སློབ་ཚེན།Lesson 1 - འབོད་སྒྲ། Addressing others
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Addressing others
When speaking to a stranger, an appropriate and respectful way to address them is by first being aware of their age. For example, if you are addressing someone that is your parent’s age, then address them with པ་ལགས། (pa lak father), or ཨ་མ་ལགས། (ama lak mother).
- པོ་པོ་ལགས། popo lak grandfather
- རྨོ་རྨོ་ལགས། momo lak grandmother
- པ་ལགས། pa lak father
- ཨ་མ་ལགས། ama lak mother
- ཇོ་ལགས། jo lak brother
- ཨ་ཅག་ལགས། achak la sister
- བུ་ལགས། bu lak boy
- བུ་མོ་ལགས། bumo la girl
ལགས། lak as an honorific particle
ལགས། lak is an honorific particle used after people's names and titles, but it is incorrect to use after objects and animals. Here are a few common examples where the honorific particle ལགས། lak can be added to.
- བླ་མ་ལགས། la ma lak Lama
- སྐུ་ཤོགས་ལགས། ku shok la monk
- ཨ་ནེ་ལགས། ané lak nun
- རྒན་ལགས། gen lak teacher
- ཨེམ་ཆི་ལགས། em chi lak doctor
ལགས། as affirmative expression
Use ལགས། lak as an affirmative expression when someone calls you by name. Alternatively, ཨ a and ལོ lo also used in the same situation, but the former is a more direct expression.
When speaking to people close to you and your peers, we don't need to add this honorific particle. Let us say the following list of people are your friends; because they are your peers, we do not add the honorific particle ལགས། lak to their names.
- ཉི་མ། nyima Nyima
- ཟླ་བ། dawa Dawa
- མིག་དམར། mikmar Migmar
- ལྷག་པ། lhakpa Lhakpa
- ཕུར་བུ purbu Phurbu
- པ་སང་། pasang Pasang
- སྤེན་པ། penpa Penpa
Quizlet card set of the vocabulary
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