Monday, June 23, 2008

САЙН БАЙНА УУ? (Sain baina uu?) - Hello, How are you?

1. Сайн байна уу? (Sain baina uu?)
2. Сайн, Та сайн байна уу? (Sain, Ta sain baina uu?)
3. Сайн, Миний нэр Том. Таны нер хэн бэ? (Sain, Minii ner Tom. Tanii ner khen be?)
4. Миний нер Жон. Та юу хиидэг вэ? (Minii ner Jon. Ta yuu khiideg ve?)
5. Би Бичээч. (Bi bicheech.)

1. Hello, how are you?
2. Good, how are you?
3. Good, My name is Tom. What is your name?
4. My name is Jon. What do you do?
5. I am a writer.

Уу, YY, Юу, ЮY are only used with questions that have no question word (i.e. no who, what, when, where, or why). It's important to remember that Юу - the question particle - and Юу the question word (Энэ юу вэ?) are different.

уу: Follows words that end with back vowels a, o, and y.

YY: Follows words with front vowels э, Y.

Юу: Follows words that have two back vowels aa, oo, yy.

ЮY: Follows words that have two front vowels ээ, YY.

Загвар / Model

Questions with short answers:
Сайн байна уу? (Sain baina uu?)
Сайн. (Sain.)
Та нар ойлгож байна уу? (Ta nap oilgoj baina uu?)
Ойлгохгуй байна. (Oilgokhgui baina.)

Or-Questions
Тер таны найз уу, эхнэр YY? (Ter tanii naidz uu, ekhner uu?)
Энэ бал уу, харандаа юу? (Ene bal uu, kharandaa uu?)

Yes/No Questions
Энэ монгол ном уу? (Ene mongol nom uu?)
Тийм. (Tiim.)
Тэр Yнэтэй юY? (Ter unetei yuu?)
Yй. (Ugui.)







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