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Causative Auxiliaries with Volitional Verbs

When they are associated with volitional verbs, causative auxiliaries indicate that the action is intentionally performed by the agent, and emphasize the process, or when they are combined with the future tense, the volition or obligation of the agent.

  • རྒྱལ་པོས་རྙིང་རྗེས་སྐྱོང་བར་བྱེད། “The king rules with compassion.”
  • ལྡིག་པ་སྤང་བར་བྱ། “One should make an effort to desist from sinful acts.”
  • ཉ་པས་ཟས་ཀྱིས་ཁ་བྲིད་ནས་ཉ་རྣམས་གསོད་པར་བྱེད། “The fisherman kills fish by attracting them with bait.”
  • Causative Auxiliaries with Volitional Verbs (English, Latin script, Original)

Subject ID: S5300