Grammar of colloquial Tibetan - learning tibetan

52 TIBETAN GRAMMAR.
Present root Q^^^' jtc
Perfect do. ^i§^' chu.
Future do. ^^^' sKu.
Imperative do. ^^V chhu.
But the ordinary colloquial employs the perfect root i^lf^^j'
for all the tenses.
4. The exceptions to the above rule are :
(a) Verbs, the present root of which end in the inherent a
or ^^ usually make this present root for the present indi-
No
'
cative, future indicative formed by 2T|'l^'(^' JH-yin, negative
form of the imperative, present participle, asrentive participle,
present infinitive, and verbal noun, e.(/. 3'^'^^^| ^^'^-^'«--