə̌n	garag on nige	Monday	6
gærə̌g iːn xɔjə̌rə̌n	garag on xoyar	Tuesday	6
gærə̌g iːn gʊrbə̌n	garag on gorba	Wednesday	6
gærə̌g iːn dorbə̌n	garag on durbe	Thursday	6
gærə̌g iːn tɑbə̌n	garag on tabon	Friday	6
gærə̌g iːn ʤʊrgɑːn	garag on jirgogan	Saturday	6
gærə̌g iːn odə̌r	garag on edur	Sunday	6
oʧə̌gdə̌r	uchugedur	yesterday	6
œrœː	oroi	evening	6
juː	yago	what	6
xiː-	xi	to do	6
torsə̌n odə̌r	turugsen edur	birthday	6
ud iːn omə̌n	ude yin emune	morning	6
ud iːn xœːn	ude yin xoina	afternoon	6
tədnæːd	teden o du	their place (house)	6
bɔl-	bol	to be okay	6
sulʤəːnt gɑr-	suljiyen du gar	get online	6
təlwə̌s	telwis	TV	6
uʤ-	uje	see, watch, look, visit	6
ʧiʧigə	checheg	QIqige (a common girl’s name meaning “flower”)	6
nɔm	nom	book	6
ʊŋʃ-	ongsi	read	6
dʊː	dagoo	song	6
sɔnə̌s-	sonos	listen	6
ʤæxtə̌l	jaxidal	letter	6
biʧ-	bichi	write	6
ærxə̌n bɑːr	arixin bagar	bar, tavern	6
nɑstæː	nasotai	age, years old, old	6
ər	bar ber	grammar particle	6
xəduːl	xedugule	how many in all	7
ɑʤə̌l-	ajilla	to work	7
mɑnæː	man o	my, our	7
bɔlə̌n	bolon	and	7
dorbuːl	durbegule	four in all	7
xœrə̌mə̌l-	xorimla	to get married	7
xuːxəd	xeuxed	children	7
xɔjʊːl	xoyagola	two in all	7
æŋgə̌l xəl	anggli xele	English	7
bæŋk	banggi	bank	7
busgue	busegui	wife	7
sœblə̌gʧ	sobilagchi	nurse	7
mɔŋgə̌l həl	monggol xele	Mongolian	7
xetə̌d xəl	xited xele	Chinese	7
jɔpə̌n xəl	yapon xele	Japanese	7
sɔlə̌ŋgə̌s həl	lolonggos xele	Korean	7
xəʧəːl ɔr-	xichiyel oro	to have class	7
ɑmə̌r-	amara	to rest	7
tɑːnd	tan do	to you (polite)	7
tuːnd	tegun du	to him, to her	7
gɑr ʊdə̌s	gar odaso	cell phone	7
obə̌r mɔŋgə̌l	ubur monggol	Inner Mongolia	7
sʊr-	sor	to study	7
sʊrə̌lʧ-	sorolcha	to study	7
bʊː	bago	to go down, to finish (class)	7
ɔdɔː	odo	now	8
ʧɑg	chag	time, hour	8
bɑg ʊdɑːd	baga odagad	soon	8
ɔʧ-	ochi	to go (to some destination)	8
jæb-	yabo	to go	8
xɔːl	xogola	food	8
id-	ide	to eat	8
xəʤəː	xejiye	when	8
dɑːnʤ	dangcho	too, very	8
ərt	erde	early	8
xɑgə̌s	xagas	half	8
bɔs-	boso	to get up	8
menʊːt	minut	minute	8
bɔl-	bol	to become	8
xodoː	xudege	countryside	8
ogloː	urluge	(early) morning	8
æŋg in gər	anggi yin ger	classroom (homeroom for a set group of students. In China students have the same classmates for every class.)	8
ɑːs, əːs	eche	from (case suffix grammar particle)	8
omə̌n	emune	before	8
xɔːlə̌n gər	xogolan ger	restaurant, cafeteria	8
ʃɑŋxæː	shangxai	Shanghai	8
jɑpə̌n (jɑfə̌n)	yapon	Japan	8
xwɑːr	xowar	flower	8
ɑb-	ab	to get, to buy	8
xogʤə̌m	xugjim	music	8
sɑgsə̌n bombə̌g	sagson bumbuge	basketball	8
nɑːd-	nagad	to play	8
kenʊː	kino	movie	8
jim	yagoma	thing	8
ʊnt-	onta	to sleep	8
xɑs	xas	Has (name)	8
ʧæː	chai	tea	8
suː tæː ʧæː	su tei chai	milk tea	8
ʊː-	oogo	to drink	8
