LAN 510 Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan (continued)
Required Texts:
Speak Fluent Tibetan by Dr. Chok Tenzin Monlam Peltsok (Google Books)
Speak Tibetan the Tibetan Way by Nyima Dekyi (Google Books)
PREREQUISITE:
Although this is a continuing course from the 2024 Summer Institute, you are welcome to take this course if you have not taken the previous one, but please contact Nima Bhuti first at nbhuti.tibetanlesson1@gmail.com if you have questions about your level.
Students should know:
- The equivalent of the first 35 chapters of Speak Fluent Tibetan and Speak Tibetan the Tibetan Way.
- What the essential and existential verbs are and how they are used (ཡིན། མིན། རེད། མ་རེད། ཡོད། མེད། འདུག མི་འདུག ཡོད་རེད། ཡོད་མ་རེད།)
- Demonstrative pronouns (འདི། དེ། ཕ་གི། ཡ་གི། མ་གི་ལ་སོགས།)
- Personal pronouns (ང་། ཁྱེད་རང་། ཁོང་། མོ། ཁོ་ལ་སོགས།)
- Volitional and non-volitional verbs
- Transitive and intransitive verbs
- Verb tenses (past, present, and future) and auxiliary verbs
- Basics of locative, genitive, and instrumental cases
- Some understanding of the difference between honorific and non-honorific words and when to use them
- How to read somewhat more complex Tibetan sentences aloud (but not necessarily understand their entire meaning)
Dates: Starting September 3
Days and Times: Wednesdays, 6pm Pacific Time
COST:
$200
Nitartha’s Payment Plan and Financial Assistance (PPFA) program is funded by fellow students to support those who would not be able to attend the Institute’s courses without this assistance. To request aid, please fill out the PPFA application before you register for the course.
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