Vocab List 5 &6

Question 1

tus menyuam

Answer 1

(the) child

Question 2

tus txiv neej

Answer 2

(the) man

Question 3

tus pojniam

Answer 3

(the) woman/wife

Question 4

lub zos

Answer 4

(the) city/town/village

Question 5

dej

Answer 5

water

Question 6

lub ntuj

Answer 6

(the) sky; heaven

Question 7

lub ntsej muag

Answer 7

(the) face

Question 8

nyiam

Answer 8

to like

Question 9

noj

Answer 9

to eat

Question 10

zaub

Answer 10

vegetables/greens

Question 11

mov

Answer 11

rice (also often used as the generic word for ‘food’ as in to eat)

Question 12

hnub no

Answer 12

today

Question 13

nag hmo

Answer 13

yesterday

Question 14

tag kis

Answer 14

tomorrow

Question 15

sib

Answer 15

indicates a reciprocal action (ex. ‘sib ntsib’- to meet one another, ‘sib nyiam’- to like one another)

Question 16

heev

Answer 16

very

Question 17

yog

Answer 17

is/am/are

Question 18

pes tsawg

Answer 18

how many(?)

Question 19

ua (koj) tsaug

Answer 19

thank (you)

Question 20

tuaj

Answer 20

to come (from a long distance or to an ‘unfamiliar’ location)

Question 21

chaw pw

Answer 21

sleeping area/bedroom/bed

Question 22

chaw noj mov

Answer 22

eating area/kitchen

Question 23

paj lug

Answer 23

flowery’ speaking, saying, proverb

Question 24

paj ntaub

Answer 24

embroidery

Question 25

nim no

Answer 25

now (‘this current time’- different from ‘tam sim no’ which means ‘right now’)

Question 26

twj ywm

Answer 26

(be) quiet/still

Question 27

nyiaj (txiag)

Answer 27

money (commonly just spoken as ‘nyiaj’)

Question 28

teb chaws

Answer 28

country

Question 29

dab tsi

Answer 29

what

Question 30

(ua) hauj lwm

Answer 30

(to do) work

Question 31

kawm ntawv

Answer 31

to study

Question 32

tub

Answer 32

boy

Question 33

ntxhais

Answer 33

girl

Question 34

tub kawm ntawv

Answer 34

male student

Question 35

ntxhais kawm ntawv

Answer 35

female student