sʊː-	sago	to sit, to live or stay somewhere	9
urgə̌lʤ	urgulji	always, often	9
ʧʊg	chog	together	9
ɑsə̌r	asar	building	9
ʤəːl	jegeli	street	9
xɑːŋgæː ʤəːl	xanggai jegeli	Hangai Street	9
nɔmə̌r	nomer	number	9
məd-	mede	to know (sth)	9
tuːn əːs	tegun eche	from him/her	9
ɑsʊː-	asago	to ask	9
bɑgʃ in jix sʊrgʊːl	bagsi yin yixe sorgagoli	Teachers' University (Normal University)	9
xɑʤʊː	xajago	next to	9
tuːneː	tegun o	his/her	9
jɑm	jam	road, way	9
bɔl	bol	if	9
ɔrdə̌s	ordos	Ordos (the region of Inner Mongolia within the bend of the Yellow River)	9
bʊːdə̌l	bagodal	hotel	9
bɑjə̌ntɑl bʊːdə̌l	bayantala bagodal	Bayantal (“rich grassland”) Hotel	9
ʤɔːgə̌l-	jogogla	polite word for eating or drinking	9
sæːxə̌n	saixan	beautiful, good	9
ʧiʧirlə̌g	checherlig	park, garden	9
ʃʊːdə̌n	siodan	post office	9
ʃʊːdə̌n təmdə̌g	siodan temdeg	postage stamp	9
wɑːŋ bɑgʃ	wang bagsi	Teacher Wang	9
dɑbxə̌rg	dabxorga	floor (as in 1st, 2nd, etc. level of a building)	9
jɑːʤ	yagagijo	how	10
sæːn ʊː tɑːnɑːs ɑsʊːjɑː	sain oo tan eche asagoya	Excuse me. Could I ask...	10
ənd	ende	here	10
xɔl	xola	far	10
burə̌m bɑrɑːd ɑsə̌r	burin baragado asar	department store (building)	10
tərə̌g	terge	vehicle (car, bus, cart, etc.)	10
omə̌n	emune	front, south	10
xœːn	xoina	back, north	10
bɑrʊːn	baragon	right, west	10
juːn	jegun	left, east	10
omə̌nʃ əːn	emunesi ben	forward/south direction	10
xœːnʃ ɔːn	xoinasi ban	back/north direction	10
bɑrʊːnʃ ɑːn	baragonsi ban	right/west direction	10
juːnʃ əːn	jegunsi ben	left/east direction	10
ʤuŋ ʃɑn ʤɑm	jung shan jam	Zhongshan Street	10
ʃin xwɑ uːdə̌m tælbæː	sing xowa agodam talabai	Xinhua Square	10
uːdə̌m tælbæː	agodam talabai	city square, wide open area commonly found in Chinese cities, usually tiled and having statues and shrubs	10
juː gəːr	yago bar	by what, how	10
tənd	tende	there	10
bɑrʊːn tɑl	baragon tala	west side	10
omə̌n tɑl	emune tala	south side	10
xœːn tɑl	xoina tala	north side	10
ʤuːn tɑl	jegun tala	east side	10
ərə̌gte bæːr	eregtei bairi	boy's dorm	10
ərə̌gte	eregtei	male	10
tæmə̌r in tɑlbə̌r	tamir on talabor	sports ground	10
mɑndxɑi ʧiʧirlə̌g	mandoxai checherlig	Mandukhai Park, a park north of Inner Mongolia University in Hohhot. Mandukhai was a famous Mongolian Queen.	10
dælæː	dalai	Dalai (name meaning “sea”)	10
xoxxɔt undə̌sne dəːd sʊrgʊːl	xuxexote undusuten o degedu sorgagoli	Hohhot Nationality College, a provincial level college with a high percentage of Mongolian students and faculty. Many subjects are taught in Mongolian.	10
xoxxɔt	xuxexote	Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China. The name means “blue city”.	10
undə̌stə̌n	undusuten	ethnicity, (often translated “nationality” in China)	10
dəːd	degedu	upper, high	10
œr	oira	close, near	10

