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Classical Tibetan, with origins dating to the seventh century, is the language found in a huge corpus of surviving Tibetan, mostly Buddhist, texts; native Tibetans still employ this language, today, when writing on religious, medical or historical subjects.
This book aims to provide a rapid introduction to the main elements of Classical Tibetan, so that students may begin to access for themselves the vast amount of available material. While designed for guided study, the book will also be of use to those who tackle the language on their own. Steady study over approximately six months should result in an understanding of most grammatical features and allow the student to read the simpler prose texts.
Introduction to Classical Tibetan, Stephen Hodge, Orchid Press, Paperback, 2003, 199 Pages, $26.00
| Introduction |
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| PART ONE - Grammar |
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| Tibetan Script |
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| Sample of Tibetan Book |
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| Lesson I |
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| The Thirty Letters of the Alphabet. The Vowel Signs. Superfixed and Subfixed Letters. Prefixed and Suffixed Letters Punctuation. Sample Reading |
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| Lesson II |
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| General Information to Linguistic Structure of Tibetan, Word Order. Nominal Particles. Special Functions of Nominal Particles |
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| Lesson III |
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| Demonstrative Pronouns. Fianl Particles - Statements, Questions & Commands |
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Lesson IV |
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Introduction to Case Particles. Genitive Particles - kyi etc. Plural Particles |
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Lesson V |
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| Instrumental Praticles - kyis et. Emphatic Particle - ni |
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| Lesson VI |
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| Direct & Indirect Objects of Verbs. The Oblique Particle - la. Vocative |
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Lesson VII |
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| The Verb. The Use of Verbal Stems. Negation |
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| Lesson VIII |
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| Locative Particle- na. The Conjunctive Particle - dang. Possessives - can, bcas pa, ldan pa. The Concessive Particle - kyang |
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| Lesson IX |
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| The Ablative & Prolative Particles - las & nas. Uses of las. Uses of nas. Comparison. The Semi-final Particles - te etc. |
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| Lesson X |
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| Particle of General Subordination - tu etc. Uses of tu. Modal Adverbs and Sanskrit Verbal Prefixes. Use of tu etc. for the Infinitive. |
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| Lesson XI |
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| Use of Particles with Verbs and Verbal Nouns. The Coordinating Particle - cing etc. |
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| Lesson XII |
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| Personal Pronouns. Interrogative Pronouns. Relative Pronouns. Indefinite Particle and Indefinite Pronouns. Honorific and Respectful Forms. |
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| Lesson XIII |
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| Verbal Auxilliaries - yin, yod, 'gyur, byed, mod, bzhin, zin etc. |
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| Lesson XIV |
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| Numbers. Diminuitive Particles. Intensive Particles. Word Formation. Notes on Tibetan Verse. |
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| Lesson XV |
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| The Structure of Tibetan Verbs. Morphological Prefixes & Suffixes. Verb Tables. |
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| PART TWO - READINGS |
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| Key to Exercises & Sample Translations |
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| Tibetan-English Glossary |
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