Resultative Auxiliaries with Non-Volitional Verbs

Resultative auxiliaries generally emphasize the result of the action. They are usually used in connection with non-volitional verbs, but may also figure with volitional verbs.

In association with non-volitional verbs, the resultative auxiliary confirms that the action or process is unintentional. Resultative auxiliaries are also useful to indicate the tense of the verb when it is invariable.

• དེ་ནས་རྒྱལ་པོའི་ཕོ་བྲང་མཐོང་བར་གྱུར། “I saw the king’s palace from there.”
• མཐར་འཆི་བར་འགྱུར་རོ། “(We) will die in the end.”
• ན་བའི་བུ་ལ་ཁྱེད་པར་དུ། མ་ནི་གདུང་བ་སྐྱེ་བར་འགྱུར། “A mother is especially saddened for a sick son.”