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Commands and requests

Mongolian has several imperative forms, ranging from blunt to very polite. Choosing the right one matters more than in English, where tone and "please" do most of the work.

Form	How it is made	Example	Feel
plain	bare verb stem	Ир! Суу! Яв! - Come! Sit! Go!	direct; for children, close friends, or urgency
polite / later	stem + -аарай / -ээрэй / -оорой / -өөрэй	Ирээрэй! - Do come! Уншаарай. - Please read it.	friendly, also "do it later"
polite request	stem + -на уу / -нэ үү	Сууна уу. - Please sit down.	polite, to strangers and elders
"please do"	stem + -аач / -ээч / -ооч	Ус өгөөч. - Give me some water, please.	soft asking
let's	stem + -я / -ъя / -ье	Явъя! - Let's go! Уулзъя. - Let's meet.

"Don't!"

Put битгий (everyday) or бүү (formal, on signs) before the verb: Битгий яв! - Don't go! Битгий санаа зов. - Don't worry. Бүү тамхи тат - No smoking.

In a ger

As a guest you will hear Ороорой! (Come in!), Сууна уу (Please sit) and Цай уугаарай (Have some tea). A friendly host may say Идээрэй, идээрэй! - Eat, eat! The -аарай form here is warm encouragement, not an order.

For English speakers

The bare stem is the shortest form, so learners use it for everything, and it can sound curt to an older person or a stranger. With people you address as та, use -на уу or -аарай. Note too that the polite -аарай can mean "later": Маргааш залгаарай - Call me tomorrow.