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སླར་བསྡུ་ slar bsdu
Alternative names: རྫོགས་ཚིག་ rdzogs tshig, ཟླ་སྡུད་ zla sdud
English names: conclusive particle, terminative particle
Pronunciation
In Ütsang dialect:
སླར་བསྡུ་ slar bsdu: lardu
རྫོགས་ཚིག་ rdzogs tshig: dzoktsik
ཟླ་སྡུད་ zla sdud: dadü
The སླར་བསྡུ་ (Wylie: slar bsdu) is a dependent particle with 11 different forms:
- གོ་ go
- ངོ་ ngo
- དོ་ do
- ནོ་ no
- བོ་ bo
- མོ་ mo
- འོ་ ‘o
- རོ་ ro
- ལོ་ lo
- སོ་ so
These particles mark the end of a statement or topic. They are used most frequently in Old Tibetan, but they are widespread in Classical Tibetan as well.
Their usage is as follows:
| After this letter: | Use this particle: | Examples and notes: |
| ག་ g | གོ་ go | བཞག་གོ་ bzhag go |
| ང་ ng | ངོ་ ngo | གཏོང་ངོ་ gtong ngo |
| ད་ d (as a suffix letter) | དོ་ do | འཆད་དོ་ ‘chad do |
| ན་ n | ནོ་ no | གསན་ནོ་ gsan no |
| བ་ b | བོ་ bo | འབབ་བོ་ ‘bab bo |
| མ་ m | མོ་ mo | ཐིམ་མོ་ thim mo |
| འ་ ‘ or one of the five vowels | འོ་ ‘o | After འ་ it replaces the འ་: མཐའ་ mtha’ > མཐའོ་ mtha’o After vowels it is usually added within the same syllable: ལ་ la > ལའོ་ la’o |
| ར་ r | རོ་ ro | དབོར་རོ་ dbor ro |
| ལ་ l | ལོ་ lo | འཚལ་ལོ་ ‘tshal lo |
| ས་ s | སོ་ so | བཞུགས་སོ་ bzhugs so |
| ད་ d (as a post-suffix letter) | ཏོ་ to | With an explicit ད་དྲག་ da drag: བསྟནད་ཏོ་ bstand to With an implicit ད་དྲག་ da drag: བསྟན་ཏོ་ bstan to |
