Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: A Reading Course and Reference Grammar"Half of the words are read by implication." This Tibetan saying explains the main difficulty Westerners face in learning to read Tibetan fluently. This book will allow beginners to understand the logic of Tibetan grammar and syntax through graded readings and narrative explanations. The large glossary, which is indexed by page, will serve as an invaluable reference grammar for readers of Tibetan at all levels. The reading course includes a wide range of modern literary styles from literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and even communist political essays. |
Contents
| 3 | |
Lesson Two | 23 |
9 | 27 |
Lesson Three | 46 |
Lesson Four | 68 |
Lesson Five | 83 |
Lesson Six | 126 |
Lesson Seven | 162 |
Lesson Nine | 225 |
10 | 231 |
Lesson Ten | 249 |
Lesson Eleven | 273 |
Lesson Twelve | 308 |
Lesson Thirteen | 329 |
Lesson Fourteen | 347 |
Lesson Fifteen | 365 |
6 | 171 |
13 | 177 |
15 | 193 |
2 | 200 |
10 | 206 |
11 | 219 |
Lesson Sixteen | 380 |
TibetanEnglish Glossary | 397 |
Verb Declension Table | 465 |
Supplementary Readings in the Genre of Communist | 479 |
Proclamation of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army | 492 |
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Common terms and phrases
13th Dalai Lama active sentence active verb adjective adverbial animal auxiliary verb Beijing bought past compl chỉ clause begins clause connective Clause three compounds consonants context convey the idea conveys the meaning dative-locative particle direct object Dorje Drepung Drepung monastery duù example exist existential verb farmers followed functions genitive particle golden axe Gyantse he-by i-by India instrumental particle involuntary verb kabaa köö lama Lhasa lhasa-to linking verb modified monastery monk negative nomads nominalized phrase nominalized verb non-past non-past stem Note noun occurs past compl past complement person plant plural pres present tense complement rabbit reè restaurant root letter second clause seed segment consists sheep Shigatse soldiers syllable that-by that-to Tibet Tibetan Tibetan food time-slot translated tsamba usual compl verb complement verbal action verbal phrase vowel white lion word གཏོང གནང བྱེད ཞུ རྒྱག རེད