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* {{transferTest|dzo|eng|ལྷོད་ཅི་|arrived}}  
 
* {{transferTest|dzo|eng|ལྷོད་ཅི་|arrived}}  
 
*: {{transferMorphTest|dzo|eng|ལྷོད་{{tag|v}}{{tag|iv}}{{tag|past}}|arrived{{tag|v}}{{tag|iv}}{{tag|past}} }}
 
*: {{transferMorphTest|dzo|eng|ལྷོད་{{tag|v}}{{tag|iv}}{{tag|past}}|arrived{{tag|v}}{{tag|iv}}{{tag|past}} }}
 
  
 
==== Present Tense ====
 
==== Present Tense ====

Revision as of 04:29, 25 April 2021

Grammatical Differences

Adding Possessive or Genitive Suffix to Nouns

Adding Case Suffixes to Nouns

Locative

  • (dzo) སྒྲོམ་ནང་ → (eng) in the box
    (dzo) སྒྲོམ་<n><loc> → (eng) in<prp> a<det><def> box<n><sg>
  • (dzo) དུས་ཚོད་ཁར་ → (eng) on time
    (dzo) དུས་ཚོད་<n><loc> → (eng) on<prp> time<n><sg>

Ablative

  • (dzo) རྒྱ་མཚོ་ལས་ → (eng) from the ocean
    (dzo) རྒྱ་མཚོ་<n><abl> → (eng) from<prp> a<det><def> ocean<n><sg>
  • (dzo) ང་ལས་ → (eng) from me
    (dzo) ང་<prn><p1><sg><abl> → (eng) from<prp> me<prn><p1><sg>

Adding Tense Suffix to Verbs

Past Tense

  • (dzo) ལྷོད་ཅི་ → (eng) arrived
    (dzo) ལྷོད་<v><iv><past> → (eng) arrived<v><iv><past>

Present Tense

Future Tense

Adding "to be" Verbs

Article After Noun

dzo-eng tests