Assamese Grammar

The Assamese grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Assamese and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: আৰু [Ārau]	Under: তলত [Talata]
Before: আগেয়ে [Āgēẏē]	After: পিছত [Pichata]
Inside: ভিতৰফালে [Bhitaraphālē]	Outside: বাহিৰফালে [Bāhiraphālē]
With: সৈতে [Saitē]	But: কিন্তু [Kintu]
For: বাবে [Bābē]	From: পৰা [Paraā]
To: লৈ [Lai]	In: ভিতৰত [Bhitarata]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: কি? [Ki?]	Who?: কোন? [Kōna?]
How?: কেনেকৈ? [Kēnēkai?]	Why?: কিয়? [Kiẏa?]
Where?: ক'ত? [Ka'ta?]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: কেতিয়াও [Kētiẏā'ō]	Rarely: কেতিয়াবাহে [Kētiẏābāhē]
Sometimes: কেতিয়াবা [Kētiẏābā]	Usually: সাধাৰনতে [Sādhāranatē]
Always: সদায় [Sadāẏa]	Very: খুব [Khuba]

Most commonly used pronouns in Assamese:

I: মই [Ma'i]	You: আপুনি [Āpuni]
He: তেখেত [Tēkhēta]	She: তেখেত [Tēkhēta]
We: আমি [Āmi]	They: তেখেতসকল [Tēkhētasakala]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: মোৰ [Mōra]	Your: আপোনাৰ [Āpōnāra]
His: তেখেতৰ [Tēkhētara]	Her: তেখেতৰ [Tēkhētara]
Our: আমাৰ [Āmāra]	Their: তেখেতসকলৰ [Tēkhētasakalara]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: মই ইংৰাজী কওঁ। [Ma'i iṁraājī ka'ōm̐.]

You speak French: আপুনি ফৰাছীভাষা কয়। [Āpuni pharaāchībhāṣā kaẏa.]

He speaks German: তেখেতে জাৰ্মান কয়। [Tēkhētē jārmāna kaẏa.]

She speaks Italian: তেখেতে ইটালীয় ভাষা কয়। [Tēkhētē iṭālīẏa bhāṣā kaẏa.]

I visited France: আমি ফ্রান্স ভ্রমন কৰিছোঁ। - আমি ফ্রান্সলৈ গৈছো। [Āmi phrānsa bhramana karaichōm̐. - Āmi phrānsalai gaichō.]

I will drink milk: মই গাখীৰ খাওঁ। [Ma'i gākhīra khā'ōm̐.]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: মই আপোনাক বুজোঁ। [Ma'i āpōnāka bujōm̐.]

I don't understand you: মই আপোনাক বুজা নাই। [Ma'i āpōnāka bujā nā'i.]

I don't speak French: মই ফৰাছী ভাষা নকওঁ। [Ma'i pharaāchī bhāṣā naka'ōm̐.]

This is my house: এইটো মোৰ ঘৰ। [Ē'iṭō mōra ghara.]

That restaurant is far: সেই ৰেস্তোঁৰাখনলৈ বহুদূৰ। [Sē'i raēstōm̐raākhanalai bahudūra.]

No problem: চিন্তা নকৰিব। [Cintā nakaraiba.]

The above Assamese grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Assamese vocabulary to obtain some popular Assamese phrases.

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