Grammar of colloquial Tibetan - learning tibetan

CHAPTER XVI. 211
Receiving a visit from a Tibetan Official— continued.
T. = Tibetan. E. = Englishman.
T. It is of middling size. OJ^j^'I^Q, '^•Q^^'Hf cJijs:^ |
tse clra-fo yd.
Id au-
E. Which is the pleasantest part of Tibet ? ^'^'^^f^'^^J^'
STI'CJ'^r^'ysJC^' I
'po kyi kyil ne Ha-fa trowa-yong ?
T. Lhasa is about the pleasantest. ^^''^'g'^'f-TO'y^^' |
toU-tsa hl^sa tro-iva yong.
E. I see. Tibet must be, I fancy, a nice country.
Id les, cKe-na vo te yalc-po yo-pa yim-pa-rp.
T. Now I must be going for to-day. 2r'r'^C^'rqic;^-q'«'
^*^(5J ] fa t'e-ring gong -pa sKu-M-yin.
E. Won't you stay a little longer ? "^'^'qQ^j^'^l^aj'Q^^^l'
2vCn^ I
toU-tsa sKu-denja-go.
T. To-day I have some work to do, so I must be going. I will
call on you later on. ^^'^C^'Cg'^^'^'C^qi'^'UsI^'^ZTIC;^*
q-®'5|'y^(3j I
2T]®^'a|'q^^'^'C^(3j |
toU-tsa yd gong-fa sKii-M-yin ;
fe-ring nga trel-la
sKu-la char-Jcyi-yin.
E. Very good. You must come and see me when you are
not busy. q'a^q|^-|]| ^=T|^-gai*^^-qS^'|^c:' 0^' ulQ^'
^ He means that it is very large, bub it is not considered etiquette
among Tibetan gentlemen to praise one's own possessions, not even
one's own country.