Food & Eating
BeginnerInformalStandard
Have you eaten? (casual)
Kheyecho?
KHAY-yay-chhoh?
About this phrase
Literally
(You) have eaten?
When to use it
The tumi-register version of 'Kheyechhen?', just as warm and caring, used between friends or with younger family.
How it feels
Caring, casual.
Formality
Informal (tumi)
Grammar
Word by word
Rules in this phrase
Examples
In a conversation
Friend
Kheyechho?
Have you eaten?
You
Na ekhono, tumi?
Not yet, and you?
Common replies
Hyan, kheyechhi
yes, I've eaten
Na, ekhono khaini
no, not yet