Tibetan for Absolute Beginners and Beginners Wishing to Review

with Andrew M. McKenzie

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Fascinated by Tibetan? Perhaps you have a Tibetan Buddhist practice and would like to be able to read your practice texts? Well then, what could be more natural than taking the first step by actually learning to pronounce and read the language? And of course, maybe it’s time for a gentle review from the beginning?

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This is your opportunity for a relaxed, fun class for beginners, and for folks who would like a review from the ground up. We will start with learning how to write and pronounce Tibetan letters, and then learning how to pronounce letters when they are combined into syllables. Next is the introduction to words and their pronunciation. Tibetan has nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, and postpositions. This is the grounding you need, opening the door to learning how to read sentences, not to mention the many upper level Dharma Farm Tibetan translation courses.

 

Prerequisites: only that you want to read and pronounce the Tibetan language! Our students have complex lives and we want to help their learning. All classes are recorded.