Vocab List 4 Flashcards
no
at; this; here (within close vicinity of speaker)
ko-
at; there (within the close vicinity of person with whom you are speaking to)
ntawd/ntawm
at; there; that (nearby)
nrad/nram
at; there (down, below)
nraud/nraum
at; there (outside)
ped/pem
at; there (up)
saud/saum
at; above; on top of
tid/tim
at; there (opposite, implies more distance than tod or ntawd)
tod/tom
at; there (distance in between ntawd and tid)
thaud/thaum
at; when (refers to time only)
sid/sim
time
qhov
generic classifier
tam sim no
right now
nkag siab
to understand
to taub
to understand
qhov twg
where
lo lus nug
question
kawm
to learn/study
noj mov
to eat (rice); generic term for ‘eating’
muaj
to have
tsis
negative particle (ex. ‘ua’ ‘do’ becomes ‘tsis ua’ ‘don’t/didn’t do’)
paub
to know
lub roob
mountain
tu siab
sad