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Armenian, Caucasian, Mongol and Turkish Studies
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI "L'ORIENTALE"
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Expected learning outcomes:
At the end of the course, students should demonstrate a basic understanding of Mongolian grammar and be able to translate a simple text.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
Students should be able to demonstrate the following skills during the assessment: reading, translation, and textual analysis of a passage written in Mongolian. They should also be able to identify the grammatical forms used with a logical analysis of the text.
Making judgments:
At the end of the course, students should demonstrate the ability to interpret and summarize simple, original texts in Mongolian in a personal and effective manner.
Communication skills:
At the end of the course, students should demonstrate the ability to argue clearly and appropriately in Mongolian, using correct morphology and syntax. Students should demonstrate the ability to understand, analyze, and translate literary texts.
Learning skills:
By the end of the course, students
should have acquired the critical thinking skills necessary to find in-depth material appropriate to the course syllabus.
Course Prerequisites
PREREQUIREMENTS
none (basic knowledge of English can help to understand the difficult parts of grammar explanations, but is not required. Most lessons will be in Mongolian and Italian).
Teaching Methods
The course consists of lectures, exercises, seminars and other activities.
Assessment Methods
The exam is divided into: a written test and an oral exam.
Written test: The student will translate a short text and explain it grammaticaly
Oral exam: The student will read a short text, explain it grammatically, and conduct a basic conversation in Mongolian.
Evaluation Criteria:
The evaluation will consider the consistency, analytical and synthesis skills of the content, completeness of information, correct use of terminology, the ability to apply methodologies specific to the discipline, and the personal commitment demonstrated by the student in their studies.
Texts
Coursebooks:
1. Ragagnin, Elisabetta & Bat-Ireedüi, J. 2023. Corso di lingua mongola. Livelli A1-B1 del Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento per le Lingue. Milano: Hoepli.
2. Battuul, D. Mongol helnii yaria ba soril. 2009. Ulaanbaatar.
3. Jugderiin Lubsangdorji & Jaroslav Vacek. 2004. Colloquial Mongolian. An Introductory Intensive Course. Prague: Charles University.1-2.
4. Sanders, A.J.K. & Bat-Ireedüi, J. 1999. Colloquial Mongolian. A Complete Course for Beginners. London & New York: Routledge.
Dictionaries:
1. Bawden, C. 1997. Mongolian-English Dictionary. University of Michigan: K. Paul International.
2. Lessing, F. 1960. Mongolian−English Dictionary. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California.
Grammars:
1. Ariunžargal, G. 2014. Mongol Xelnii Zöw Bičix Züin Dürem ba Dasgal. Ulaanbaatar: Mongol Ulsin Ix Surguul’.
2. Kullman, R. & Cerenpil, D. 1996. Mongolian Grammar. Hong Kong: Jensco.
Contents
Mongolian language 1
1. Introduction. Modern Mongolic languages and people. Khalkha-Mongolian language. Alphabet, pronunciation. The vocals and the consonats. Vowel harmony. The accent. / Dialogues / Exercises
2. The text: What is your name? Greetings. / Basic structure of sentences. Nouns. Question particles. Personal pronouns. How to formulate a question. The adjective. / Dialogues / Exercises
3. The text: My name is Marco Polo. / Nouns with a secret "n". The genitive. "Vocalized" and "unvocalized" consonants. Personal pronouns in the genitive, dative-locative. The present/future -na4. The habitual present. Pronominal compounds. The possessive-reflexive suffix -aa4. How to address someone. / Dialogues / Exercises
4. The text: I like Mongolian language so much / The past -san4. The ablative: forms and functions. Postposed possessive adjectives. The present progressive -zh baina. The adjectival suffix -tai. The comitative. How to say "I like". The privative suffix -güi. The use of the analytical conjunction "jagaad gevel"./ Dialogues / Exercises
5. The text: What is your cell phone number? / Cardinal numbers. How to say your age. The instrumental. The days of the week. The directive. The voluntary. The verbal noun -x. The perephrastic construction "-x durtai, durgüi"./ Dialogues / Exercises
6. The text: Traveling in Mongolia / The particle "bol". The agent suffix. Ordinal numbers. The months of the year. How to express the date. Further functions of "n'". The family. The relation suffix -x. Addresses. The participle -aa4. The plural. How to express the intention to do something. The signs of the zodiac./ Dialogues / Exercises
7. The text: It fits her, him perfectly. / The particle buyu. How to express the will to do something. The accusative. Colors. The dubitative particle "baix". Noun compounds. The imperative -aarai4. The degrees of the adjective: the comparative. How to express necessity and duty. The superlative. The Mongolian sense of direction and the cardinal points. Conjunctions. / Dialogues / Exercises
Mongolian language 2.
1. The text: I forgot my passport! / The suffix -zhee. Causative verbs. The actional suffix -chix. How to express the time. Uses and functions of the particle ch. The deverbal suffix -aa4. The particle "l". The postpositions "sopra" and "sotto". / Dialogues / Exercises
2. The text: What will you do on the weekend? / How to express "to be about to...". Causal propositions. Conjunctions. The reflexive pronoun "ööröö". The construction -san deer. Expressing permissions and prohibitions with the construction -zh bol-. The verbal suffix -lc-. The converbial suffix -aad. The connective gezh. Pronominal verbs. How to express "to be able to..." / Dialogues / Exercises
3. The text: Let's have a nice toast! / The converbial suffixes -zh, -n. How to express trying, squeezing to do something. Indefinite pronouns and adjectives. Passive verbs. Collective numerals. Temporal subordinate clauses. The imperative form -aach. The relational suffix -x. The past -laa. The verbal suffix -cgaa. The postposition "tölöö". Units of measurement. Percentages. / Dialogues / Exercises
4. The text: Where do you usually go running? / The expression "yamar... yum be!". Orientation and directions. Temporal subordinate clauses. How to express "to stop...". Passive verbs. The hypothetical period. Noun compounds. The connective "gezh". / Dialogues / Exercises
5. The text: What concert is it? / Emphatic particles. How to express concessive subordinate clauses. Postpositions "this and that part, inside and outside". Indirect speech. How to express objective subordinate clauses. How to express the beginning of an action. The conjugation -tal(aa). The past -v. The suffix -lgüi. / Dialogues / Exercises
6. The text: Now I understand well. / Approximate numbers. The constructions "-zh av-" and "zh ög-". The suffixes -tan, -nguut, -la. How to express relative clauses. / Dialogues / Exercises
7. The text: The Mongol khans / Dialogues / Exercises
Mongolian language 3
Intensive conversation practice on the following topics:
1. Our class
2. Introducing yourself; months, seasons and names of the months and the week;
3. The house; the apartment.
4. The family. Work.
5. Daily life; routine.
6. Food; fruit and vegetables.
7. Shopping.
8. The post office.
9. The weather.
10. In the city.
11. At the bank
12. At the hairdresser.
13. Parts of the body; health.
14. Sport.
15. Travel.
Grammar and translations:
1. Morphology of nouns
2. Morphology of verbs
3. Vocabulary
4. Syntax, basic levels
5. Texts for reading and translation.
Course Language
Italian
More information
Attendance at the courses is not mandatory but is highly recommended.