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Guide to reading and writing the alphabet
Lively dialogues in true-to-life situations
Concise grammar explanations
A variety of exercises with full answer key, grammar summary, suffix index and two-way glossary
Explanatory notes on Mongolian culture and customs
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David Brown, a British businessman, and his wife Julie have arrived at Ulan Bator airport. As they are about to leave the terminal David is approached by Sükh, a Mongolian official he had met once before in London.
СҮх:
Ноён Браун!
Девид:
СҮх ээ! Сайн байна уу?
СҮх:
Сайн. Та сайн байна уу?
Девид:
Сайн байна аа!
СҮх:
Сонин сайхан юу байна?
Девид:
Тайван сайхан байна. Танайхан сайн уу?
СҮх:
Сайн. Энэ хэн бэ?
Девид:
Энэ миний гэргий.
SÜKH:
Mr Brown!
DAVID:
Hey, Sükh! How are you?
SÜKH:
I’m well. How are you?
DAVID:
I’m fine.
SÜKH:
What’s new?
DAVID:
Nothing much. How’s the family?
SÜKH:
Fine! Who’s this?
DAVID:
This is my wife.
Шинэ Yг Vocabulary
байна
am/is/are
та
you (polite)
бэ/вэ
(interrogative)
тайван
peaceful
гэргий
wife
танайхан
your family
миний
my
уу/уу/юу/юу
(interrogative)
ноён
Mr
хэн
who?
сайн
good, well
энэ
this
сайхан
nice; pretty
ээ(ааУоо)
(emphatic)
соoннн
news
Language points
The article
There is no definite or indefinite article in Mongolian, and in translating Mongolian into English ‘the’ or ‘a’, ‘an’ should be inserted as appropriate, according to context. However, Mongols do use the numeral ‘one’ (нэг) for ‘a’ man or ‘a’ person (нэг хун).
The verb ’to be’
The word байна is the present-future tense form of the verb байх ‘to be’ and means ‘am’, ‘is’ or ‘are’. Like all Mongolian verb forms, байна is invariable for number and person: сайн байна ‘am/is/are well’. Sometimes, however, the verb ‘to be’ is understood. In the dialogue, for example, Sükh asks David: Энэ хэн бэ? ‘this who?’ and David answers: Энэ миний гэргий ‘this my wife’. Similarly one can say: Миний гэргий балл ‘my wife teacher’, etc.
Present-future tense -на
The present-future tense is formed by adding to the verb stem the suffix -на or one of its variants -но, -не, -нэ in keeping with the stem vowel: бай- байна and similarly бол- болно ‘may’, or- огне ‘gives’, ир- ирнэ ‘comes’, буч- бучнэ ‘surrounds’ and so on. The final a in байна is not pronounced. The final vowels in the other examples are spoken between the last two consonants: болно (bolon), вше (ögön) and ирнэ (iren). The short final vowel may be lengthened for emphasis: Байна aa! ‘I/you/they) is/am/are (indeed)!’
Asking questions
Mongolian uses interrogative particles to form questions from statements, for example, yy? in the question Сайн байна уу? (’well is/are?’), where байна has back vowels. The front vowel equivalent is yy? (for back and front vowels, see page 13). Энэ ном уу, дэвтэр үү? ...
Table of contents
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The alphabet
Pronunciation
1 Hello!
2 A parent's tongue never rests
3 Actions speak louder than words
4 Nothing ventured, nothing gained
5 Never do things by halves
6 There's no place like home
7 You can lead a horse to water
8 Look before you leap
9 Having no debt is wealth and no illness happiness
