Time And Tenses Flashcards
When?
Muârày
Gross
Cā
Adverby thing that makes things future tense. If absent, sentence is past tense.
Wâanii khûn cā thām árāy kh?
Khūn chÂAp pāythîaw thiînäy kh?
What does chÂAp mean here?
Liked to go. Implies that you’ve been there before. Cannot use for somewhere you want to go to someday.
(You go to X) ìik (when)?
Next/ more
(Informal but commonly used) doesn’t this mean again? I’m confused xoxo Abby
Married
TÈng ngāan
How long have you been married ?
Khūn tÈng-ngāan naān thâwrày LÉEw kh?
LÉEW
(How) long/ been
Indicates a timeframe which continues to the present.
How long?
Naān thâwrày
Why
Thām māy
Because
PhrÁwâa
Midnight
Thîangkhūun
Gross
Noon
Thîang
Early am hours
Exact time
Tīi #
6-11 am hours
Exact time
mōong cháaw
1-3 pm
Exact
Bàay # mōong
4-6 pm
Exact
mōong yēn
7-11 pm
Exact
(6pm+ #1-5) thûm
Aka 7pm= 1 thûm
8pm = 2 thûm
Tùun
Gross
Wake up
Usually
Tāamthāmmadaā
Tongue twister. Check your pronunciation
When do you usually go to sleep?
Taāmthāmmadaā khūn nĀAn (G) kii thûm kh?
Usually when do you wake up?
Taāmthāmmadaā khūn tùun (g) kii mōong kh?
Breakfast
Aāhàán cháaw
08:00
Lunch
Aāhàán thîang
12:30
Dinner
Aāhàán yēn
Time w minutes format
Example
Thîang 15 nattii
If 2 pm is baày 2 mōong, what is 2:23pm?
2 moōng 23 nattii
06-09 am
Apx
TĀAncháaw
09-11:30
Apx
TĀAnsàáy
1130-1300
Apx
TĀAnthîang
13-1600
Apx
TĀAnbàay
16-1800
Apx
TĀAnyēn
18-2100
Apx
TĀAnkhâm
21-04
Apx
TĀAndùk
G
04-0600
Apx
TĀAncháawmuût
G
Around what time (question word)
TĀAnnäy
Arrived at _____
Māathüng
G
Left (the house) at
ÀAkcàak (bâan) (0800)
About/ around
Rāwrāaw
Did/ tried
Past tense
Khūuhy
Ever
Word ending, for “did you ever try such and such”
LÉEw
