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

Chao-lung Siu-ka-pha came in that year.
mEw kj kw tI ruinq mI y[q
Sometime earlier I was not in the house.
mEw nnq sM bnq bw mI xunq el]
Then there was no king for three days.
mEw hnq cw sEw huM fa t[q pinq cw sE[q lu[q
At that time king Siu-hum-pha made Chao-seng-lung.
Note : If the time is specific, adverbs of time follow in order of year, month, week, day and
hour.
pI lkq nI ru[q ko] mEw duinq sI bnq dpq ko] cM f[q m; k;
In the year lak-ni Rung-Keu in fourth month on Dap-kau day the Bangals came.
lkq nI kpq snq mEw duinq ha cM AU toj funq k;
In lak-ni Kap-San in Din-ha month one Utai revolted.
bnq mE[q rw cM cI ri[q x; k[q lj m; xupq m; bj tI cw fa tI ec] hu[q
On the Mong-rao day, the chiring of the Miris came to the king and paid hoamge at
Garhgaon.
lkq nI rj snq mEw duinq kM bnq ru[q s] cw fa lukq tM ec] hu[q k; pj yU ec] no[q xMO
In lak-ni Rai-san, in Din-kam month on Ring-sau day, the king went from Garhgaon and
stayed at Nang Kham.
mEw duinq kM cM pukq s] ruinq lu[q
In the month of Din-kam, planted the post of Bargarh.
Adverbs of manner are generally placed after the verb ; when there is a direct object, the
adverb is placed after the object.
xnq quickly hi[q loudly
loj loj slowly n[q nj like this
yinq yinq secretly nM more
conq less n[q nnq like that
dI well ciw rapidly
rj badly nM nM greatly
ya pj xnq tI ptq luMO
Do not go quickly, (you) will get a fall.
pa s] nj m; loj loj
The girl is coming slowly.
mnq t[q xMo tj dI dI
He speaks Tai well
ya t[q hi[q pEnq tI dj [inq
Do not talk loudly, someone will hear.
mnq ltq xMo n[q nj
He talks like this.