Accusative case Used to indicate direct object of a sentence. Meaning: show direct object Questions: What; whom? Юунаас? Хэнээс? Suffixes: -г Used for stems ending in a long vowel and/or hidden g Гэргийг (wife) -ыг Used for stems ending in back vowels Номыг (book)Хотыг (city) -ийг Used for stems ending in a front vowel (words …
The poem, Tenger Shig bai, was written by Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar for his son (at age 12) before he went to go study Buddhism with the Dalai Lama in India. Ochirbatym Dashbalbar is most famous for his poems Tenger Shig Bai and Амьддаа бие биенээ хайрла or Love Each Other While Living. Please enjoy! Хамаг бүгдээр чамайгХарааж нулимж …
Directive Case Used to indicate movement to or at something Meaning: to, at Questions: At what? To whom? Юу руу? Хэн руу? Suffixes: Луу (M) Used with vowels: а о, у, ё, я that end in “р” Газар луу Лүү (F) Used with vowels: ө, э, ү, е, и that end in “р” Гэр лүүгээ …
Ablative Case Used to indicate movement from something and/or a cause. Meaning: from, than Questions: From what; from whom? Юунаас? Хэнээс? Suffixes: -аас (ээс, оос, өөс) Pronouns: 1st person Надаас (from me) Биднээс (from us) 2nd person Чамаас/Танаас (from you) Та нараас (from you) 3rd person Түүнээс (from him/her) Тэднээс (from them) Uses of Ablative …
Comitative Case (Хамтрах) Used to express a person and/or a thing that accompanies the subject of a sentence. Meaning: “To have, with, together with” Questions: With whom; With what? Хэнтэй? Юутай? Suffixes (following vowel harmony): -тай, -той, -тэй Pronouns: First person Надтай (with me) Бидэнтэй (with us) Second person Чамтай/ Таньтай (with you) Та нартай …
Reflexive Ending: –aа4 (Object + aa, ээ, оо, өө) Added to the object of the sentence to reflect or point back to the subject. Used to show that the object of a sentence is related to the subject. The reflexive ending emphasizes possession (my/mine). Example: “my mother” or “my dog” Reflexive Ending -aа4 shows that …
Dative/Locative Case Used to indicate direction and destination. Meaning: at, in, to Questions: To whom; To what? Юунд? Хэнд? Suffixes: -д/т Suffix usage rules: Use -д for words ending in a vowel (нохойд, далайд, аавд) and н, м, л (малд, байшинд) and always insert vowels with words ending in д, э, т, х, ш, ц, …
Mongolian (Монгол хэл) is spoken throughout Mongolia, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in China, and even the Buryatia and Kalmykia regions in Russia. However Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia. The Mongolian language is part of the Altaic language family which includes Turkish, Manchurian, Korean, and Japanese languages. Mongolian an agglutinative language due to its …
The love poem Амьддаа бие биенээ хайрла or Love Each Other While Living was written by famous Mongolian writer and politician, Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar. Click here for the English translation. In 1957, Ochirbatyan Dashbalbar was born Sukhbaatar province, eastern Mongolia. His political career started sooner after the fall of the Soviet Union. It is said that …