Wilson Verb Types Summary
The eight basic verb types in the Wilson system with canonical example paradigms.
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བུམ་པ་མི་རྟག་པ་ཡིན། Pots are impermanent.
Subject → Complement → ← Verb
(nom.) (nom.)
བོད་ལ་རི་ཡོད། There are mountains in Tibet.
Qualifier → Subject → ← Verb
(nom.) (loc.)
འོད་ཟེར་རང་ལ་ཐིམ། Light rays dissolve into us.
Subject → [Qualifier] → ← Verb
(nom.) (obj.)
གཟུགས་རང་བཞིན་གྱིས་སྟོང་པ་ form being empty of inherent existence
Subject → [Qualifier] → ← Verb
(nom.) (syn. or 5th case)
སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱིས་ཆོས་བསྟན། Buddha taught the doctrine.
Subject → Object → [Complement] → ← Verb
(agen.) (nom.) (obj.)
ཁོས་གཟུགས་ལ་ལྟ། He sees forms.
Subject → Object → [Complement] → ← Verb
(agen.) (obj.) (obj.)
མྱུ་གུ་ལ་ཆུ་དགོས། Sprouts need water.
Subject → Object → ← Verb
(purp.) (nom.)
ང་ལ་བུམ་པ་ཡོད། I have a pot.
Subject → Object → ← Verb
(loc.) (nom.)