As a general rule, the verb in the main clause requires an auxiliary. However, the verb in subordinate clauses is usually followed directly by the subordinator or connective.

Moreover, auxiliaries are not used in cases where a series of actions is being enumerated:

• འབེན་གཅིག་ལ་གཏུང་བཙུགས། གཅིག་ལ་མདའ་བརྒྱབ། གཅིག་ལ་མེ་མདའ་བརྒྱབ་དགོས་རེད། “(The riders) have to stick a spear into the first target, shoot an arrow into the second, and fire a gun at the third!”

In this example, the verbs མདའ་བརྒྱབ་ “to shoot an arrow” and གཏུང་བཙུགས་ “to plant a spear” are not followed by auxiliaries. Only the last verb in the list has an auxiliary.