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Lesson 5 Goal: A visit to the doctor; learn a few adverbs, verb + ni red, and practice the present tense. |
 Medicinal Pills and Herbs |
Pronunciation Focus
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Grammar
| ཚིག་ཕྲད། | Adverb in English | Example Sentence in Amdo | Example Sentence in English |
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| ན་ཐང། | perhaps, maybe | ད་ཁོ་ཁོའུ་ན་ཐང་། | Perhaps he is sick now. |
| བབ་གི | very, really (used to emphasize negation) | ང་བབ་གི་ཁོའུ་གི་མེད་གི | I am not very sick. |
| ཇེ། | even | ད་ཇེ་རྩོག་ག་འགྱོ་ན་ཐང། | Now, perhaps it will get even worse. |
| མ་གཏོགས། | unless | བདག་ཤེས་ར་མ་གཏོགས་ཇེ་རྩོག་ག་འགྱོ་ན་ཐང། | Unless you take care, it will get worse. |
| Verbal Ending | Explanation | Example Sentence in Amdo | Example Sentence in English |
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| verb + ནི་རེད། | expresses a definite assertation by the speaker, can be used in all tenses. | ད་སོ་མ་ཁོའུ་ནི་རེད། | Now, he is sick. (The speaker knows this for sure). |
| verb + ར། | indicates imperative | བདག་ཤེས་ར། | Take Care! |
Practice with Audio
Practice: Dialogue སྦྱོང་བརྡར། ཁ་བརྡ
Glossary
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