An Introductory Primer and Grammar of Ahom Tai ... - Khamkoo
An Introductory Primer and Grammar of Ahom Tai ... - Khamkoo
An Introductory Primer and Grammar of Ahom Tai ... - Khamkoo
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<strong>An</strong>q nj ruinq kw<br />
nj x] k; s[q What are these ?<br />
<strong>An</strong>q nj nU It is (a) rat.<br />
nnq x] no[q s] kw<br />
This is my house.<br />
Interrogative pronouns<br />
Those are my sisters.<br />
f] who ? lo] which<br />
s[q what ? pEw why ?<br />
f] l] r[q m] who told you ?<br />
f] tukq k; tI mnq who bit him ?<br />
f] kunq nnq who is that man ?<br />
m] la s[q what do you want ?<br />
f] m; who is coming ?<br />
A ; nj x] <strong>An</strong>q f] whose are these ?<br />
x]kinq s[q what do they eat ?<br />
pEw s[q m] m ; why do you come ?<br />
riunq nj <strong>An</strong>q f] whose house is this ?<br />
Interrogative pronouns<br />
f] who ? f] s[q anybody<br />
nM many k; fo[q some<br />
pEnq others f] kj somebody<br />
k; fo[q pj k; Some fled away.<br />
f] pinq xunq Who becomes king.<br />
f] s[q dU bbq dj <strong>An</strong>ybody not to see.<br />
f] s[q pinq xunq <strong>An</strong>ybody who becomes king.<br />
f] kj rikq r[q m] Somebody is calling you.<br />
f] eka mEw nj bbq m; Nobody will come today.<br />
kunq nM tj nM lU Many died <strong>and</strong> many fled.<br />
Verbs : Tense<br />
The tenses in <strong>Ahom</strong> are <strong>of</strong>ten expressed by adding some words to the verbs.<br />
The present Indefinite Tense<br />
is generally expressed without any auxiliary.
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