Two types of place of activity

The term "place of activity" (བྱེད་ས།) can be ambiguous for verbs that also have indirect objects.

For example, the verb བཤད་པ། (to speak/explain/discuss):

• What is said will be the བཤད་བྱ། and is marked in the First Case.
• But the བཤད་ས། can refer to:
  • The place where a discussion is had (marked in the Seventh Case), or
  • The people who are being spoken to (marked in the Second Case)

However, this ambiguity is usually solved contextually.

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