< Tibetan
Bya tshig
Copula
Essential egophoric
- Nga bod mi yin
- I am Tibetan.
The negative form is with the word Min
- Nga p'i ling min
- I am not englisman.
Existencial Testimonial
- Kha lak shim po dug
- The food is delicious
- Me tok nyin gje mi dug
- The flower don't is beautiful
Infinitive
In general the suffixes for to create infinitives is pa or wa
| Root |
Infinitive |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Read | Lok | To read | Lok pa |
| Go | Do | To go | Do wa |
| Hear | Nyen | To hear | Nyen pa |
| Eat | Sa | To eat | Sa wa |
Present
Da ta ba
Past
'da pa
There are several ways of expressing the past tense, the most common is with the suffixes chung, tong, and chin.
- Nga na ning lor nyi hong la yül kor chin pa yin.
- I traveled to Japón last year.
Future
Ma ong pa
Imperative
The imperative is generally formed replacing the verb root with the central vowel change into an O
| Infinitive |
Imperative |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| To do | Dze 'pa | Do it! | Dzo |
| To let go | Tang wa | Let go! | Tong |
| To get up | Yar lang wa | Get up! | Yar long |
| To eat | To sa wa | Eat! | To so |
Howerer, there are cases in wicht tang or dhang must be annexing to the verbal root. Others words take the preffix shok to create the imperative.
| Infinitive |
Imperative |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| To see | Ta wa | See! | To dhang |
| To lead | Ti wa | Lead! | Ti shok |
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