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Grammar of colloquial Tibetan - learning tibetan

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CHAPl'ER XIV. 143<br />

The latter means, lit. shining on the peaks.<br />

{Scn^'cr|^' sKolc-Jce or ^'^' nga-t'ro the time from sunrise to<br />

about 8 A.M.<br />

cS'^C^' tsha-ting, from 8 a.m. till 10 or 11 a.m.<br />

^^''^^^' »?/in-A'«?i(/^ midday.<br />

^snC^'^271' goiiy-t'a, the afternoon from four o'clock till sunset.<br />

^'5|^' ^^lA-g'', sunset.<br />

^*^^' (^^'^^') ^^f^-^-^P. clusk.<br />

'^^'SS'<br />

^^^^^'^ chhe, midnight.<br />

S'g^' nyi-ma, day-time.<br />

^SE'^ yong-mo or S^^cSt^J'?^' tshem-mo, night-time.<br />

(Scn'rf xKcili-iJo, day <strong>of</strong> 24 hours.<br />

At what time^ at what o'clock may be rendered by ^'^J'<br />

cn-cn'^' (^^'\ 0^' ngam-chhi Ka-Jia-t-sa-la (lit. at hnc much<br />

ea)<br />

ly-late); e.g., Z'^Zj'^^'^'^'^'^'t ( ^3^' )<br />

i|(3;'(^ I<br />

q'q^^'S^3[^r<br />

nga sang-nyi ngam-chhi Ha-Ia-tsa la cha go yin-na.<br />

At AEODT what time TO-MORhOW SHOULD I COME ? ^(3['^2T1C<br />

03'-^ I<br />

nyin-lung-la sho, come at midday. But usually<br />

^•^^- chhu-tsh'6 (lit. water-measure) corresponding to the Eng-<br />

lish o'clock is used. Thus :<br />

about what timk to-moruow should<br />

1 COME ? z^sjc;- |(5j- ^•^^•^' ^^' ^' f^' c:* ^^^' ^^'^' ^^^

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