Dzongkha/Grammar

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་)

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>. Some verb classes of interest are listed below.

Adhortative Verb

Adhortative verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <adh>.

Optative Verb

Optative verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <opt>.

Supine Verb

Supine verbs in Dzongkha will use the tag <supn>.

Modal Verb

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

"To be" Verb

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

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>.