Goldstein Melvyn C. Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan. A Reading Course and Reference Grammar

University of California Press, 1991. — 493 p.This book was written to assist beginners not only to master the multiplicity of Tibetan grammatical particles and markers, but also to develop the skills to cope with the semantic component of Tibetan grammar.
Part I comprises 8 Lessons. Lessons One and Two present the 30 letters of the Tibetan alphabet together with a description of how they are pronounced.
Part II contains both lessons and and extended reading examples taken from novels, folk tales, histories, newspapers and magazines. Throughout the book the readings are translated as close to the original Tibetan as possible.
Part III consists of an English-Tibetan Glossary, a verb declension chart listing the different stems of the verbs used in the book, and an appendix with 5 selections illustrating the genre of communist political essays.
This book, therefore, was written to assist beginners not only to master the multiplicity of Tibetan grammatical particles and markers, but also to develop the skills to cope with the semantic component of Tibetan grammar.
Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan will teach reading skills in a range of genres of written Tibetan. It moves quickly to cover essential grammatical structures so that stories can be introduced.