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Lesson 4

Goal: Daily activities, practice present tense.

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Spinning Wool

Terms

Tibetan English
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ཟ་མ་ཟ to eat
སྡེ་བ། village
ད་སོ་མ། just now
ཟོག herding animals
ཟོག་འཚོ། to herd
ཁྲོམ། market
ཁ་བརྡ conversation
ཞིང་འདེབས། to plant
ལྷ། god, statue
ལྷ་ལས། thangka painter, sculptor

Grammar

Present Tense
Person Verbal Ending for Declarative Statement Verbal Ending for Interrogative Example Tibetan Declarative Statement in Example in English
First ...གི་ཡོད། ...གོ་གི ང་འས་ཡུའུ་ན་དཔེ་ཆ་འདོན་གི་ཡོད། When I am at home, I read a book.
Second ....གོ་གི ...གོ་ནས། ཁྱོ་འས་ཡུའུ་ན་དཔེ་ཆ་འདོན་གོ་གི When you are at home, you read a book.
Third ....གོ་གི .....གོ་གི ཁོ་འས་ཡུའུ་ན་དཔེ་ཆ་འདོན་གི་མེད་གི When he is at home, he doesn't read a book.