Ploofle

First, a few words I want to remember:

хэрхэн – Similar to яаж but used more in writing, while яаж is more spoken.  Хэрхэн is often used in the sense of “How to do ____” rather than as a question word, or so I’ve been led to believe.

итгэл тавих – Guessing from context, but I believe it means roughly team-building (and perhaps literally trust putting).

__ хүртэл – I think this means “at least”…so like “At least 5 minutes.”  I was looking for how to say “less than” but I haven’t figured it out, e.g., “Less than five minutes remaning”

хэвлэл мэдээлэл – Literally “printed material” but I believe used as the term for “media” or “press.”  Perhaps a good indicator of why it’s hard to explain media to be inclusive of radio/internet/video/etc.

судалгаа – Used for both “survey” and “research” in Mongolian. It can be hard to differentiate between the two as a result.

Also just came across a potentially interesting site that has online Mongolian language listening comprehension exercises through Indiana University.  I’m not sure why its domain is Russian (.ru) though.

Also amusing: On Drunkenfreude and an educational tv series from the 80s that combines evil aliens, benevolent child aliens, librarians, bookmobiles, post-apocalyptic settings, and how to use your local library resources aptly named Tomes & Talismans. Sound like a name rip-off of any, erm, 80s-emerging RPGs? Go Mississippi public broadcasting!

Tags: alien hordes, drunkenfreude, mongolian