Some important verbs in Bodo

Go= thang

Come = phwi

Walk = thabai

Run = khar

Eat = ja

Drink = lwng

See/ look = nai

Do = khalam / khalai

Work = mao

Examples sentences

Biyw thabaidwng = he/ she is walking 

Biyw phwibai = he/ she has come

Ang jadwng = I am eating

Biyw dwi lwngdwng = he is drinking water ( where 'dwi' means 'water')

Pronouns in Bodo

I = Ang ('a' as in father)
You = nwng ( 'w' is pronounced as 'ea' in earth)
We = Jwng
He, she = biyw ( 'w' again as 'ea' in earth)

Suffix 'swr' is used to make certain pronouns plural.
Nwngswr = you (plural)
Biswr= they

Note for pronounciation of vowels:
Bodo has only six vowels (with no distinction between long and short vowels). They are:--

A = 'a' as in father
E = 'e' as in bet
I = 'i' as in bit or 'ee' as in beet
O = 'a' as in ball
U='u' as in put
W= 'ea' as in earth

Negation in Bodo

There are two ways of negation in Bodo ------- using 'aa' and using 'daa'

'Da' is equivalent to english 'don't '. So if you say 'don't go' in English, you say ' dathang' in Bodo, where 'thang' means 'go'.

The 'aa' is a suffix used in Bodo to negate the action of doing something. For example, 'ang thanga' means 'i am not going' (literally i no go).

Telling about me:

Telling about me:

1.  Angni munga Bir.

 The word angni is a combination of ang and ni, where ang means ‘me’ and ni means ‘of’. So angni means ‘of me’ or ‘my’. The word munga is again a combination of ‘mung’ and ‘a’ where mung means name and ‘a’ is a particle which represents that the word ‘mung’ is the subject of the sentence.

 Angni munga Bir = My name is Bir.

2.  Ang Delhi-ao thayw.

Ao is a particle in Bodo which can be represented by ‘at’, ‘in’, ‘on’ in English. Thus Delhi-ao means ‘in Delhi’. Thayw is combination of ‘tha’ which means ‘stay’ or ‘live’ and the particle w (yw) which represents the present tense of the word ‘tha’. Thayw = live.

Ang Delhi-ao thayw = I live in Delhi (literally, I Delhi-in live)

3. Angni noh-a Assam-ao

Noh means ‘house’ or ‘home’, ‘a’ is the particle telling us that noh is the subject of the sentence and Assam-ao is ‘in Assam’.Thus,

Angni noh-a Assam-ao = My home is in Assam.

4. Nwngw swr?

Nwngw = you, swr means ‘who’

Nwngw swr? = Who are you? (literally, you who)

Question: Tell me about yourself?

Answer: Angni munga Bir.  Ang Delhi-ao thayw.  Angni noh-a Assam-ao.

Question: Nwng swr? (Who are you?)

Answer: Ang Bir (I am Bir)