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Download the Mongolian audio course24 audio lessons · MP3 · yours to keepLimba's summer in Mongolia
Summer is ending. In July I watched Naadam from the stands, then spent days in bed with a fever, with Saraa as my doctor. I joined Oyuunaa's advanced class, became a volunteer at the tourist centre, answered the telephone in Mongolian, and crossed the Gobi with Bold, Nomin and Tuyaa.
Today Oyuunaa gave me the B1 test. Before it, she asked me to tell her about my summer, without a word of English. I spoke for twenty minutes. Then she smiled: "Now the test can begin."
| Mongolian | English |
|---|---|
| өнгөрөх | to pass, to go by (of time) |
| халуурах | to have a fever |
| эдгэрэх | to recover, to get better |
| түвшин | level |
| дунд түвшин | intermediate level |
| ёстой | must (after –х) |
| туслалцах | to help one another |
| хэдийгээр | although |
| миний бодлоор | in my opinion |
| тиймээс | so, therefore |
| зүйр цэцэн үг | proverb |
At the end of level B1 you can: - describe people and things with a whole clause in front of the noun; - talk about your health, give advice and say how long something has lasted; - report what people said and asked; - talk about study and work, write a formal letter and handle a phone call; - tell a journey with everything in it: things done for you, things that were done, things done together; - give and discuss opinions, make plans, order actions in time and imagine what might have been.
| Lessons | Point | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 102-104 | participles before a noun: –сан, –х, –даг | түрүүлсэн бөх, уралдах морь, морь унадаг хүүхэд |
| 105-106 | the doer in –гч; –сан нь | үзэгч, орчуулагч |
| 107-109 | –нгаа (while), –магц (as soon as), –тал (until) | хоол идэнгээ, ирмэгц, иртэл |
| 111-113 | health; advice with –вал дээр | Эмчид үзүүлбэл дээр. |
| 114-115 | –сан ч (even if); –аад … болж байна (since) | Ирээд хоёр хоног болж байна. |
| 116-117 | –хын тулд (in order to); –хаар | монгол хэл сурахын тулд |
| 119 | probability: байх, магадгүй | Тэр гэртээ байгаа байх. |
| 122-124 | reporting: гэж хэлсэн, уу гэж асуусан, гэдэг | Хол уу гэж асуусан. |
| 126-129 | ёстой and зохино, –ж байсан, letters, the phone | Цагтаа ирэх ёстой. |
| 131-134 | causative, passive, –лц–, –цгаа– | засуулах, хаагдах, туслалцах, явцгаая |
| 136-138 | –жээ; хэдийгээр … ч; measures | олжээ; Хэр хол бэ? |
| 141-143 | opinions, agreeing, plans | Миний бодлоор…; –х гэж байна |
| 144-146 | –хаас өмнө, –сны дараа; –сан бол … –х байсан; participles with cases | явахаас өмнө; миний санаснаас |
| 147-149 | бүр, бүх, хэн ч; linking words; proverbs | хүн бүр; тиймээс |
Go deeper in the grammar guide: Participles: the relative clause goes first · Causative, passive and cooperative verbs · The Mongolian conditional
Level B2 begins with lesson 151. Limba's last weeks in Mongolia take you to the National Museum, to Lake Khövsgöl, into the newspapers and the concert halls, and the language becomes more formal: written narrative, the style of the news, words of respect. Before you go on, go back to any lesson whose exercises you scored under 70%.
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This written course teaches you to read and write. The LIMBA audio course makes you speak: 24 lessons of 12 to 15 minutes, recorded with a native speaker. You listen, you repeat, you answer — the perfect partner for these pages.
Download the Mongolian audio course24 audio lessons · MP3 · yours to keep