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FLUENT TIBETAN: A Proficiency-Oriented Learning System. Novice and Intermediate Levels by William A. Magee and Elizabeth S. Napper, Jeffrey Hopkins, General Editor. In collaboration with: Ngawang Thondup Narkyid, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Kunsang Y. King, Jules B. Levinson, Jigme Ngapo, Daniel E. Perdue, Dolma Tenpa and Steven N. Weinberger. 1010 page, 4-vol. text, 8 1/2 x 11, 18 cassettes (26 hours)*. #FLTISE - regular price $ 250.00 Our Price $200.00 Published by Snow Lion The most systematic and extensive course system available in spoken Tibetan language, Fluent Tibetan was developed by language experts working in conjunction with indigenous speakers at the University of Virginia. Based upon courses for diplomats needing to learn a language quickly, the method acquaints students with the sounds and patterns of Tibetan speech, through repetitive interactive drills, enabling the quick mastery of increasingly complex structures, and thereby promoting rapid progress in speaking the language. Fluent Tibetan is the best course available anywhere for learning on your own. The package consists of textbooks and tape recordings, arranged in fifteen units. The first three units are devoted to recognition and pronunciation of the Tibetan alphabet and its combinations in syllables and words. With unit four, vocabulary and grammatical patterns are introduced in situational dialogues. Each dialogue is followed by extensive drills repeating the vocabulary and grammatical patterns in different contexts thereby teaching how to use the language creatively. The exceptionally clear voices in the dialogues and drills are both male and female indigenous Tibetans. The glossary is both Tibetan-English and English-Tibetan. Fluent Tibetan corresponds to a year of college-level language study. More ... | |
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HOW TO READ CLASSICAL TIBETAN: Volume 1, A Summary of the General Path by Craig Preston 247 pages. #HORECL - regular price $ 39.95 Our Price $31.96 Published by Snow Lion Do you want to learn to read Classical Tibetan? If you know how to read the Tibetan u-chen script (know the Tibetan alphabet and how letters combine to form syllables -- i.e., be able to recognize a root letter, vowel, prefix, superscript, subscript, suffix, and know how to pronounce the syllable) and how to recognize words, How to Read Classical Tibetan will show you--at your own pace--all the relationships that make Tibetan easy to read. It is a complete language course built around the exposition of a famous Tibetan text on the Summary of the General Path to Buddhahood written at the beginning of the fifteenth century. More ... | |
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LEARNING PRACTICAL TIBETAN by Andrew Bloomfield & Yanki Tshering 175 pp. #LEPRTI - regular price $ 19.95 Our Price $15.96 Published by Snow Lion A revised version of Tibetan Phrasebook. Many students have expressed that this book and tapes are a wonderful language tool and much more than a phrasebook. So we expanded the Tibetan Phrasebook into a larger format and included the Tibetan script in addition to the phonetic system to make it useful as a practical Tibetan language study tool. It begins by introducing both a phonetic system and a simple yet complete grammar. In addition to containing phrases and dialogues, each chapter is preceded by useful information, vocabulary, and some pointers about Tibetan customs and etiquette. The appendices include these helpful sections: numbers, dates, days and time, dates of festivals, religious and monastic vocabulary and a general vocabulary. More ... | |
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by Andrew Bloomfield & Yanki Tshering Optional: two 90 min. cassette tapes to accompany book. #TIPHT - $ 14.95 Published by Snow Lion | |
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MANUAL OF STANDARD TIBETAN by Nicolas Tournadre and Sangda Dorje 576 pp. 8.5" x 11" with 2 CDs, 12 pages of color photos. #MASTTI - regular price $ 80.00 Our Price $64.00 Published by Snow Lion The Manual of Standard Tibetan presents the everyday speech of Lhasa, as it is currently used in Tibet as well as amongst the Tibetan diaspora. It not only places the language in its natural context, but also highlights along the way key aspects of Tibetan civilization and Vajrayana Buddhism. More ... | |
