Casual and colloquial Mongolian expressions used in everyday speech, not typically taught in textbooks. Front: the Mongolian word or phrase in Cyrillic with a romanization. Back: English meaning.
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- За (Za)
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Okay, alright (common filler and agreement particle)
- Гоё (Goyo)
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Cool, awesome (casual praise)
- Сайхан шүү (Saikhan shüü)
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That's nice, you know (shüü adds casual emphasis)
- Хөөх (Khöökh)
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Wow, hey (exclamation of surprise)
- Яахав (Yaakhav)
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Whatever, oh well (casual resignation)
- Тэгье (Tegye)
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Alright then, let's do that (casual agreement)
- Мэдэхгүй ээ (Medekhgüi ee)
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I dunno (casual, drawn-out 'I don't know')
- Ямар хөгжилтэй вэ! (Yamar khögjiltei ve!)
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How fun!
- Найз минь (Naiz min')
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My friend, buddy (casual address)
- Гайхалтай шүү дээ (Gaikhaltai shüü dee)
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That's amazing, you know (casual emphasis)
- Их сонин байна (Ikh sonin baina)
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That's really interesting (casual)
- За явъя (Za yav'ya)
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Okay, let's go (casual)
- Үнэн үү? (Ünen üü?)
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Really? Is that true? (casual)
- Тийм үү? (Tiim üü?)
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Right? Isn't that so? (casual tag question)
- Ямар ч асуудалгүй (Yamar ch asuudalgüi)
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No problem at all (casual reassurance)