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How do you say thank in Amdo dialect Tibet?

The Amdo dialect of Tibetan doesn't have a single word for "thank you" like standard Tibetan ("Kyang" - ཁྱེད་). Instead, it uses phrases depending on the context and level of formality. Here are some examples:

Informal:

* "Zhun" - ཞུན (Similar to "thank you" but more like "please" in this context.)

* "Tsog" - ཚོག (Similar to "thanks" in English.)

* "Drok kyang" - དྲོག་ཁྱེད (Literally means "good you," implying gratitude for something good someone did.)

Formal:

* "Kyang gyal" - ཁྱེད་རྒྱལ (More respectful than "Kyang" and translates to "You are victorious.")

* "Kyang gyal lo" - ཁྱེད་རྒྱལ་ལོ (Adding "lo" at the end makes it even more respectful.)

* "Kyang drang" - ཁྱེད་དྲང་ (Literally means "You are right," implying gratitude for someone being right.)

It's important to note that the exact phrase and the level of formality depend on the situation and the speaker's relationship with the person they're thanking.

If you want to express gratitude specifically for something someone did, you can add the action after the phrase. For example:

* "Zhun, kyang so kyang" - ཞུན ཁྱེད་སོཁྱེང (Thank you for helping me.)

* "Tsog, kyang ja kyang" - ཚོག ཁྱེད་ཇ་ཁྱེང (Thanks for making me tea.)

It's always good to learn these phrases and use them in a respectful manner.

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