Hmong 1011 Review Flashcards
Kuv
I/Me/My
Koj
You
Nws
He/she/it
Wb
Us
Neb
You two
Nkawd
Those two
Peb
Us/we
Nej
Them (Second direct)
Lawv
Them (Over there)
Cov/Co
Plural classifier, takes place of other classifiers in plural context
Lub
Round objects;abstract round (ball, farm, flower)
Tus/tug
Animals, people, long and solid objects; abstract long (Dog, son, pole)
Daim/daig
Flat/spread out objects (Ex: Blanket, paper, land, skin)
Phau
Sheet bounded into a book format
Qhov/qho
General objects and abtracts not under other classifiers (Space/place, time, possessions, things)
Txoj/txog
Long, flexible objects: abstract long and flexible (Hair, necklace, rope, breath, life, path)
Rab
Tool objects; abstract tools (Hammer, gun, fork, spoon, ability)
Zaj/zag
Complete ideas, organized into a form. (Story, plan, speech, song, poem)
Tsob
Plant and plant like objects (tree, shrub, flower)
Khob
Cup, cup of (water, coffee)
Tais/Taig
plate or bowl of
Thoob
Bucket/bucket of
Poom
Bottle/bottle of
Rooj/roog
Table/table of
Tsev/tse
House (family), family of (ex: people/animals)
no
Item closer to oneself (this and these)
ko
Items closer to the person one talks to (those, that)
ntawd
Items somewhere else not close to oneself or other person involved (those, that OVER there)
Ib
one
Ob
two
Peb
three
Plaub
four
tsib
five
rau
six
xya
seven
yim
eight
cuaj
nine
kaum
ten
neesnkaum
20
pebcaug
30
plaubcaug
40
tsibcaug
50
raucaum
60
xyacaum
70
yimcaum
80
cuajcaum
90
ib puas
100
txhiab
1000
vam
10,000
plhom
1,000,000
Puas
To be form of question (are, is, do)
ex: Koj puas mus tsev (Are you going home)
Classifer + twg (thing)
Which (place, person, thing, etc)
Ex: Nkawd yog leej twg? (Who are they?)
Licas (Quality)
How
Ex: Koj nyob licas? (How are you doing)
Dabtsi
What
Peb kawm dabsti?
(Whaht are we learning)
Vim licas
Why
Ex: Vim licas koj tsis nyeem ntawv
(Why are you not reading?)
Answer with vim..
Nyeem
to read
Sau
to write
kawm
to learn, study, practice
hais
to say
qhia
to tell/teach
nug
to ask
teb
to answer
piav
to explain/elaborate
zaum
to sit
qhib
to open
kaw
to close
nthuav
to flip a page
mus
to go
tham
to talk
cia
to let
Tso
to let go/ release/ leave behind
Pom
to see
Ntsia
to look
Saib
to watch
Ib hnub
one day, allday, someday
Tas hnub tas hmo
All the time (all day all night)
Txhua hnub
everyday
Hnub i
The other day
Hnub no
Today
Lwm hnub
Some other day (in the future)
Tau
Past tense, completion of an action
tabtom
Past tense, currently
Twb.. Lawm
Present tense, something happened
Kuv twb nyeem ntawv lawm
(I have already read, twb precedes verbs, lawm comes after sequence ends)
Tabtom
Present tense, can be used as currently or that you are doing something
Yuav
Future sense, something is going to happen
Mam li
Future tense, something will happen
Tabtom yuav
future tense, something is about to happen