Classifiers Flashcards

1
Q

Round, bulky, hollow, container-like objects; certain articles of clothing

A

Lub

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2
Q

(the) Car

A

Lub tsheb

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3
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(the) pants

A

Lub ris

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4
Q

(the) watch

A

Lub moo

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5
Q

(the) flower

A

Lub paj

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6
Q

(the) store/shop

A

Lub taj laj

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7
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Thin, long, skinny, cylendrical objects; living beings (not plants), certain things that closely affect people (such as illnesses)

A

tus

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8
Q

(the) woman/wife

A

tus pojniam

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9
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(the) tail

A

Tus tw

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10
Q

(the) pig

A

Tus npua

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11
Q

(the) shaman

A

Tus txiv neeb

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12
Q

(the) man

A

Tus txiv neej

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13
Q

(the) stick/staff

A

Tus pas

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14
Q

Flat things

A

Daim

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15
Q

Farm field

A

Daim teb

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16
Q

paper

A

Daim ntawv

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17
Q

skirt

A

Daim tiab

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18
Q

picture

A

Daim duab

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19
Q

mirror

A

Daim iav

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20
Q

Tools, instruments, utensils

A

Rab

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21
Q

Qeej (the traditional hmong reed instrument righ there at the bottom right of the screen)

A

Rab qeej

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22
Q

spoon

A

Rab diav

23
Q

knife

A

Rab riam

24
Q

crossbow

A

Rab hneev

25
Q

Hoe (refers to multiple hoe-like farming tools)

A

Rab hlau

26
Q

Things that come in lengths (wire, rope, roads, etc.), certain concepts.

A

txoj

27
Q

string, rope

A

Txoj hlua

28
Q

luck, fortune

A

Txoj hmoo

29
Q

towel

A

Txoj phuam

30
Q

life

A

Txoj sia

31
Q
  • road, path

- Also ‘the way of’

A

Txoj kev

32
Q

Certain elongated bodily appendages, also used for pairs of objects

A

Txhais

33
Q

feet

A

Txhais ko taw

34
Q

legs

A

Txhais ceg

35
Q

hands

A

Txhais tes

36
Q

thigh

A

Txhais ncej puab

37
Q

pair of shoes

A

Txhais khau

38
Q

books

A

Phau

39
Q

book

A

Phau ntawv

40
Q

scriptures

A

Phau Vaj Lug Kub

41
Q

dictionary

A

Phau txhais lus

42
Q

Bible

A

Phau Npaiv Npaus

43
Q

Collections of words meant to be told orally

A

Zaj

44
Q

song

A

Zaj nkauj

45
Q

folk tale, legend

A

Zaj dab neeg

46
Q

a teaching, doctrine

A

Zaj lus qhuab qhia

47
Q

Things that come in pairs

A

Nkawm

48
Q

pair of shoes

A

Nkawm khau

49
Q

a married couple

A

Nkawm niam txiv

50
Q

Plants, bushes, foliage

A

Tsob

51
Q

tree

A

Tsob ntoo

52
Q

a bunch of rice stalks

A

Tsob nplej

53
Q

a bunch of medicinal herbs

A

Tsob tshuaj