5.3 Sentence Structure 1: Asking Nationality and Country of Origin
How to Ask Someone’s Nationality and Country
For a 1st personal question, the auxiliary/ending verb is ཡིན། for positive sentences and མིན། for negative responses, as shown below.
Listen to the audio and practice the following sentences.
| Question | ཁྱེ ད་རང་ལུང་པ་ག་ནས་ཡིན། | Which country are you from? |
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| Answer | ང་རྒྱ་ནག་ནས་ཡིན། ང་རྒྱ་མི་ཡིན། | I am from China. I am Chinese. |
| Question | ཁྱེད་རང་བོད་པ་ཡིན་པས། | Are you Tibetan? |
| Answer | ང་བོད་པ་ཡིན། or ང་བོད་པ་མིན། | I am a Tibetan. I am not a Tibetan. |
| Type of Expression | Tibetan | English |