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Phonetic	Written form	English	Lesson
sæːn	sain	good	1
bæːnɑː	baina	have, be	1
ʊː	oo	question particle	1
tɑː	ta	you (polite)	1
tɑːnə̌r	ta nar	you (plural) (That’s “y’all” for all y’all Texans out there.)	1
tɑːnæː	tan o	your (polite)	1
ɑːb	abo	father	1
əːʤ	eji	mother	1
ʧin	chini	your	1
təd	tede	they	1
ɔʧnɔː	ochina	go	1
bəj	beye	body	2
bɑjə̌rllɑː	bayarlala	thank you	2
bɑjirtæː	bayartai	goodbye	2
bid	bide	we	2
bugdəːr	bugudeger	everybody	2
bɑs	basa	also	2
tədnæː	teden o	their	2
bɑgʃ	bagsi	teacher	2
bɑt	bato	Batu (a common boy’s name)	2
tərgə̌l	tergel	Tergel (a common girl’s name)	2
iːn	on yin	possessive particle (like “apostrophe s” in English)	2
næː	o	possessive particle (like “apostrophe s” in English)	2
nəg	nige	one	2
xɔjə̌r	xoyar	two	2
gʊrə̌b	gorba	three	2
dorə̌b	durbe	four	2
tɑb	tabo	five	2
ʤʊrgɑː	jirgoga	six	2
dɔlɔː	dologa	seven	2
næːm	naima	eight	2
jis	yisu	nine	2
ɑrə̌b	arba	ten	2
xœr	xori	twenty	2
gʊʧ	gochi	thirty	2
oːdə̌r	edur	day	2
onoːdə̌r	unudur	today	2
jɑːrʊː	yagaro	busy	3
ɑʤə̌l	ajil	work, job	3
ugue	ugei	not, without	3
tiːm	teimu	really	3
biː	bi	I	3
tɑːnʊːs	tanos	you (plural)	3
bugdəːr əːn	bugudeger iyen	everybody	3
jɑdə̌rʤiːn	yadarajo baina	tired	3
ɑx	axa	older brother	3
əgʧ	egechi	older sister	3
duː	deguu	younger brother	3
duː nɑr	deguu nar	younger siblings	3
œxə̌n duː	uxin deguu	younger sister	3
xuːxə̌n duː	xeuxen deguu	younger sister	3
nəgdʊgɑːr	nigeduger	first	3
xɔjə̌rdʊgɑːr	xoyadogar	second	3
gʊrə̌bdʊgɑːr	gorbadogar	third	3
dorə̌bdʊgɑːr	durbeduger	fourth	3
tɑbdʊgɑːr	tabodogar	fifth	3
ʤʊrgɑːdʊgɑːr	jirgadogar	sixth	3
dɔlɔːdʊgɑːr	dolodogar	seventh	3
næːmdʊgɑːr	naimadogar	eighth	3
jisdʊgɑːr	yisuduger	ninth	3
ɑrə̌bdʊgɑːr	arbadogar	tenth	3
sɑr	sara	month	3
mɑrgɑːʃ	margasi	tomorrow	3
ən	ene	this	3
dɑrɑː	daraga	next	3
ʤil	jil	year	3
ɔn	on	year (used after an actual year)	3
doʧ	duchi	forty	3
tæb	tabi	fifty	3
ʤir	jira	sixty	3
dɑl	dala	seventy	3
nɑj	naya	eighty	3
jir	yere	ninety	3
ʤʊː	jago	hundred	3
mæŋg	mingga	thousand	3
tɑnɑː	tana	Tana (a common girl’s name)	4
gədə̌g	gedeg	called	4
tɑntæː	tan tai	with you (polite)	4
ʊːlʤ-	agolja	meet	4
dɑːn	do ban	grammar particle	4
jix	yexe	big, very	4
bɑjə̌rlʤ bæːn	bayarlajo baina	happy	4
nər	nere	name	4
xən	xen	who	4
