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Rohingya Lessons

Seven beginner lessons in Rohingyalish. Start with Lesson 1 and work down — each builds on the last.

Before starting, skim the alphabet and pronunciation guide — the accents (stress) and ñ (nasal) matter. Look up any word in the dictionary.

1

Greetings & saying goodbye

Say hello, ask how someone is, and take your leave.

Assalamu alaikum! Peace be upon you! (hello)
Bála aso ne? Are you well? (formal)
Gom aso ne? Are you well? (informal)
Ói, aññí bála asi. Yes, I am fine.
Bát haiyó ne? Have you eaten? (friendly greeting)
Abbar deha oibó! See you again!

💡 “Bát haiyó ne?” (Have you eaten rice?) is a warm, everyday way of checking on someone — answer “Háiyi” (I have eaten).

Vocabulary

bála / gom — good, wellói — yesnoó — noabbar — againbát — rice
2

Introducing yourself

Ask and give names.

Tuáñr nam ki? What is your name?
Añár nam Nur. My name is Nur.
Ibár nam ki? What is her name?
Tar nam ki? What is his name?

Vocabulary

nam — namear — andbou — wifebeça — husbandki — what
3

Where are you from?

Talk about place and where you live. Notice the verb at the end (Subject–Object–Verb).

Tuñí hon zagar? Where are you from?
Añára eçé taki. We live here.
Tuñí hoçé tako? Where do you live?

Vocabulary

eçé — hereéçe — therehoçé — wherezaga — placetaki / tako / take — I live / you live / he, she lives
4

Feelings

Feelings use the “to me” (-ttu) form with “lage” (feels) at the end.

Tuáñttu gom lager ne? Are you feeling well?
Añáttu gom lager. I am well.
Añáttu buk lager. I feel hungry.
Añáttu fanír tirác lager. I feel thirsty.
Añáttu kúci lager. I feel happy.
Añáttu gaat ocúk. I am sick.

💡 Negation puts “no” before the verb: Añáttu buk no lager — I am not hungry.

Vocabulary

buk — hungerkúci — happyocúk — sicklage / lager — feels / is feelingbeci — very
5

Family

“This is X” needs no extra verb — just point and say it.

Ibá añárar zíi. This is our daughter.
Ibá añárar fua. This is our son.
Añáttu tin bóin asé. I have three sisters.
Tuáñr górguccí hoçé? Where is your family?

Vocabulary

maa — motherbaf / abba — fatherbái — brotherbóin — sisterfua — child, sonzíi — daughtergórguccí — family
6

Possession — my, your, his

Possession uses the -r ending: add it to a name or noun, or use the possessive pronouns.

añár fúl my flower
tuáñr kitab your book
tar kholom his pen
babor kitab father’s book
fuar gula the child’s fruit

Vocabulary

fúl — flowerkitab — bookkholom — pengula — fruitdabai — medicine
7

This & that, and what you’re doing

Rohingya has two “this/that” sets — one for living things (ibá), one for objects (yián). Animate things count with uggwá, objects with ekkán.

Ibá ki? — Ibá uggwá gouru. What is this? — This is a cow.
Yián ki? — Yián ekkán garí. What is this (thing)? — This is a car.
Tuñí ki goró? What are you doing?
Aññí lekír. I am writing.
Añára forír. We are reading.

Vocabulary

ibá / yián — this (living / thing)uián — that (thing)uggwá / ekkán — one (living / thing)gor — to dolek — to writefor — to read

Keep going

  • Drill the numbers: ek, dui, tin, sair, fañs, só, háñt, añctho, no, doc (1–10).
  • Practise spelling with the typing tutor — it uses real dictionary words.
  • Read the grammar guide for the full case and verb tables.
  • External courses: LearnRohingya.com (structured lessons with audio) and RohingyaLanguage.com (the original Rohingyalish lessons).