Modern Mongolian: A Course-Book [Paperback]

John Gaunt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0700713263 | ISBN-13: 978-0700713264 | Publication Date: September 3, 2004 | Edition: Bilingual

This complete guide to the Mongolian language provides a basic knowledge of all Mongolian noun inflexions and the basic and most important verbal inflections, and the uses of these. Grammatical concepts are introduced at the beginning of each chapter and discussed, with further examples, in a grammar section. Each chapter is accompanied by a list of new vocabulary items. A complete vocabulary list, English-Mongolian and Mongolian-English, is given at the end of the book, as is a list of all the Mongolian terminations, inflexions and stems that appear in the book.

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About the Author

John Gaunt is affiliated to the Mongolian Studies Unit, Cambridgy University, and works as a freelance translator and interpreter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; Bilingual edition (September 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0700713263
• ISBN-13: 978-0700713264
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #884,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a fair textbook, December 17, 2007

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X. Wang (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Mongolian: A Course-Book (Hardcover)

This book as a one of the few modern Mongolia textbooks out there in the market does do a good job presenting basic Mongolian grammatical concepts, with a plus since it has an accompanying cassette. However, this book does not do a thorough job in laying out Mongolian grammar and it has many typos which are really irritating. In comparison Colloquial Mongolian is a better book both in terms of presenting Mongolian language, culture and the price of the book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction But Lacking, August 18, 2007

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Pieter F. Theron (Darhan, Mongolia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Mongolian: A Course-Book (Paperback)

I am living in Darhan, Mongolia, and have been doing full-time Mongolian language study for 8 months. I ordered and used this book as part of my language studies. This book gives a good introduction to Mongolian and it helps to have some grammatical explanations in English. The exercises in the book are good for practice. However, the book is insufficient for learning Mongolian fully, either spoken or written. There are some errors in the book - grammtical and the use of some endings (suffixes). This book helps as an introduction to the language and gives an overview of some basics, but as said, is not sufficient to really learn the language.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Out There, September 4, 2011

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This review is from: Modern Mongolian: A Course-Book (Paperback)

I can honestly say that having been in Mongolia a few months now this has been the most helpful to study. I would have given it a 5 had the fact you can't get the audio accompaniment anywhere. Hearing how the words are said would make this even better. I also know having lived here some words aren't actually pronounced the way they suggest but that's a failure of every other book I've tried.

I love the fact words are mixed and not based on topics. The grammar rules pronunciation is packed at the beginning so you see it over and over again as you progress. Everyone learns differently but for me this was the most helpful.