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

mnq pI z yU k; tI vj
He stayed there for one year.
kw nU k; kU tI
I looked everywhere.
tI v] ekakw bw k;
I did not go anywhere.
nuiw mnq fa to] mnq nM
The sky is above, water below.
cw fa tI vo] mE[q bj tI hnq
The king placed thao-mong there.
tI nnq r[q mnq f[q k;
His dead body was buried there.
Prepositions
Are always placed before their nouns or pronouns.
na in front of, before rM] near, about
n] in, within l[q behind
k[q between, in (time) lukq from (place)
nokq outside cMO in, at
nuiw above, over mj in, at
t;, tI at, in, on, to dojNq with
tMO at, in (place) pnq on
to[q from pEnq for
t] below, under pEw on account of
r[q for (purpose) tI at
n] ruinq nutq AU
It is hot inside (the) house.
nokq ruinq ktq AU
It is cold outside (the) house.
nukq yU n] r[q
Birds live in nest.
kunq tj yU rM] nM eAa
The Tais live on river bank.
likq nj fU nuiw t[q
The letter is on the table.
bnq nj yU n] k[q vEnq
The village lies in the middle of the forest.
cw fa lukq tM ec] hu[q m; f]