Carmelo Marchese
29 October 2017
MONGOLIAN ENGLISH LESSON 24
Basic Structures and sentences We can now start some basic Mongolian sentences as we have some basic vocabulary
Гэрэл бий болтугай! гэж айлдсанд гэрэл бий болов May the light came true! There was the light
This has been taken from the Bible, from the Genesis
Basic vocabulary:
Гэрэл - Light
Болтугай - May it be
бий - there is, or to emphasise the subject
гэж - That is
айлдсанд - said
болов - became
байх Means to be
болох means to become, but it is implicit the meaning of possibility (may)
As we can see, even if the meaning is pretty clear the translation word by word is pretty far from the English translation
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Carmelo Marchese
29 October 2017
Just make a simpler example ,there is a book for children called A monk and a carpenter, but the translation in Mongolian is лам мужаан хоёр that is composed by the following words:
monk - лам
carpenter - мужаан
Two - хоёр
When we translate in Mongolian we have to start thinking in Mongolian and in this basic training, my goal is to help you to learn this mindset, not only to give some basic expression to survive in Mongolia. Just to start understanding the Mongolian mindset and the possible mistakes you can find in translating directly with automatic tools:
лам дээл - literally means the tunic of the monk but it is written like monk robe
мужааны газар - literally means газар (land) land of the carpenter, but it means in reality the woodworking jobs, please keep in mind that google translator translate this expression as carpark
Colours/ өнгө/ Ongo Today we shall check the basic colours in Mongolian, this is in the path of acquiring a basic communication skills and describe objects
Blue -> цэнхэр
My favourite colour is blue -> Миний дуртай өнгө цэнхэр өнгөтэй
We learn as well:
Миний -> me or mine
дуртай -> favourite
энэ бол -> it is
Red -> Улаан
The cars are red -> Машинууд нь улаан өнгөтэй
өнгөтэй -> coloured
Машинууд -> cars
Green -> ногоон
White -> цагаан
Black -> Хар
Brown -> хүрэн
Yellow -> шар
Violet -> ягаан
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29 October 2017
Basic Words HELLO
САЙН УУ
SAIN UU
YES
тийм
Tiim
NO
Үгүй
Ugui
WHEN?
хэзээ?
Kezee?
WHO ?
хэн
Ken?
HOW
Хэрхэн
Kerken
WHAT?
юу вэ?
IUU VE?
HELLO
Сайн байна уу
Sain Bains uu
HOW ARE YOU?
Юу байна?)
Iuu Baina?
PLEASE
Гуйж байна
Guij baina
YOU ARE WELCOME
Зүгээр зүгээр
Zugeer Zugeer
GOOD BYE
Баяртай
Bayartai
TO BE
байх
Baik
I AM FINE
Би зүгээр байна
Bi Zugeer beinah
HELP!
Туслаарай!
Tuslaraiii
TODAY
Өнөөдөр
Onoodor
HERE!
Энд!
End
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This simple to remember
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