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

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Exercise 3 : Translate :<br />

a) at day time<br />

b) vegetable seed<br />

c) his elephant<br />

d) gr<strong>and</strong>child's sword<br />

e) gr<strong>and</strong>child sees elephant<br />

f) vegetable (from) market<br />

g) he sees (the) sword<br />

h) hundred granchild<br />

Lesson 2<br />

m = M At the end <strong>of</strong> a word m is represented by the symbol<br />

slightly towards the left. It carries the sound âm such as xM khâm, nM nâm, dM dâm.<br />

Vocabulary 2 :<br />

nM water tMO at<br />

vM ask V sM three<br />

dM black cM <strong>and</strong><br />

xM gold yM bell<br />

[M good<br />

Exercise 4 : Translate :<br />

a) dpq xMO sM bnq lnq vMO sM c[q lnq<br />

b) mnq vMO nM xMO vMO lnq dpq nM xO<br />

c) tMO ktq xMO nM sM c[q nM xMO [M<br />

d) bnq [M nM [M xMO [M yM xM [M<br />

Exercise 5 : Translate :<br />

a) gold water<br />

b) he sees elephant<br />

c) he asks gr<strong>and</strong>child<br />

d) gr<strong>and</strong>child sees him<br />

e) gr<strong>and</strong>child asks him<br />

f) three black horses<br />

g) gold bell<br />

h) ask him<br />

M sitting above the consonant<br />

Lesson 3

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