Questions involving alternatives, such as “Would you like this or that?” are formed by placing the final interrogative particle ག་ (for the future) and པ་ (for the past) after each of the alternative sentences.

• གསོལ་ཇ་བཀྱག་ག ཁོ་ཕི་བཀྱག་ག “Shall I bring you tea or coffee?”
• ཆམ་ཆམ་ལ་ཕེབས་ག ནང་ལ་བཞུགས་ག “Will you go for a stroll or will you stay in?”

This formulation is sometimes referred to as a consultative construction.