be, bœ	boi	question particle (used with wh- question words)	4
tər	tere	he, she, it	4
bɔl	bol	is, are	4
sʊrə̌gʧ	sorogchi	student	4
bɑːtə̌r	bagator	Baatar (common boy’s name)	4
ɑldə̌r	aldar	name (respectful)	4
ʧiː	chi	you (casual)	4
jɑmə̌r	yamar	what, what kind of	4
tæː	tai	with	4
mon	mun	to be, yes	4
əmʧ	emchi	doctor	4
ʧɑgdɑː	chagdaga	policeman, policewoman	4
miniː	minu	my	4
næːʤ	naija	friend	4
tæn-	tani	know (a person)	4
tɑnig	tan i	you (polite) (verb object)	4
ʧɑmə̌g	chima gi	you (casual) (verb object)	4
tərig	tere gi	him, her, it (verb object)	4
xun	xumun	person	4
ɔbə̌g	obog	family name	4
ɑmerə̌k	amerika	America	4
tænə̌l-	tanilcha	to know, meet	4
tænə̌lʧʊːl-	tanilchagol	to introduce	5
og-	ug	to give	5
xɑː	xamiga	where	5
ʤɑŋ	jang	Zhang 张 (a common Chinese family name)	5
gər	ger	home	5
təːn, tɑːn	tu ben to ban	grammar particle (signifying location and belonging)	5
dɔtə̌gʃ mœrə̌l	dotogsi morila	Come in	5
ʊlɑːn	olagan	Ulaan (a common girl’s name meaning red)	5
tomə̌rəː	temure	Temur (a common boy’s name meaning iron)	5
tɔŋ	tong	very	5
bəːʤiŋ	begejing	Beijing	5
sʊrgʊːl	sorgagoli	school	5
jix sʊrgʊːl	yixe sorgagoli	university	5
dəlguːr	delgegur	store	5
bæːr	bairi	dormitory	5
xuːxə̌n	xeuxen	daughter, girl	5
ʃiɑʊjiŋ	siyoo ing	Xiaoying 小英 (a Chinese name)	5
xəʧəːl iːn ger	xichiyel on ger	classroom	5
sulʤəːn bɑːr	suljiyen bagar	internet cafe	5
xær-	xari	to return, to go back	5
bogoːd	buged	and	5
xədə̌n	xedun	how many	6
gærə̌g	garag	week	6
gærə̌g iːn nəgə̌n	garag on nige	Monday	6
gærə̌g iːn xɔjə̌rə̌n	garag on xoyar	Tuesday	6
gærə̌g iːn gʊrbə̌n	garag on gorba	Wednesday	6
gærə̌g iːn dorbə̌n	garag on durbe	Thursday	6
gærə̌g iːn tɑbə̌n	garag on tabon	Friday	6
gærə̌g iːn ʤʊrgɑːn	garag on jirgogan	Saturday	6
gærə̌g iːn odə̌r	garag on edur	Sunday	6
oʧə̌gdə̌r	uchugedur	yesterday	6
œrœː	oroi	evening	6
juː	yago	what	6
xiː-	xi	to do	6
torsə̌n odə̌r	turugsen edur	birthday	6
ud iːn omə̌n	ude yin emune	morning	6
ud iːn xœːn	ude yin xoina	afternoon	6
tədnæːd	teden o du	their place (house)	6
bɔl-	bol	to be okay	6
sulʤəːnt gɑr-	suljiyen du gar	get online	6
təlwə̌s	telwis	TV	6
uʤ-	uje	see, watch, look, visit	6
ʧiʧigə	checheg	QIqige (a common girl’s name meaning “flower”)	6
nɔm	nom	book	6
ʊŋʃ-	ongsi	read	6
dʊː	dagoo	song	6
sɔnə̌s-	sonos	listen	6
ʤæxtə̌l	jaxidal	letter	6
