করি তৌরিগে?
kari tourige?
what are you doing? in Manipuri is করি তৌরিগে? (kari tourige?)
করি তৌরিগে? is a question used to ask someone about their current activity.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of করি (kari), which means what.
How does it change in a sentence?
করি তৌরিগে? is a common way to ask what are you doing? without explicitly including a subject like you.
How do you pronounce it?
kari tourige?
Did you know?
- In casual settings, করি তৌরিগে? can be used as a general greeting similar to 'what is up?' rather than a literal inquiry into someone's specific task.
- Manipuri is an agglutinative language, meaning complex meanings are created by adding suffixes to a root word like তৌ (to do) instead of using separate words.
- Depending on the social hierarchy, a speaker might replace the neutral tone of করি তৌরিগে? with more formal verb endings when speaking to an elder.
Examples in context
- করি তৌরিগে?kari tou rige?What are you doing?