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A TIBETAN VERB LEXICON: Verbs, Classes, and Syntactic Frames by Paul G. Hackett 224 pp. #TIVELE - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion This is the first Tibetan-to-English verb resource to be published in more than thirty years. It is a verb dictionary containing extensive lexical information. Much more than a mere translation of existing works, this lexicon was compiled employing statistical techniques and data, and draws on sources spanning the 1200 years of Tibet's classical literature and covering all major lineages. More ... | |
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TRANSLATING BUDDHISM FROM TIBETAN by Joe Wilson, Jr. 845 pp., 7 x 9, glossary, cloth, a Namgyal Institute Textbook. #TRBUTI - regular price $ 65.00 Our Price $52.00 Published by Snow Lion An Introduction to the Tibetan Literary Language and the Translation of Buddhist Texts from Tibetan More ... | |
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by Joe Wilson, Jr. Optional: 90 min. cassette tape to accompany book. #TRBUTT - $ 10.00 Published by Snow Lion | |
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A BASIC GRAMMAR OF MODERN SPOKEN TIBETAN: A Practical Handbook by Tashi 184 pp. #BAGRMO - $ 12.95 This grammar textbook of spoken Tibetan is based on 12 years teaching experience at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala. It presents colloquial Tibetan grammatical structures in useful sentences with a wealth of vocabulary. The techniques for writing Tibetan alphabet are included. More ... | |
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BUDDHIST TRANSLATIONS: Problems and Perspectives ed. by Lama Doboom Tulku 249 pp., cloth. #BUTRPR - $ 25.00 Discussed are: the theory and principles of translation, the problems in translating Buddhist philosophic texts, lexicography and terminology, problems in translating from Tibetan to English. Contributions are by scholars both from India and abroad working on translations of Buddhist texts. More ... | |
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COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN: A Textbook of the Lhasa Dialect by Tsetan Chonjore with Andera Abinanti 394 pp. #COTITE - $ 24.95 Mr. Chonjore has been an instructor if Tibetan language for the University of Wisconsin's College Year in Nepal Program since 1983. Colloquial Tibetan has a detailed grammatical analysis of the Lhasa colloquial Tibetan and clarifies the similarities and differences between literary and Lhasa colloquial grammar. There are 15 lessons, each presenting in-depth many different aspects of Tibetan grammar such as the personal/impersonal perspective, the evidential categories carried by verbs and conjugations, the time-based aspect of the language, etc. | |
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DRUNG, DEU AND BON: Narrations, Symbolic Languages and the Bon Traditions in Ancient Tibet by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche 348 pp. #DRDEBO - $ 21.95 Explores pre-Buddhist Tibetan culture as presented within the three categories described as the foundation of the kingdom of Tibet. Prof. Norbu investigates the epic poems and legends of Tibet's secular culture (drung), explains the mysteries of the ancient symbolic languages that conveyed wisdom inexpressible in conventional terms (deu), and elucidates the complexities of the pre-Buddhist Bon tradition. | |
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AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Volume 1 (Ka-Nya) by the Nationalities Publishing House & the School of Oriental and African Studies; ed. director, Dr. Tadeusz Skorupski; Tibetan ed., Tudeng Nyima; trans., Gyurme Dorje & Tudeng Nyima 1386 pp, cloth. #ENTIEN - $ 95.00 The compilers have covered an astounding range of secular and religious literature, oral tradition and dialects, professional and other terms--this is no doubt the most comprehensive Tibetan-to-English dictionary in a single publication. It reflects the richness and diversity of the popular, intellectual, and religious creativity of the Tibetan people. The entries are given both in the Tibetan script and in Wylie transliteration, along with the English meanings and examples of usage. More ... | |
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ENGLISH-TIBETAN-CHINESE DICTIONARY Cloth. 444 pp. #ENGTIC - $ 22.00 This useful dictionary distinguishes itself from others by placing each word within a phrase. This contextual use helps readers to use words correctly, plus provides helpful model-phrases which can be adapted. (Introduction in Tibetan and Chinese only.) | |
