Grammar of colloquial Tibetan - learning tibetan

CHAPTER VI. 55
for the 1st person, Q^^^' is ordinarily used for the
2nd and 3rd, and where V^3i' for the 1st person ^^*
for the 2nd and 8rd. The perfect is also rendered by
^C* or ^C and sometimes by Q^^^' added to the root
of the verb, and the same for all persons, thus, C^^'^'
gC^' I
HE DIED.
nge Ho-cHung, I heard ; p\a'^C^' | hho shi-song^
Note also here the difference of root referred to in para.
4 {a) of this chapter ; p^'(5('^'Q.^^' kho sKic Hi-du,
HE IS PETITIONING, but p^sJ'ja^'i^'-^C' hho sKu-pa re, he
HAS PETITIONED.
10. Pluperfect.—This (I had poured, etc.) is translated
in the same way as the perfect, just as the imperfect is
translated in the same way as the present. The context will
sometimes include an adverb of time, and will in any case
usually show whether the perfect or pluperfect is intended.
11. Future Indicative*— C^' nge or Z:^^'^VC^VV^9:
ngan-tsh'6 luJc-M-yin, I {or we) will pour.
ra^'^^' / m^' \ hhyd-re or |5^'c^^'S^'^''^S' f^hyon-tmo luk-
Jci re, you {or ye) will pour.
ra^' kho or p* ^^'3^V^V^^' kho7i-tshd lulc-M-re, he {or they)
will pour.
U^Z.' yong added to the perfect root of the verb may also be
used for all persons, thus, C;^'g^^'5fC' nge liiH-yong, I will