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

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The king came from Garhgaon<br />

mnq m; lukq tM bnq rukq f]<br />

He came from Banruk.<br />

mnq pj siw c[q t; supq nM dI bo[q f]<br />

He went (<strong>and</strong>) caught elephants at the mouth <strong>of</strong> the Dibong.<br />

n] sj cM cw fa pj k; tI ec] rj doj<br />

The king went to Chraideo in the morning.<br />

mEw bnq z cw fa el] x; pa tI ex] es] sa f]<br />

One day the king went <strong>and</strong> caught fish at Sessa River.<br />

ya kinq xw k[q xEnq<br />

Do not eat rice at night.<br />

kunq njtukqlukq tI tunq mj<br />

The man fell from the tree.<br />

hU nj yU t] tunq mj<br />

The cow is under the tree.<br />

Conjunctions<br />

Co-ordinate conjunctions sit in between words or sentences they join.<br />

Sub-ordinate conjunctions sit before the subordinate clause.<br />

In conditional sentences, conjunctions sit before the conditional clause.<br />

t[q with ba or<br />

t[q kupq with dojNq with (person)<br />

tEw eka but el] also, <strong>and</strong><br />

kupq with ruiw or<br />

s[q if, though pEw nj because, for this<br />

s[q nj for this pEw n[q nj therefore<br />

s[q nnq for that pEw nj el] / c[q therefore<br />

cMO <strong>and</strong> kpq with<br />

el] pj el] m;<br />

go <strong>and</strong> come.<br />

kw t[q mnq m;<br />

I came with him.<br />

cw fa sEw rMo c[q t[q kupq n[q doj pinq ruinq<br />

Choa-pha Siu-ram married Nang Doi.<br />

cw pitq cM cw huM pj k; ruinq<br />

Chao-pet <strong>and</strong> Chao-hum went home.<br />

pEw nj cw fa hitq fitq funq tI x]<br />

Therefore the king got <strong>of</strong>fended with them.<br />

s[q mnq pj tI rui[q<br />

If he goes home.

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