When formed with nouns, conjunctive compounds are structured noun + noun. This juxtaposed or paratactic structure involves the coordination of nouns without the use of connectives:

• ཞིང་འབྲོག་ “Nomads and farmers”
• གདེ་སློབ་ “Teachers and students”
• རྒྱ་བོད་ “Chinese and Tibetans” or “China and Tibet” (but in a more ancient context, “Indians and Tibetans” or “India and Tibet”)

When formed with verbs, conjunctive compounds have a sequential verb structure: verb 1 + verb 2:

• ཉམས་གསོ་ “Restoration” (ruin-repair)
• བཅིངས་འགྲོལ་ “Liberation” (bind-free)