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Tibetan - basic sentence  Grammar: In English poetry, we are normally very free with word-order. We can say: ''That man lovely is.'' But we really mean: ''That man is lovely.'' In Tibetan, word-order is very strict. When you are learning English grammar in school, you learn the parts of speech, some of which are: subjects, objects, verbs, prepositions, nouns, adjectives, etc.. The order of words in a basic Tibetan sentence are as follows: Subject first, object second, and verb last. So like in the example in the first sentence of this lesson, you could be saying in English: ''That man is lovely.'' In Tibetan you would say: ''That man lovely is.'' Vocabulary: (Pronounce words the way they are presented, Tibetan words are on the left, English words on the right) dee : this t-he : that p-hah-kee : that over there day : here t-her : there mee : man chay-poh : king trog-pah : nomad trog-poh : friend ch-hoo : water reh : is, was, are, were t-hong : to see Examples of Sentences: mee ch-hoo t-hong. A man sees water. (Literally: ''Man waters sees.'') chay-poh t-her reh. A king is there. (Literally: ''King there is.'') day trog-pah reh Here is a nomad. (Literally: ''Here nomad is.'')  comment >    2011 SEP-03 02:39 (by )