The Suffix གར་
This verb suffix, which may be spelled either གག་ or གར་, occurs only in Spoken Tibetan. It is used to introduce the complement of a verb of motion. The verb to which this suffix is attached must go in the present-future. It is translated by the English infinitive. We must therefore say ལྟ་གར་, “to watch,” and not *བལྟས་གར་. In Literary Tibetan, this suffix is replaced by the forms པར་ and བར་.
- སྤོ་ལོ་ལྟ་གར་འགྲོ་གི་ཡིན། “I’m going to watch the soccer match.”
- ཁོང་ཁྲོམ་ལ་བཞེས་ཚལ་གཟིགས་གར་ཕེབས་སོང་། “He has gone to buy vegetables in the market.” (Honorific)
- ཟླ་བ་ཁྱེད་རང་མཇལ་གར་བཅར་གྱི་རེད། “Dawa will come to see you.” (Honorific)