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