biʧ-	bichi	write	6
ærxə̌n bɑːr	arixin bagar	bar, tavern	6
nɑstæː	nasotai	age, years old, old	6
ər	bar ber	grammar particle	6
xəduːl	xedugule	how many in all	7
ɑʤə̌l-	ajilla	to work	7
mɑnæː	man o	my, our	7
bɔlə̌n	bolon	and	7
dorbuːl	durbegule	four in all	7
xœrə̌mə̌l-	xorimla	to get married	7
xuːxəd	xeuxed	children	7
xɔjʊːl	xoyagola	two in all	7
æŋgə̌l xəl	anggli xele	English	7
bæŋk	banggi	bank	7
busgue	busegui	wife	7
sœblə̌gʧ	sobilagchi	nurse	7
mɔŋgə̌l həl	monggol xele	Mongolian	7
xetə̌d xəl	xited xele	Chinese	7
jɔpə̌n xəl	yapon xele	Japanese	7
sɔlə̌ŋgə̌s həl	lolonggos xele	Korean	7
xəʧəːl ɔr-	xichiyel oro	to have class	7
ɑmə̌r-	amara	to rest	7
tɑːnd	tan do	to you (polite)	7
tuːnd	tegun du	to him, to her	7
gɑr ʊdə̌s	gar odaso	cell phone	7
obə̌r mɔŋgə̌l	ubur monggol	Inner Mongolia	7
sʊr-	sor	to study	7
sʊrə̌lʧ-	sorolcha	to study	7
bʊː	bago	to go down, to finish (class)	7
ɔdɔː	odo	now	8
ʧɑg	chag	time, hour	8
bɑg ʊdɑːd	baga odagad	soon	8
ɔʧ-	ochi	to go (to some destination)	8
jæb-	yabo	to go	8
xɔːl	xogola	food	8
id-	ide	to eat	8
xəʤəː	xejiye	when	8
dɑːnʤ	dangcho	too, very	8
ərt	erde	early	8
xɑgə̌s	xagas	half	8
bɔs-	boso	to get up	8
menʊːt	minut	minute	8
bɔl-	bol	to become	8
xodoː	xudege	countryside	8
ogloː	urluge	(early) morning	8
æŋg in gər	anggi yin ger	classroom (homeroom for a set group of students. In China students have the same classmates for every class.)	8
ɑːs, əːs	eche	from (case suffix grammar particle)	8
omə̌n	emune	before	8
xɔːlə̌n gər	xogolan ger	restaurant, cafeteria	8
ʃɑŋxæː	shangxai	Shanghai	8
jɑpə̌n (jɑfə̌n)	yapon	Japan	8
xwɑːr	xowar	flower	8
ɑb-	ab	to get, to buy	8
xogʤə̌m	xugjim	music	8
sɑgsə̌n bombə̌g	sagson bumbuge	basketball	8
nɑːd-	nagad	to play	8
kenʊː	kino	movie	8
jim	yagoma	thing	8
ʊnt-	onta	to sleep	8
xɑs	xas	Has (name)	8
ʧæː	chai	tea	8
suː tæː ʧæː	su tei chai	milk tea	8
ʊː-	oogo	to drink	8
sʊː-	sago	to sit, to live or stay somewhere	9
urgə̌lʤ	urgulji	always, often	9
ʧʊg	chog	together	9
ɑsə̌r	asar	building	9
ʤəːl	jegeli	street	9
xɑːŋgæː ʤəːl	xanggai jegeli	Hangai Street	9
nɔmə̌r	nomer	number	9
məd-	mede	to know (sth)	9
tuːn əːs	tegun eche	from him/her	9
ɑsʊː-	asago	to ask	9
bɑgʃ in jix sʊrgʊːl	bagsi yin yixe sorgagoli	Teachers' University (Normal University)	9
xɑʤʊː	xajago	next to	9
tuːneː	tegun o	his/her	9
