Grammar of colloquial Tibetan - learning tibetan

210 TIBETAN GRAMMAR.
Receiving a visit from a Tibetan Official— continued.
T. = Tibetan. E. = Englishman.
C^'t^'^^'S'^^'^'S^'^'^^I
Jca cKi-Jcyi-yo.
''^9^ tsi-pon-lcyi le-
E. What work do you have to do as a Tsi-pon ? S'^(5i^^'
t^' 2^q^'3' S^' f^^' 2^'^' ^3jC;' S^3]^^'^5^ I
tsi-pon-Jcyi chha-le Ha-re nang-go-re.
hu-slio
T. We have a lot of work to do in connection with the ac-
counts of the Government revenues and the like.
qr'irqi^y'm'c^ ] Id ngan-ts-ho sKung-gi hap-kyi tsi-le
la-so'k-pa mang-po clie go-kyi-yo.
E. Now-a-days who exercises supreme power m Tibet ?
^•S;c;'^|C:'q'^-^'jq'q^§^'^5^C§]'^^'q^ | te-ring-
sang -po-kyi gye-po su nang-gi yo-ica-re ?
T. The Dalai Lama has taken up the secular and spiritual
Government, and exercises the supreme power.
gq^' sq^f^' ^aj-'q-^'^j^' JOJ- ^:^- ^' ^:^' q^^' ^^'
gq^'^3]3^'S;(3^-q^^'§j^'CT](3irc:' (q') ^.^j kyam-
gon Rim-po-chhe-ki gye-si chho-si sKe-ne kyam-g'dn
Rim-po-chhe-ki nang-nga-re.
E. I see. Is Tibet a very large country ? q-qq^^'^ j q^'
(^C'^'q'^Sj'q^yTCC:^ 1
po yong~nge.
Id les, po lung-pa gya-chhem