Description
Colloquial Mongolian is easy to use and completely up to date!
Written by experience teachers of the language, Colloquial Mongolian offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Mongolian. No previous knowledge of the language is required.
Features include:
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
By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Mongolian in a broad range of everyday situations.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
Table of Contents
Introduction, The alphabet, Pronunciation 1 A parent's tongue never rests 3 .Actions speak louder than words 4 Nothing ventur.ed, 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, 10 , Heaven helps those who help themselves, Grammar summary Key to exercises Mongolian-English vocabulary Mongolian abbreviations, English-Mongolian vocabulary Grammar index, Suffix index, Bibliography
