Tibetan grammar / by H. A. Jas̈chke.

  • Heinrich August Jäschke
Date:
1883
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Credit: Tibetan grammar / by H. A. Jas̈chke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    34. The finite verb. 1. The principal verb of a sentence, which always closes it (48.) receives in written Tibetan in most cases a certain mark, by which the end of a period may be known. This is, in affirmative sentences, the vowel o (called by the grammarians: in interrogative ones the syllable am. Before both the closing consonant ot the verb is repeated, or, if it ends with avowel, and are written. The Perfect of the verbs ending in which formerly had a ^ as second final - ^ —, as¬ sume and — 2. These additional syllables are omitt¬ ed a) in imperative sentences, b) in the latter member of a double question, c) when the question is expressed al- jeady by an interrogative pronoun or adverb, d) in coor¬ dinate members of a period, with exception of the last one, e) commonly, when the principal verb is the verb substan¬ tive etc. (40. 1.). Examples. a) ,go!‘, ,come here!4. — o ,do you see or not?1 — c) ,who is there?4, ,when did (he, you etc.) arrive?4. - d) pcci'^j*T] ] | ,the houses were destroyed, the men killed, the whole town annihilated1 — e) J ,in the sand of the river is gold4. Note. In conversation the o is generally omitted, and
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