jɑm	jam	road, way	9
bɔl	bol	if	9
ɔrdə̌s	ordos	Ordos (the region of Inner Mongolia within the bend of the Yellow River)	9
bʊːdə̌l	bagodal	hotel	9
bɑjə̌ntɑl bʊːdə̌l	bayantala bagodal	Bayantal (“rich grassland”) Hotel	9
ʤɔːgə̌l-	jogogla	polite word for eating or drinking	9
sæːxə̌n	saixan	beautiful, good	9
ʧiʧirlə̌g	checherlig	park, garden	9
ʃʊːdə̌n	siodan	post office	9
ʃʊːdə̌n təmdə̌g	siodan temdeg	postage stamp	9
wɑːŋ bɑgʃ	wang bagsi	Teacher Wang	9
dɑbxə̌rg	dabxorga	floor (as in 1st, 2nd, etc. level of a building)	9
jɑːʤ	yagagijo	how	10
sæːn ʊː tɑːnɑːs ɑsʊːjɑː	sain oo tan eche asagoya	Excuse me. Could I ask...	10
ənd	ende	here	10
xɔl	xola	far	10
burə̌m bɑrɑːd ɑsə̌r	burin baragado asar	department store (building)	10
tərə̌g	terge	vehicle (car, bus, cart, etc.)	10
omə̌n	emune	front, south	10
xœːn	xoina	back, north	10
bɑrʊːn	baragon	right, west	10
juːn	jegun	left, east	10
omə̌nʃ əːn	emunesi ben	forward/south direction	10
xœːnʃ ɔːn	xoinasi ban	back/north direction	10
bɑrʊːnʃ ɑːn	baragonsi ban	right/west direction	10
juːnʃ əːn	jegunsi ben	left/east direction	10
ʤuŋ ʃɑn ʤɑm	jung shan jam	Zhongshan Street	10
ʃin xwɑ uːdə̌m tælbæː	sing xowa agodam talabai	Xinhua Square	10
uːdə̌m tælbæː	agodam talabai	city square, wide open area commonly found in Chinese cities, usually tiled and having statues and shrubs	10
juː gəːr	yago bar	by what, how	10
tənd	tende	there	10
bɑrʊːn tɑl	baragon tala	west side	10
omə̌n tɑl	emune tala	south side	10
xœːn tɑl	xoina tala	north side	10
ʤuːn tɑl	jegun tala	east side	10
ərə̌gte bæːr	eregtei bairi	boy's dorm	10
ərə̌gte	eregtei	male	10
tæmə̌r in tɑlbə̌r	tamir on talabor	sports ground	10
mɑndxɑi ʧiʧirlə̌g	mandoxai checherlig	Mandukhai Park, a park north of Inner Mongolia University in Hohhot. Mandukhai was a famous Mongolian Queen.	10
dælæː	dalai	Dalai (name meaning “sea”)	10
xoxxɔt undə̌sne dəːd sʊrgʊːl	xuxexote undusuten o degedu sorgagoli	Hohhot Nationality College, a provincial level college with a high percentage of Mongolian students and faculty. Many subjects are taught in Mongolian.	10
xoxxɔt	xuxexote	Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China. The name means “blue city”.	10
undə̌stə̌n	undusuten	ethnicity, (often translated “nationality” in China)	10
dəːd	degedu	upper, high	10
œr	oira	close, near	10

