Grammar of colloquial Tibetan - learning tibetan

CHAPTEIi XA'I. 161
6. Time of the Day, Bays of the Week, Dates, Seasons, etc.
What o'clock is it ? ^''W'^'cB^'^'^^''^^ I
Ka-tsho re.
2^'«^^^-«f^ chhu-tsho
It is three o'clock, ^'^^s'^^^'^^ | chhu-tsho sum re.
It is half past ten. ^'cBS^'-^S'^C^'g^'Tj'^^ | chhu-tsho chu
fang chhe-J:a re.
It is a quarter past three. ^•aBS|'^g^'^C:'^'^'^'^^''^C:' |
chhu-tsho sum fang mi-li cho-nga song.
It is a quarter to five. ,§'^''g'^q'q'f^'l^'Si-q'5^fg'Q^2^q|
chhu-tsho nya lep-pa la mi-li cho-nya du.
What is the English date to-day ? ^'^ry^^'^'^'y^^'Cl ]
fe-ring ta-riJc Jca-tsho yim-pa ?
It is the twenty-fifth ! B'5^c;'l^-5;qi-S'^'§"fg''c^^ | fe-rmg
fa-riU nyi-shu-tse-nga yin.
What is the Tibetan date to-day? ^'^^C'^^'^IJ'S^'^'^^ |
fe ring tshe-ya lca-tsh'6 re ?
It IS the twenty-second ! ^''^C^''^'*fl'^'^^' -^^^ | fe-ring nyi-
shu-nyi re.
What day of the week is it ? ^'^C^'STiaQ.'^'-^'^^ I fe-ring
sa lea- re re ?
it is Thursday. ^''^C^'2TI3Q^'2:J^*^''^^ !
fe-ring sa phur-pu re.
i Note the differeuce bet\Yeen V"^'^ '^' ^"^ y-^'^"^^' (Cap. YIII,
para. 6).
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