Grammar of colloquial Tibetan - learning tibetan

CHAPTER VI. 5^
ning witli if takes 5' added to the root of the verb ;
that the
second clause, as in English, takes the future, when joined to a
and that, when joined to a past
present conditional clause ;
conditional clause, the second clause takes the perfect indica-
tive changing U^(5' into CAI^" and ^^' into O^^^JVC
Thus, if he
HAD KNOWN YESTERDAY, HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT. P^'^'P^'
^•cn'(3:"^^^'3;' j ^' \ Q.^^ |
khe-sa kho ha-lco-na te-ra-du.
16. As, BECAUSE, SINCE is expressed by ^ZJ e.g. R^'cB^'
5^'^'3^'^C^'C^^'9^'^'^^ 1 khydii'tsho cKe ma-thujp-tsang
nge cKe-pa-yin. As you could not do it, I did it. ^^*^