The Connective ནས་

This particle, which is the same as that used to form the ablative case, is placed after the verb in a temporal or causal subordinate clause to link it with a following clause. It is always placed directly after the verb, and may not be preceded by an auxiliary. The marker ནས་ is translated, according to the context, by the conjunctions “and” or “then,” or else by “after” or “since.”

• ཁ་ལག་བཟས་ནས་ཡོང་གི་ཡིན། “I’ll come after I’ve eaten.”
• ལྷ་སར་ཕེབས་ནས་ག་ཚོད་ཕྱིན་སོང་། “How long has he been in Lhasa?” (Literally: “Since he came to Lhasa how much [time] has passed?”)
• སྔ་པོ་ལང་ནས་སློབ་གྲྭར་འགྲོ་གི་ཡོད། “I get up early and go to school.”