Basic Mongolian Expressions for Peace Corps Trainees in Mongolia/Track 3
TRACK 3.
PHONETIC DRILLS
- 1. Listen to the alphabet as many times as you need.
- 2. Listen and repeat the alphabet below. There are some letters which are written the same as in English, but pronounced differently.
| A [ah] | B [ve] | H [en] | P [er] |
| X [heh] | E [ye] | C [es] | У [oi] |
- 3. Listen to the sounds of the alphabet and repeat them. Some letters have similar pronunciation to each other.
| Ж [dze] | З [ze] | Ц [tse] | Ч [che] | Ш [sh] | C [es] |
| X [heh] | Г [g] | К [ka] | Д [de] | Т [te] | |
| Б [be] | В [ve] | П [pe] | Ф [f] | ||
| О [o] | Ө [ṑ] | У [h] | Ү [ữ] | ||
| А [ah] | Э [a] | И [ea] |
- 4. Short and long vowels are very important and they change the meaning of a word.
| Ав - аав to take - father |
нүх - нүүх hole - to move |
сэр - сээр wake - backbone |
| xол - xоол far - meal |
ул - уул sole - mountain |
өр - өөр debts - different, else |
- 5. Listen to the words and repeat them.
| America / American | - Америк | England / English | - Англи |
| Asia / Asian | - Ази | Europe / European | - Европ |
| Mongolia /Mongolian | - Монгол | Russia / Russian | - Орос |
| China /Chinese | - Хятад | Florida | - Флорида |
| Dollar | - Доллар | Tugrik* | - төгрөг |
(*Mongolian currency)