11 Comments on “Dictionary”

Severin says:

September 26, 2013 at 2:33 am

Hi,

Your site is really great.
I will soon teach in Mongolia how to use some softwares. Would it be possible to add some specific words like: software, start, windows, right-click, left click, mouse, roll the button, window, tab, button, icon, tick, activate, up, down, download, upload, zoom, open, save, menu, select, draw, building, image, road, tool, layer, properties, settings, etc.?

Sincerely,

Severin

- Suragch says:
  
  September 26, 2013 at 8:41 pm
  
  I’ll ask my teachers when we meet next. I’m kind of guessing, though, that they are not going to know some of these more modern words in Mongolian. What ends up happening here in Inner Mongolia, China is that Chinese words are borrowed (which will not help you if you are teaching in Mongolia). One possible solution for you is to sign up at MyLanguageExchange.com or ConversationExchange.com and get a language partner from the country of Mongolia who can help you.
  
Veradej says:

September 24, 2014 at 2:47 pm

Oh, flower is huar? Oh, I have learned it’s tsetseg.

- Suragch says:
  
  September 24, 2014 at 11:17 pm
  
  Huar is a Chinese loan word and is commonly used in Inner Mongolia. Checheg is also used.
  
To Wai Ping says:

March 28, 2020 at 6:51 am

The two columns (phonetic and wriiten form) can actually be combined into one using standard transliteration. This will provide more compact information.
The only Uighur-script Mongolian online dictionary I know of is the project Lingua Mongolia. Sadly the website is no longer updated. It is nevertheless still very useful. I am looking forward to hearing more from your project. Keep up the good job.

- Suragch says:
  
  May 7, 2020 at 10:25 am
  
  I’m no longer updating this dictionary, but I have started work on a dictionary app. http://www.bolor-toli.com is the best current dictionary that I know of for the traditional script.
  
claude konqui says:

March 7, 2021 at 2:59 pm

I thank you very much for your work and site. As a Swiss French-speaking student of Central Asian Studies, especially Classical and Modern Mongolian, I have come to it recently and found it quite helpful. Yet I must get better used to the International Phonetic Alphabet system of transcription as I learned with the standard system of Classical Mongolian partly based on the Czech alphabet (for instance “č” or even “c” instead of [tʃ] or “ch”, thus to render the word “your” I would write e.g. “cini” or “čini” rather than [tʃini], but surely not “chini”, as this latter transcription looks more appropriate for speakers of English). For another example, the word “khan” would be transcribed as “qaγan” with a Greek gamma or more often as “qaGan”. As far as I know, there is no generally agreed system for the transcription of both the Uighuro-Mongolian script used in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China and the Cyrillic script commonly used in the Mongolian Republic such there is Hanyu pinyin for Mandarine Chinese. This is somehow a source of confusion for a non-linguist student such as me. I would be happy to know your point of view about transcription systems, thank you.

- Suragch says:
  
  April 15, 2021 at 6:32 am
  
  I borrowed the symbols used in some Inner Mongolian dictionaries and textbooks. They aren’t IPA in the strictest sense but they approximate IPA. In my opinion the symbols used for transcription aren’t that important. It’s more important to be able hear the sounds and then be consistent with whatever symbol set you choose.
  
Sean says:

May 30, 2021 at 10:39 am

Hey I know this isn’t being updated but I was wondering if there was a place to find the different suffixes in Mongolian script, I’ve tried http://www.bolor-toli.com but it seems to just be exclusive for words themselves.

Thank you so much for making this site, is has been a large help.

- Suragch says:
  
  June 18, 2021 at 7:02 am
  
  The book Mongolian Grammar is the best source I know of for Mongolian suffixes:
  
  https://www.amazon.com/Mongolian-Grammar-Rita-Kullmann/dp/9628457055
  
  Unfortunately it’s out of print. You might be able to find a used copy somewhere.
  
Arnoil García says:

September 22, 2021 at 11:20 pm

Does anyone know how it would be pronounced “Хар нар” (Black sun) and what its written form would be like? Greetings!

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