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Intentional Egophoric

These auxiliaries imply that the subject-speaker is performing an action deliberately; they may be used only with volitional (or controllable) verbs. The intentional auxiliaries are: གི་ཡིན་ (future), གི་ཡོད་ (present), པ་ཡིན་ (perfective), and ཡོད་ (perfect).

  • ངས་རྩམ་པ་ཉོ་གི་ཡིན། “I’ll buy some tsampa.”
  • ངས་རྩམ་པ་ཉོས་ཡོད། “I’ve bought some tsampa.” (Perfect)
  • ངས་རྩམ་པ་ཉོས་པ་ཡིན། “I bought some tsampa.” (Perfective)
  • ང་ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ཁར་འགྲོ་གི་ཡོད། “I go (or I am going) to the Norbu Lingkha palace (now or habitually).”
  • ངས་ཤ་བཟས་པ་ཡིན། “I ate some meat.”
  • ངས་འབུ་བསད་པ་ཡིན། “I’ve (intentionally) killed an insect.”
  • Intentional Egophoric (English, Latin script, Original)

Subject ID: S5353