Signification
Losing blood from a wound.
Contexte culturel
Mongolians traditionally avoid spilling blood on the ground. When slaughtering animals, they use a method that keeps the blood inside the chest cavity to be collected. Spilling blood is seen as wasting life force. In Mongolia, blood donation is highly encouraged and seen as a heroic act of 'giving life' to those who 'цус алдсан' (lost blood). Some older Mongolians believe that a sudden nosebleed (хамарнаас цус алдах) is a sign that someone is talking about you or that you have 'hot blood' (цус хөөрөх).
Emergency Tip
If you forget the word 'алдах', just say 'Цус!' and point. Everyone will understand.
Don't tilt back
In Mongolia, people often tell you to tilt your head back for a nosebleed, but modern medicine says to tilt forward!
Signification
Losing blood from a wound.
Emergency Tip
If you forget the word 'алдах', just say 'Цус!' and point. Everyone will understand.
Don't tilt back
In Mongolia, people often tell you to tilt your head back for a nosebleed, but modern medicine says to tilt forward!
Ablative Case
Always remember the '-аас' suffix for the body part. It makes you sound like a native speaker.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'цус алдах'.
Тэр маш их ______ байна. Түргэн дуудаарай!
We use the present continuous 'алдаж байна' because the action is happening right now.
Which sentence is correct for a nosebleed?
How do you say 'My nose is bleeding'?
You must use the ablative case '-аас' to show the blood is coming *from* the nose.
Match the phrase to the situation.
Match: 1. Цус гарах, 2. Цус алдах, 3. Дотуур цус алдах
'Гарах' is for minor, 'Алдах' is for serious, 'Дотуур' is for internal.
🎉 Score : /3
Aides visuelles
Banque d exercices
3 exercicesТэр маш их ______ байна. Түргэн дуудаарай!
We use the present continuous 'алдаж байна' because the action is happening right now.
How do you say 'My nose is bleeding'?
You must use the ablative case '-аас' to show the blood is coming *from* the nose.
Match: 1. Цус гарах, 2. Цус алдах, 3. Дотуур цус алдах
'Гарах' is for minor, 'Алдах' is for serious, 'Дотуур' is for internal.
🎉 Score : /3
Questions fréquentes
4 questionsNo, it can be used for animals as well, which is very common in the Mongolian countryside.
Yes, poetically you can say 'зүрх цус алдах' (the heart is bleeding), but it's very dramatic.
'Гоожих' implies a steady flow or leak, while 'алдах' focuses on the loss of the fluid.
Say 'Миний хамарнаас цус алдаж байна'.
Expressions liées
Цус гарах
similarBlood coming out
Цус тогтоох
contrastTo stop bleeding
Цус багадалт
specialized formAnemia
Цус сэлбэх
builds onBlood transfusion
