Learning Practical Tibetan

by Andrew Bloomfield, Yanki Tshering

Whether you are looking for a room, visiting a monastery, or bargaining for a bus seat, Learning Practical Tibetan will make immediate communication with Tibetans easy and fun. This book is designed for anyone wishing to communicate with Tibetans, either in Asia or in the West, and is suitable for beginners as well as for students familiar with the Tibetan language. 

Learning Practical Tibetan begins with a simple but complete grammar so that you can immediately begin to form your own sentences. Using both Tibetan script and an easy-to-understand phonetic system, the book then presents useful vocabulary, phrases, and dialogues related to situations you might encounter with eating in restaurants, shopping, speaking to monks, traveling with pilgrims, or visiting a Tibetan doctor. The appendix provides helpful sections on Tibetan numbers, dates, telling time, festivals, religious terms, and an extensive vocabulary list.

To help you learn how to pronounce Tibetan words correctly, mp3 files of Yanki Tshering reading Tibetan text found in Learning Practical Tibetan are available for download at this

202 pages, Paperback

First published March 25, 1998

Reviews

[Tenzin Lhadon Yangkartsang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for beginners! Easy to read and well structured. Tells how to form words into simple sentences and easy to follow! Also make sure to follow up with the book and practice a lot in order to grasps the language quickly! ;)

[Viktor]

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[Pascale Serre · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is simply wonderful. It offers clear instructions, great vocabulary and pronunciation exercises are available free online. I bought other books in order to learn Tibetan but it was a waste of time. This book is IT!!! Finally, I found this little treasure.