Giving a Presentation in Mongolian: Structure
Structure: References to Sources: Transition: Giving Examples: Emphasis: Paraphrase:
Sentence Structure
Mongolian sentence structure: 1. Би уншсан. I read. Subject+Verb 2. Би ном уншсан. I read a book. Subject+Object+Verb 3. Би сонирхолтой ном уншсан. I read an interesting book. Subject+Adjective+Object+Verb 4. Би гэртээ сонирхолтой ном уншсан. I read an interesting book at my home. Subject+Location word+Adjective+Object+Verb MORE EXAMPLES: I will eat food at the restaurant with …
Giving a Presentation in Mongolian: Introductions
Introducing Yourself: Getting to the Point: Explaining Your Goals:
The Past Tense in Mongolian
To emphasize the past tense in the Mongolian language. Use the following suffixes with vowel harmony. Suffixes: -сан, сэн, сон, сөн -лаа, лээ, лоо, лөө -в жээ/чээ Note: The suffix –сан4 can be added directly to verb stems that end with a consonant, vowel, or soft sign. For example: уншсан (read), хийсэн (did), тоглосон (played), …
Present continuous tense
The present continuous tense in Mongolian is equivalent to the -ing usage in English. Affirmative form (-ж/ч байна). Negative form (-хгүй байна). Question form (-ж/ч байна уу?) Би хоол идэж байна. I am eating food. Би хоол идэхгүй байна. I am not eating food. Чи хоол идэж байна уу? Are you eating food? Би хувцсаа …
Asking for directions
Asking for directions Зам/Зүг чиг асуух Giving directions Зам зааж өгөх Онгоцны буудал хаана байдаг вэ? Where is airport? Баруун гараа дагаад яваарай. Please follow your right hand. Шуудан руу яаж явах вэ? How do I go the post office? Зүүн тийшээ эргээрэй. Turn to the left. Энэ хавьд ойрхон кофе шоп байдаг уу? Is …
Future tense
Here is a table on how to use the future simple tense in Mongolian. Affirmative form (-на4). Question Form (-х уу2?/ -х вэ?) Negative Form (-хгүй) Би дараа жил Монгол явна. I will go Mongolia next year. Чи дараа жил Монгол явах уу? Will you go to Mongolia next year? Би дараа жил Монгол явахгүй. …
To want
To convey you want something in Mongolian, use the …verb+маар(4) байна grammar construction. However, always remember to follow vowel harmony when using this construction. Affirmative form (-маар4 байна) Negative form (-мааргүй4 байна) Question form(-маар4 байна уу?)(-маар4 байна вэ?) Би бууз идмээр байна. I want to eat buuz (Mongolian dumplings) Би бууз идмээргүй байна. I don’t …
Genitive Case
Genitive case Used to indicate possession of an object. Meaning: of (something), ‘s (indicate possession). Questions: Of what; whose? Юуны? Хэний? Pronouns: 1st person Миний (mine) Бидний (ours) 2nd person Чиний (yours) Таны (yours) 3rd person Түүний (his/hers/its) Тэдний (theirs) Suffixes: -ы Used with word stems ending in a back vowel (а, о, я, у, ё) -ын …
Instrumental Case
Instrumental case Used to indicate an object that is being used as part of an action such as transportation. Meaning: by…., around, as, in order to…etc Examples: Унаагаар (by what means of transport), Хуучнаар (in the olden times), Гудамжаар (around/ by the streets) Явахаар (In order to): Би кафе явахаар такси авсан (in order to …