rmontelatici Posted January 31, 2005 at 01:16 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 at 01:16 PM Hi all, A friend of mine is planning a trip to mongolia (republic of) next summer and wants to learn some of the language before going there. He has a hard time finding decent textbooks or online courses. Could you recommend some ? He is so desperate to find anything that could fit his goals that materials in any language will do (english-based courses would be great though). Thanks, Raphael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted January 31, 2005 at 01:46 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 at 01:46 PM Would this do? -> http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/product_detail.cfm?productID=22 (but this may not be decent enough ... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmontelatici Posted January 31, 2005 at 02:16 PM Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 at 02:16 PM Thanks Skylee, The LP phrasebook is a good start but he is looking for more comprehensive courses (with dialogues, grammar notes and the like). Audio ressources would also help a lot ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmontelatici Posted February 1, 2005 at 01:33 PM Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 at 01:33 PM I found this survival kit http://www.qingis.com/monggolhel.htm, far from comprehensive, yet it includes audio recordings. The pieces of dialogues are written using the mongolian alphabet (the one of inner mongolia I think), not cyrillic, and there are chinese translations. BTW, I need help on some of these chinese sentences: (sentence 3) what does 没关系 means ? (a familiar one, but I can't figure out what is exactly means!) (sentence 90) 你妈妈对我的印象好吗? This one is pure mystery to me. Thanks, Raphael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yan Posted February 1, 2005 at 11:00 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 at 11:00 PM sentence 3 is 'thanks'(bayarlalaa and talarhlaa)/'no problem'(hamaagui), sentence 90 is 'what impression did i make on your mother?', although the word order seems a bit strange to my Outer Mongolian girlfriend. http://tbg.torama.ru uses cyrillic letters, and the dialogues are in khalkha dialect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmontelatici Posted February 3, 2005 at 09:42 AM Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 at 09:42 AM Useful link indeed! Thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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