An Introductory Primer and Grammar of Ahom Tai ... - Khamkoo

A] bj take and place
cw fa xEnq xI c[q A] cuM si[q bj ruinq cMu si[q
The king took back the idol of Seng on elephant back and placed it at the temple.
Adverbs
Excepting a few adverbials of time which may be placed at the end, most adverbials of
time sit at the beginning of a sentence.
k; na before poj then
k; l[q afterwards poj Anq formerly
Aonq nj formerly poj k; l[q then
Aonq t[q at first pI nj this year
eta then pI kj last year
tEnq lEnq thereafter pI hnq that year
t[q Anq then mEw kj sometime ago
tI lo] now mEw nj now
c[q nj now mEw [; yesterday
yiO mEw ancient time mEw fukq tomorrow
mEw nj today mEw nnq that time
tEnq lEnq pU fI sU eka yU tM kw ri[q xa
Thereafter Pu-phi-su stayed at Kao-ring-kha.
t[q Anq ya si[q fa eka vM xMo xunq c[q
Then Jasingpha said to Khun-chang.
yMi mEw bw mI fI mI s[q skq kunq
In ancient time there was no god or man.
lunq l[q Rf] pinq xunq
Afterwards whosoever becomes king.
poj mnq m; yU ec]xMO
Then he came (and) stayed ar Che-kham.
poj Anq mEw bnq cw sEw d[q fa
Formerly in the reign of Siu-dang-pha.
poj k; l[q cM fU konq x] r[q knq el]
Then the Phukans consulted.
pI nj lkq nI to] sI [;
This year is lak-ni Tao-si-nga.
cw sEw k; fa m; pI hnq