Grammar of Colloquial Tibetan - 9781138405752

Taylor & Francis

A reprint of the third edition, originally published in 1939, this grammar offers an introduction to the Tibetan language, as well as to a culture and way of life - which have changed dramatically in the last 50 years. The grammar uses a typeset Tibetan script. > Reprint of the scarce third and last (1939) edition. > PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION, CHAPTER I. The Alphabet and its Pronunciation II. The Indefinite and Definite Articles III. The Noun IV. The Adjective V. The Auxiliary Verb VI. The Verb VII. The Verb continued VIII. Numerals IX. Pronouns X. Adverbs XI. Postpositions, Conjunctions and lnterjections XII. The Order of Words in a Sentence XIII. The Honorific Langnage XIV. Miscellaneous; Monetary System, Weights and Measures, Lineal Measurements, Divisions of Time, Years, Seasons, Dates, Days of the Week and the Time of Day. XV. A Conversation Transliterated, Translated and Parapbrased. XVI. Conversational Exercises[1]1. General conversation CHAPTER XVII. Exercises in Tibeta.