Disjunctive-Conjunction Particles

This particle has eleven markers, mirroring the suffix or secondary suffix of the word it is attached to.
As such, there are: གམ། ངམ། དམ། ནམ། བམ། མམ། འམ། རམ། ལམ། སམ། ཏམ།

As before, the འམ། will be attached directly onto a word with འ། suffix or no suffix, for example:

While the ཏམ། is for the ད་དྲག, for example: གྱུར་ཏམ་མ་གྱུར།


The main usage of this particle is to express alternatives, as in “either/or”, but as such will also end up meaning “and” sometimes.

For example:

The particle’s second usage is in expressing doubt between alternatives, which also allows one to form questions.

For example:


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