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[No. 2, 
H. FranckO' — A collection of Ladakhi Proverbs. 
32. (a) 
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(b) maslii’thse ring’dugna shran’ma shran’chang ster’rin. 
(c) Iq the time I live, not die [before I shall die] I shall 
give you a beer of peas. 
(d) A threat. Before my death 1 shall find some opportunity 
to give you a severe beating. The beer of peas is 
said to be of a very bad taste. 
(e) Mashithsering is a Compos, adverb, and copulat, 
33. (o) 
(b) ma’bu drabs’thun cha’na 
thsalrgo thsod’ma chod’. 
(c) If mother and daughter agree in their counsel, breakfast 
may pass off well with vegetables [only]. 
(d) Much displeasure can be avoided by talking over a thing, 
before doing it. 
(e) Mabu is Compos, copulat. drabsthun comp, determin. 
34. (a) 
{h) sam’ba ngon’la matang’na 
gyod’pa sting’na yong’dug. 
(c) If you do not give thought first, repentance will come 
afterwards. 
35. ,(a) I 
(6) bon’gui nam’chogla ser’lugna yangnatharbalugna,tsogs’in. 
(c) It is all the same whether you pour gold in the ear of a 
donkey or dust. 
(d) Excuse of the lamas, when asked, why they do not 
teach the people. 
(e) In namchog as in many other words the silent letter of 
the second syllable is pronounced with the first. 
36. (a) 
(b) ngan’ma rgag’gyab’na, sting’ma rgod’ ma shor’. 
(c} When the man who walks first, stumbles, the man follow- 
ing behind, must not laugh. 
