Haflong Hindi - Example Phrases

Example Phrases

The dialect is largely intelligible to Hindi speakers, and features simplified grammar with loanword infusions.

Phrase English glosses Meaning
tumko mairong leke aayaa I (implied) you (tumko) rice (mairong) tak-ing (le-ke) came (aayaa) 'I brought you rice.'
tumraa kuttaa hamko kamraayaa Your (tumraa) dog (kuttaa) me (hamko) bit (kamraayaa) 'Your dog bit me.'
tum kahaan jaaegaa Where (kahaan) you (tum) go-Fut (jaa-egaa) 'Where will you go?'

In contrast to printed forms of Hindi, the Haflong variety lacks person and number agreement in the verb and ergative marking of the subject when transitive clauses are in a preterite or perfect tense.

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