Intermediate level Tibetan class:
Tibetan grammar for translators with Craig Preston.
This is a detailed, systematic course in understanding Classical Tibetan grammar for translators. The course will continue through the Spring Semester. We also offer this course as a summer intensive. (For students who want to start Classical Tibetan at the beginning with the alphabet we also offer: Beginning Tibetan: Tibetan for Absolute Beginners and Beginners Wishing to Review with Andrew M. McKenzie.)
Course Description
This class is for students who know how to write the alphabet, pronounce syllables, and have some experience with words and sentences. This course is about understanding how the grammar within sentences operates. Roughly this course has four parts:
1. Recognizing recurring patterns in syllables, words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.
2. How verbs anchor clauses and sentences, modifications to Wilson's descriptive classification of verbs, morphology of verb forms, compound verb syntax, and verb- noun hybrids we call "verbals."
3. Declension: how the eight cases signify relational meanings for nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and phrases.
4. Beyond declension: how Classical Tibetan employs a range of lexical particles and syntactic particles to indicate meaning.
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Learning Tibetan language or history, and other topics related to Tibet, is particularly critical for monks and nuns. The Dharma Farm is non-partisan. We offer our courses for free to any member of the Tibetan Buddhist clergy. Please apply below and one of our faculty will reach out to you for further information.
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