How to use the indefinite article in Tibetan

How to use the indefinite article in Tibetan

You want to learn how to use the indefinite article in Tibetan? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Tibetan lessons complete with useful examples. An apple, a house, a book... we explain it all to you in short, easy to follow lessons.

The Tibetan indefinite article

The indefinite article is what we call the words 'a' and 'an' in English. The English indefinite article 'a' does not exist in Tibetan. Unlike English, a noun on its own can be considered indefinite without the need for a specific word to show this.

Examples

ķyi
a dog
kupkya
a chair
kușu
an apple
a person
ķaŋpa
a building
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The indefinite article is what we call the word a in English. The indefinite article is used with nouns in English (a book, a chair, a door etc.). To get started in Tibetan, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns teb, kupkya and go (book, chair, door). Once you have learned these nouns, you can then learn how to use each noun with the indefinite article. This is easy in Tibetan, because in Tibetan, there is no indefinite article. So the word teb can mean book or a book, the word kupkya can mean chair or a chair and the word go can mean door or a door. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the indefinite article in Tibetan including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Tibetan nouns teb, kupkya and go, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Tibetan).

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