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Tibetan Vocabulary - Fruits

Hi Tibetan learners! 😊
In this lesson, we will learn the names of the different fruits in Tibetan. Fruits are an essential part of any diet due to their various health benefits, and by learning their names, you can expand your vocabulary and practice your pronunciation.

Consider exploring these related pages after completing this lesson: Time & Clothes.

Why Learn Tibetan Fruits?

Fruits are an essential part of our diet, and knowing the names of different fruits in Tibetan can help you communicate better with Tibetans. It can also help you understand more about the Tibetan culture and cuisine.

In Tibet, most fruits are grown in the southern regions, which have a milder climate ideal for cultivating fruits such as apples, pears, and peaches. Tibetan culture has a deep respect for nature, and fruits are enjoyed seasonally, mostly during summer and autumn.

By learning the names of different fruits in Tibetan, you can also expand your vocabulary and practice pronunciation.

Fruits in Tibetan

Here are the names of different fruits in Tibetan along with their transliteration and English translations:

Tibetan	Pronunciation	English
སྐྱི་མ་	"kheema" [kʰiːma]	Apple
པུ་ཏོ་	"puto" [puto]	Peach
གངས་ལན་	"ganglen" [ɡaŋlen]	Apricot
བཅོམ་པ	"chompa" [tʂomap]	Banana
མིང་རྡོ་རྗེ་	"ming dorje" [miŋ dorʤe]	Pineapple
གཙོ་མ་	"tso ma" [tso ma]	Orange
རྫ་མ་	"droma" [droma]	Plum
ནོར་པ་	"norpa" [norpa]	Coconut
ཀླུ་ཚོ་	"lutsotso" [lutso tso]	Kiwifruit
བུ་མོ་	"bumo" [bumo]	Grape
རོ་རྫོག་	"ro dzok" [ro dzok]	Raspberry
དགུ་དོ་	"gudo" [ɡudo]	Watermelon
དཀར་པོ་	"karpo" [karpo]	Melon

Example Dialogue

Here is an example dialogue that will help you understand the usage of these fruits in context:

• Person 1: སྐྱི་མ་ གསུང་བུ་མོ་མཁྱེན་པའི་ཡིག་ཆ་ཁ་གསུམ་པོས་བཟོ་ནི་ཨིན་པི་ཀོརོན་སོང་ཡོད། (kheema sung bumo khyanpa'i yik cha khasumpos zo ni inpikoren song yo?) - Can I have a fruit salad with apples and grapes?

• Person 2: དགུ་དོ་ དང་ པུ་ཏོ་ བཅད་ས་རྫས་བར་འབྱུང་། (gudo dang puto chedsa dzarbu yung) - Sure, we have watermelon and peach available.

Summary

We have learned the names of different fruits in Tibetan along with their transliteration and English translations. Knowing the names of different fruits in Tibetan can help you understand more about the Tibetan culture and cuisine.

To improve your Tibetan Vocabulary, you can also use the Polyglot Club website. Find native speakers and ask them any questions!

Sources

• Tibetan Vocabulary - Fruits
• Tibetan Vocabulary: Vegetables and Fruit Flashcards | Quizlet
• TIBETAN ENGLISH 100 First Words Picture Book: Classic first 100 ...

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