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=== Verb (བྱ་ཚིག་) ===
 
=== Verb (བྱ་ཚིག་) ===
  
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Generally, verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <v>. The bare stem of any verb, by itself, is a steady state present tense, using the tag <stpr>.
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Standard, or "lexical" verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <v>, which is shortened from <vblex>. The bare stem of any verb, by itself, is a steady state present tense, using the tag <stpr>.
 
There exist two unique verb classes of interest, which are listed below.
 
There exist two unique verb classes of interest, which are listed below.
  
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"To be" verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <vbser>.
 
"To be" verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <vbser>.
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==== Auxiliary Verb ====
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Auxiliary verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <vaux>.
  
 
=== Adjective (ཁྱད་ཚིག་) ===
 
=== Adjective (ཁྱད་ཚིག་) ===

Revision as of 21:07, 5 March 2021

Parts of Speech

Noun (མིང་)

Nouns in Dzongkha will use the tag <n>.

Common Noun

Common nouns in Dzongkha will use the tag <cl1>.

Gendered Noun

Gendered nouns in Dzongkha will use the tag <cl2>, with <f> and <m> added to denote gender.

Honorific Noun

Honorific nouns in Dzongkha will use the tag <cl3>.

Verb (བྱ་ཚིག་)

Standard, or "lexical" verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <v>, which is shortened from <vblex>. The bare stem of any verb, by itself, is a steady state present tense, using the tag <stpr>. There exist two unique verb classes of interest, which are listed below.

Modal Verb

Modal verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <vbmod>.

"To be" Verb

"To be" verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <vbser>.

Auxiliary Verb

Auxiliary verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <vaux>.

Adjective (ཁྱད་ཚིག་)

Adjectives in Dzongkha will use the tag <adj>.

Adverb

Adverbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <adv>.

Pronouns

Pronouns in Dzongkha will use the tag <prn>.

Postposition

Postpositions in Dzongkha will use the tag <post>.

Numeral

Numerals in Dzongkha will use the tag <num>.

Determiner

Determiners in Dzongkha will use the tag <det>.