The only Subordinate Conjunctions are: 1. གལ་ ‘if’, introducing conditional sentences ending in ན་ ([41. A. 4]). But, as the conditional force really rests on the closing ན་, the initial གལ་ may be put or omitted at pleasure; 2. ཅི་ ‘but if’; གལ་ ‘if I can …’, ཅི་ ‘but if not …’; this last is found only in books.
[1] This is not very carefully observed even in good mscr. and prints, where ཡང་ will occur sometimes after ག་ etc., and ཀྱང་ after the other consonants and even after vowels. [↑]
Chapter X.
The Interjection.
45. The most common Interjection is ཀྱེ་, or, repeated, ཀྱེ་ ‘oh!, alas!’ used also before the Vocative. The language of common life uses instead: ཝ་ wa, or ཝའི་ wä. [[77]]