Video: Lesson 1

https://youtu.be/wAR8AJZ9cSU

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

https://quizlet.com/ca/524739475/lesson-1-flash-cards/?i=t22k3&x=1jqY