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lawm =
-past tense (see notes)
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Notes: Used at the end of a sentence to make it past tense (interchangeable with tau which can also make it past tense, just different placement)
Additional Comments: ex. Kuv tsis paub lawm = I didn't know.
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| lawm | -past tense (see notes) |
Type: Notes: Used at the end of a sentence to make it past tense (interchangeable with tau which can also make it past tense, just different placement)
Additional Comments: ex. Kuv tsis paub lawm = I didn't know.
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tus =
-classifer for animated objects
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: tus kwb = younger brother
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| tus | -classifer for animated objects |
Type: Additional Comments: tus kwb = younger brother
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tug =
(adj) ownership; possession; possessive; (classifier) nouns person animal river
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: (adj)Belonging to a person / a persons possession. Used to indicate the owner of an animimate object.
Inanimate objects would use it's corresponding classifiers. (example: kuv lub aub = my dog).
(cl) Used to classify nouns, such as a person, an animal, a river etc...
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| tug | (adj) ownership; possession; possessive; (classifier) nouns person animal river |
Type: Additional Comments: (adj)Belonging to a person / a persons possession. Used to indicate the owner of an animimate object.
Inanimate objects would use it's corresponding classifiers. (example: kuv lub aub = my dog).
(cl) Used to classify nouns, such as a person, an animal, a river etc...
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lub =
-classifer for 3 dimensional objects
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: a ball = lub pob
Tags: classifier
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| lub | -classifer for 3 dimensional objects |
Type: Additional Comments: a ball = lub pob
Tags: classifier
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| ib puas ib txhiab; ib puas ib phav | 100000; one hundred thousand |
Type: Notes: phav (borrowed from Laos)
Tags: Numbers
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ib txhiab; ib phav =
1000; one thousand
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Notes: phav (borrowed from Laos)
Tags: Numbers
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| ib txhiab; ib phav | 1000; one thousand |
Type: Notes: phav (borrowed from Laos)
Tags: Numbers
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rau pua =
600; six hundred
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: 600-900 end in "pua"
Tags: Numbers
Type: Additional Comments: 600-900 end in "pua"
Tags: Numbers
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ib puas =
100; one hundred
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: 100-500 end in "puas"
Tags: Numbers
Type: Additional Comments: 100-500 end in "puas"
Tags: Numbers
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cuaj caum =
90; ninety
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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yim caum =
80; eighty
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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xya caum =
70; seventy
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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rau caum =
60; sixty
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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tsib caug =
50; fifty
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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plaub caug =
40; forty
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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peb caug =
30; thirty
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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neeg nkaum =
20; twenty
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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qe qaum =
zero; 0
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Numbers
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tsa =
raise up
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: theocratic
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cov xaiv tseg =
anointed
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: literal: those chosen saved
Tags: theocratic
Type: Additional Comments: literal: those chosen saved
Tags: theocratic
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khaus =
itch; itchy
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Notes: (adj.)
Additional Comments: Kuv tsis nyiam thaum kuv nrob qaum khaus khaus.
-I don't like it when my back is itchy.
Type: Notes: (adj.)
Additional Comments: Kuv tsis nyiam thaum kuv nrob qaum khaus khaus.
-I don't like it when my back is itchy.
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zoo tas tas =
perfect
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Notes: (adj.) literal: good to the max
Type: Notes: (adj.) literal: good to the max
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txhawb =
encourage; support; exhort
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Notes: (v.)
Additional Comments: Kuv txhawb kom nej txhua leej txhua tus ua tib zoo kawm lus Hmoob. Peb thiaj li yuav ua kom yehauvas zoo siab.
-I encourage each of you to do your best in learning Hmong and therefore make Jehovah happy.
Tags: theocratic
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| txhawb | encourage; support; exhort |
Type: Notes: (v.)
Additional Comments: Kuv txhawb kom nej txhua leej txhua tus ua tib zoo kawm lus Hmoob. Peb thiaj li yuav ua kom yehauvas zoo siab.
-I encourage each of you to do your best in learning Hmong and therefore make Jehovah happy.
Tags: theocratic
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ua tsaug =
thank you
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Lesson 1A, Conversation
Type: Tags: Lesson 1A, Conversation
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sib ntsib dua =
goodbye
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: Lesson 1A, Greeting
Type: Tags: Lesson 1A, Greeting
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kuv =
me
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Tags: person
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koj, neb, nej =
you; you two; you(3+)
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Notes: koj = you
neb = you 2
nej = you (more than 2 people)
Tags: person
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| koj, neb, nej | you; you two; you(3+) |
Type: Notes: koj = you
neb = you 2
nej = you (more than 2 people)
Tags: person
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txaus luag =
laughable; funny
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: literal: enough laugh
Tags: emotion
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| txaus luag | laughable; funny |
Type: Additional Comments: literal: enough laugh
Tags: emotion
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teb nkig =
dried out land
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: literal: land deflated
Tags: weather
Type: Additional Comments: literal: land deflated
Tags: weather
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nhiav rhiab =
sensitive teeth
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Additional Comments: literal: teeth sensitive
Tags: body
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| nhiav rhiab | sensitive teeth |
Type: Additional Comments: literal: teeth sensitive
Tags: body
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ua siab ntev =
patience, patient
Languages: White Hmong / English
Type: Notes: literal: do, heart(liver), long
Additional Comments: Peb yuav tsum muaj ua siab ntev.
-We must have patience.
Tags: noun, emotion
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| ua siab ntev | patience, patient |
Type: Notes: literal: do, heart(liver), long
Additional Comments: Peb yuav tsum muaj ua siab ntev.
-We must have patience.
Tags: noun, emotion
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