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ENGLISH-TIBETAN-CHINESE DICTIONARY by Tashi Tshering Cloth. 1234 pp. #ENTICH - $ 44.00 This is a substantial tri-lingual dictionary, consisting of 50,000 lexical items, translated from English into Tibetan and Chinese. Headwords are in English and entries include English phonetic symbols. Appendices include common English abbreviations, numerical expressions, and irregular verbs. | |
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ENGLISH-TIBETAN DICTIONARY OF MODERN TIBETAN by Melvyn C. Goldstein 364 pp. #ENTIDI - $ 40.00 An English-to-Tibetan dictionary with 16,000 main entries and 29,000 subentries, which makes this an indispensable dictionary for Tibetan language students. Each entry is in the Tibetan script and in Wylie transliteration. Grammatical features are noted. Many words are shown in sentence context, demonstrating proper usage and connotation. | |
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ESSENTIALS OF MODERN LITERARY TIBETAN: A Reading Course and Reference Grammar by Melvyn C. Goldstein, Gelek Rimpoche, and Lobsang Phuntshog Cloth, 490 pp. #ESMOLI - $ 60.00 Unlike previously available materials, Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan will allow beginners to understand the logic of Tibetan grammar and syntax through graded readings and narrative explanations. The large glossary, which includes particles and is indexed by page, will serve as an invaluable reference for readers of Tibetan at all levels. The reading course includes the Tibetan alphabet and its pronunciation, as well as a wide range of modern literary styles from literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and even communist political essays. More ... | |
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THE FIVE DHARMAS OF MAITREYA AND COMMENTARIES by Lotsawa Tony Duff, Padma Karpo Translation Committee Computer CD #FIDHMA - $ 55.00 One CD containing all five Tibetan texts of the Five Dharmas of Maitreya and two, major Tibetan commentaries on them all in electronic format. The CD also comes with a complete set of fonts, the specially programmed TibetD Reader, and a one-step installation program. Wylie and standard Tibetan keyboards included. All editions are carefully produced and fully searchable with the software. More ... | |
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GESHE CHODRAK'S TIBETAN-TIBETAN DICTIONARY--MAC version by Tony Duff CD-Rom for MAC. #TITIM - regular price $ 75.00 Our Price $60.00 The last major Tibetan-Tibetan dictionary produced in Tibet (1940's) before the communist Chinese takeover. This dictionary has extensive listings of terms. This is a true Tibetan dictionary in Tibetan text; useful for Tibetans themselves and students of the Tibetan language who want a native Tibetan dictionary uncluttered by English or Chinese definitions. The definitions given are short but clear. This dictionary has been overshadowed by the Great Tibetan-Chinese Dictionary; we think this new edition will bring it back and give it the place it deserves. A must for serious students and scholars of the language. Comes with Reader software designed specifically for the purpose, and Tibetan and diacriticals typefaces. Software has Wylie and standard Tibetan keyboards. New Mac format. (For PC computers, see Geshe Chodrak's Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary--PC format.) More ... | |
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GESHE CHODRAK'S TIBETAN-TIBETAN DICTIONARY--PC format by Tony Duff CD-Rom for PC. #TITIDI - $ 75.00 The last major Tibetan-Tibetan dictionary produced in Tibet (1940's) before the communist Chinese takeover. This dictionary has extensive listings of terms. This is a true Tibetan dictionary in Tibetan text; useful for Tibetans themselves and students of the Tibetan language who want a native Tibetan dictionary uncluttered by English or Chinese definitions. The definitions given are short but clear. This dictionary has been overshadowed by the Great Tibetan-Chinese Dictionary; we think this new edition will bring it back and give it the place it deserves. A must for serious students and scholars of the language. Comes with Reader software designed specifically for the purpose, and Tibetan and diacriticals typefaces. Software has Wylie and standard Tibetan keyboards. Windows format. (For Apple computers, see Geshe Chodrak's Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary--MAC Version.) More ... | |