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6.3 Vocabulary 2 ཚིག་གསར།

Use the audio file and practice the following vocabulary.


Number Tibetan Grammatical Category English
1. བོད་སྐད་ལ། Prepositional phrase In Tibetan
2. ཟེར་ན། Verb phrase/expression Called
3. ངས་ཧ་གོ་མ་སོང་། Verb phrase I did not understand it
4. ག་རེ་རེད། Interrogative sentence What is it?
5. ཡང་བསྐྱར་གསུངས་དང་། Polite request/verb phrase Please, say it again.
6. དགོངས་དག Expression/polite apology Sorry!
7. ག་ལེར་གསུངས་དང་། Polite request/verb phrase Please say it slowly.
8. ཁྱེད་རང་ལ། Prepositional phrase To you
9. བོད་ཡིག་ཚིག་མཛོད། Noun phrase Tibetan dictionary
10. འདིར་ཡོད། Verb phrase/locative statement It is over here.
11. ག་པར་ཡོད། Interrogative sentence Where is it?
12. འོ་ན་བཞུགས་ཨང་། Expression/parting phrase Stay well then.
13. སྟོད་ཕད་ཀྱི་ནང་ལ་ཡོད། Verb phrase/locative statement It is in the backpack.
14. ཡོད་པས། Interrogative/auxiliary phrase Do you have?
15. ང་འགྲོ་གི་ཡིན། Locative statement I am taking off.
16. མགྱོགས་པོར་མཇལ་ཡོང་། Expression/future intent See you soon.

Challenge Yourself


Activity 1: Drag the Words

Activity 2: Translate the English Phrases

See if you can say the Tibetan expressions that match the English equivalents. Practice with a partner by taking turns, or do it on your own.

Number English
1. Tibetan dictionary
2. It is over here.
3. Where is it?
4. Stay well then.
5. It is in the backpack.
6. Do you have?
7. I am taking off.
8. See you soon.

Activity 3: Translate the Tibetan Phrases

See if you can say the English expressions that match the Tibetan equivalents. Practice with a partner by taking turns, or do it on your own.

Number Tibetan
1.
བོད་སྐད་ལ།
2.
ཟེར་ན།
3.
ངས་ཧ་གོ་མ་སོང་།
4.
ག་རེ་རེད།
5.
ཡང་བསྐྱར་གསུངས་དང་།
6.
དགོངས་དག
7.
ག་ལེར་གསུངས་དང་།
8.
ཁྱེད་རང་ལ།

Activity 4: Speaking

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