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Download the Mongolian audio course24 audio lessons · MP3 · yours to keepEnd of Limba's first month
One month in Mongolia. Oyuunaa gives our class a little oral test, and afterwards I read my diary from the very first day: the airport signs, my first Сайн байна уу, the hot water that was off, the bus numbers, Tsetseg's apples, Temuulen's key collection.
A month ago I could not read a shop sign. Now I can ask the way, buy food, tell the time and say what I do every day.
Nomin says it is time to celebrate. Saraa says it is time for buuz.
| Mongolian | Letters | English |
|---|---|---|
| шалгалт | shalgalt | test, exam |
| бэлэн | belen | ready |
| өдөр бүр | ödör bür | every day |
| үдээс хойш | üdees khoish | in the afternoon |
| амьдрах | am'drakh | to live (stem амьдар–: амьдарч байна) |
The “Letters” column is a letter-by-letter guide to the Cyrillic, not exact pronunciation. It disappears after level A1: by then you read Cyrillic directly.
After fifty lessons you can read Mongolian Cyrillic, greet people and introduce yourself, ask yes/no questions and questions with a question word, talk about your family and say what you have, describe things with adjectives and colours, count up to a million and handle prices, buy food at the market, say where something is, where you come from, whose it is and where you are going, ask the way, say what you do, are doing, will do and do not do, tell the time and plan your week.
| What | Ending | Example | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|
| having | –тай, –той, –тэй | Би эгчтэй. | 26 |
| plural | –ууд/–үүд, –чууд, нар | хүүхдүүд, найз нар | 29 |
| in, at | –д, –т | хотод, гэрт | 35 |
| from | –аас, –оос, –ээс, –өөс | захаас, хотоос | 36 |
| of | –ын, –ийн, –ы, –гийн, –н | хотын төв, Сараагийн | 37 |
| towards | руу, рүү, луу, лүү | хот руу, гэр лүү | 38 |
| the object | –ыг, –ийг, –г | энэ номыг | 46 |
| What | Form | Example | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|
| dictionary form | –х | явах, ирэх | 41 |
| does, will do | –на, –но, –нэ, –нө | явна, очно, ирнэ, өгнө | 42 |
| is doing now | –ж (or –ч) байна | уншиж байна, авч байна | 43 |
| does as a habit | –даг, –дог, –дэг, –дөг | ажилладаг, босдог | 44 |
| will not | –хгүй | явахгүй | 45 |
| does not, as a habit | –даггүй | иддэггүй | 45 |
Go deeper in the grammar guide: The cases at a glance · Present and future: three forms · Question particles
Before an exam, Mongolians wish each other Амжилт хүсье! "I wish you success!" After it, a good result calls for Баяр хүргэе! "Congratulations!"
To keep your A1 Mongolian alive, read one dialogue aloud every day and play Temuulen's game with every number you see in the street.
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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