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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kw kinq xw<br />
x] pj They go.<br />
rw pj tI ruinq<br />
mnq yU tI ktq<br />
Present Continuous<br />
I eat rice.<br />
We go home.<br />
He lives in the market.<br />
To indicate an action going on at the moment <strong>of</strong> speaking, AU is placed after the verb, <strong>and</strong> if<br />
there is any object, after it.<br />
mnq kinq xw AU He is eating<br />
kw pj AU<br />
I am going<br />
rw hitq AU We are doing<br />
x] hitq AU They are working<br />
To indicate Past Tense, k; , y] , k; y] , el] are added to the verb.<br />
mnq pj y]<br />
He went<br />
rw kinq k; We ate<br />
kw kinq k; y] I had eaten<br />
kw pj k; tI nM s[q I went to Namsang<br />
mnq pj k; tI doj He went to the hills<br />
xunq kinq mE[q k; y] The king had ruled<br />
kunq rw pokq m; el] Our men came back<br />
x] yonq pj k; el] Defeated they fled<br />
To indicate Future Tense, tI or tkq is prefixed to the verb.<br />
kw tI pj<br />
I shall go<br />
rw tI hitq We shall work<br />
mnq tI pj<br />
He will go<br />
kw tkq kinq mE[q I will rule the kingdom<br />
Auxiliaries<br />
To mean 'to be', 'to have', 'to exist' etc. y[q , mI , yU are used.<br />
kw y[q m; tU z I have a dog<br />
m] y[q ruiw limq z You have a boat<br />
tI rU nj [U tU z y[q There is a snake in the hole<br />
sEw tU z yU tI vEnq There is a tiger in the jungle<br />
nukq yU n]r[q<br />
Birds live in nest<br />
Verbs <strong>of</strong> mutuality like 'to love', 'to fight' etc. take knq after them.
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