Vocab List 5 &6 Flashcards
1
Q
tus menyuam
A
(the) child
2
Q
tus txiv neej
A
(the) man
3
Q
tus pojniam
A
(the) woman/wife
4
Q
lub zos
A
(the) city/town/village
5
Q
dej
A
water
6
Q
lub ntuj
A
(the) sky; heaven
7
Q
lub ntsej muag
A
(the) face
8
Q
nyiam
A
to like
9
Q
noj
A
to eat
10
Q
zaub
A
vegetables/greens
11
Q
mov
A
rice (also often used as the generic word for ‘food’ as in to eat)
12
Q
hnub no
A
today
13
Q
nag hmo
A
yesterday
14
Q
tag kis
A
tomorrow
15
Q
sib
A
indicates a reciprocal action (ex. ‘sib ntsib’- to meet one another, ‘sib nyiam’- to like one another)
16
Q
heev
A
very
17
Q
yog
A
is/am/are
18
Q
pes tsawg
A
how many(?)
19
Q
ua (koj) tsaug
A
thank (you)
20
Q
tuaj
A
to come (from a long distance or to an ‘unfamiliar’ location)
21
Q
chaw pw
A
sleeping area/bedroom/bed
22
Q
chaw noj mov
A
eating area/kitchen
23
Q
paj lug
A
flowery’ speaking, saying, proverb
24
Q
paj ntaub
A
embroidery
25
nim no
now (‘this current time’- different from ‘tam sim no’ which means ‘right now’)
26
twj ywm
(be) quiet/still
27
nyiaj (txiag)
money (commonly just spoken as ‘nyiaj’)
28
teb chaws
country
29
dab tsi
what
30
(ua) hauj lwm
(to do) work
31
kawm ntawv
to study
32
tub
boy
33
ntxhais
girl
34
tub kawm ntawv
male student
35
ntxhais kawm ntawv
female student
