འདིར་ཤོག
'dir shog
The English phrase "come here" is translated into Tibetan as འདིར་ཤོག ('dir shog).
This phrase is a command used to tell someone to move toward the speaker's current location.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the locative particle 'dir (here) and the imperative verb shog (come).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
འདིར་ཤོག is an informal command and should be used with friends, children or people of lower social status.
How do you pronounce it?
'dir shog
Did you know?
- In Tibetan culture, using the phrase འདིར་ཤོག while gesturing with the palm facing up is considered impolite. Instead, the common gesture for 'come here' is a beckoning motion with the palm facing down.
- Using འདིར་ཤོག in a religious context toward a monk would be highly inappropriate, as one would instead use specialized 'honorific' verbs specifically reserved for the clergy.
- While འདིར་ཤོག means 'come here', Tibetan has separate, specific words for 'come' depending on whether the person is moving toward the speaker or moving toward a third location.
Examples in context
- འདིར་ཤོག།dir shogCome here.
- བུ་གུ། འདིར་ཤོག།bugu, dir shogChild, come here.
Example conversation
Lhamo is calling Bstän-dus to help her in the kitchen.
- ལྷ་མོ། Lhamoབསྟན་འདུས། འདིར་ཤོགBstän-dus, dir shokBstän-dus, come here.
- བསྟན་འདུས། Tenzinག་རེ་འདྲ།ga re draWhat is it?
- ལྷ་མོ། Lhamoའདི་རོགས་རམ་གྱིས།di rogs ram gyisHelp me with this.
- བསྟན་འདུས། Tenzinལགས་སོ།lags soOkay.
