Mongolian Nouns
Welcome to the third Mongolian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Mongolian to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.
potatoes төмс [tөms] |
tomatoes улаан лооль [ulaan loolʹ] |
onions сонгино [songino] |
carrots лууван [luuvan] |
fruits жимс [zhims] |
apples алим [alim] |
bananas гадил [gadil] |
oranges жүрж [zhүrzh] |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Mongolian + Pronunciation |
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| do you have milk? [verb + noun] чамд сүү бий юу? [chamd sүү biĭ yuu?] |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] надад сүү бас кофе байгаа [nadad sүү bas kofe baĭgaa] |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] тэр эрэгтэй гурван алимтай [kheer ekheegkheeĭ gurvan alimtaĭ] |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] тэр эмэгтэй ганц л алимтай [kheer ekheegkheeĭ gants l alimtaĭ] |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] бид жижиг байшинд амьдардаг [bid zhizhig baĭshind amʹdardag] |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] бидний өглөөний хоол надад таалагдаж байна [bidniĭ өglөөniĭ khool nadad taalagdazh baĭna] |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread талх [talkh] |
milk сүү [sүү] |
butter масло [maslo] |
cheese бяслаг [byaslag] |
coffee кофе [kofe] |
sandwich сэндвич [kheendvich] |
meat мах [makh] |
chicken тахианы мах [takhiany makh] |
fish загас [zagas] |
breakfast өглөөний хоол [өglөөniĭ khool] |
lunch үдийн хоол [үdiĭn khool] |
dinner оройн хоол [oroĭn khool] |
Conversation in Mongolian
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Mongolian - Pronunciation |
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| Do you speak (English/ Mongolian)? та англи хэлээр/ монгол хэлээр ярьдаг уу? [ta angli kheekhekheer / mongol kheekhekheer yarʹdag uu?] |
| Just a little бага зэрэг [baga zekheeg] |
| I like Mongolian монгол хэл надад таалагдаж байна [mongol kheel nadad taalagdazh baĭna] |
| Can I practice with you? би тантай дадлага хийж болох уу? [bi tantaĭ dadlaga khiĭzh bolokh uu?] |
| How old are you? та хэдэн настай вэ? [ta kheeden nastaĭ ve?] |
| I'm thirty three years old би гучин настай. [bi guchin nastaĭ.] |
| It was nice talking to you таньтай ярилцахад таатай байлаа. [tanʹtaĭ yariltsakhad taataĭ baĭlaa.] |
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