Wednesday, June 29, 2011

My Tibetan



Anybody who has heard me speak Tibetan knows that I have a habit of saying 're wa' (རེད་བ་) a lot; it means something like "right?" or "isn't it?" (or maybe like desune in Japanese).

I'm saying "Lhasa is a nice place, right? Tibet has a lot of yaks, right? It's good, right? Right? Right? Right?" and the bottom text says "My way of speaking, right?"

5 comments:

  1. This is too funny. How long have you studied Tibetan?

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  2. Thanks. I've studied Tibetan off and on for about 8 years ...

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  3. Oh wow... I've only been at it for a year, but your Eng-Tib dictionary has helped immensely, so thank you!

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  4. Thanks! I'm glad to hear the dictionary has been helpful. If you find missing words or mistakes, I'm always happy to hear about them.

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  5. So you speak Tibetan the same way you speak English, right?

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