Hmong Word-a-Day
1 February 2005
Ke... ke...: to do ____ while doing ___.
Pronunciation: gay (no tone)
Similar Words:
ua ke - together
Lus Piv txwv (examples):
- Ke noj mov ke tham lus. 1
(To talk while eating.)
- Ke ua ke kawm.
(To learn as you go, as you do it.)
- Nws ke noj ke qhuas rau Pov tias:.
(He praised Pao while he ate saying:)
- Maiv Noog tos Kab nce bus lawm mam li mus, ke mus ke tshawb qhob noom, tsis nco saib tom hauv ntej. Tos nco xwb cia li mus tsoo
Jason... 2
(Mai Nong waited for Ka to get on the bus before her. She was looking for candy while she got on and forgot to look in front of her. After a
second she ran into Jason...)
- Cov neeg mus tsham xyuas Lostsuas teb, tus tau mus xyuas Roob Kub Twm yeej paub lawm tias txij thaum Suav tsis tau nrau txoj kev
tshiab , sawvdaws nce tsheb mus Roob Kub Twm mas ke mus ke nroo tias cas hmoob nyob twg? 3
(Those who go visit Laos, those who have gone up to Roob Kub Twm know that since the Chinese haven't built any new roads, everyone
who goes up there will sigh and remark, where are the Hmong?)
And a riddle - Txhiaj teeb meem -> Muaj ib cov tib neeg ,mus
qhov twg ,twb yog ke mus ke tseb taum daj? Yog dab tsi?
Ua tsaug ntau rau:
1. TP Nyiaj Pov, 2. Kab Ziag, 3. Thwj Thoj
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Hmong Word-a-Day
2 February 2005
Tiaj Rhawv zeb: the Plain of Jars.
Pronunciation: dee-uh (no tone) truh (low rising tone) zay z as in azure (high tone)
Lus Piv txwv (examples):
- Cov Hmoob nyob Lostsuas teb feem coob nyob sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj uas yog zaj tom lub Tiaj Rhawv zeb. 1
(The Hmong of Laos were concentrated in the northeast, around the Plain of Jars.)
- Txij li pib tsov rog los, cov Nyab laj Qaum teb thiab cov Pathet Lao yeej tswj lub Tiaj Rhawvzeb. Nyob rau ntawd muaj cov rhawv zeb qub
thiab loj heev uas tsis paub hauv paus ntsis yog li cas.
(The North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao occupied the Plain of Jars for most of the war. The origin of the huge old stone jars is unknown.)
- Vim muaj cov foob pob ntau ntau tua ua lwj ua liam pab, cov Hmoob kuj tau thaiv cov koom tshas kom txeem tsis tau tuaj thiab lawv ho tua
nias qees mus txeeb tau lub Tiaj Rhawv zeb rau xyoo 1970. 2
(With the help of massive bombing, the Hmong stopped the communist advances and then went on the offensive themselves, capturing
the Plain of Jars in 1970.)
- Lub caij ntuj qhua thaum xyoo 1970-71 ntawd cov Nyab laj Qaum teb tau rov qab tuaj txeeb tau lub Tiaj Rhawv zeb lawm. Tau ntsaig thiab
tshem cov pej xeem khiav tawm ntawm lub Tiaj Rhawv zeb lawm ces Asmesliskas cov dav hlau mus tso foob pob rau ntsoog tag nrho. 3
(In the dry season of 1970-71, the North Vietnamese started a drive to recapture the Plain of Jars. Civilians were evacuated from the plain -
and then the US Air Force bombed it into rubble.)
- Ces thaum xyoo 1972, cov Nyab laj Qaum teb rov qab tuaj txeeb lub Tiaj Rhawv zeb dua ib zaug ntxiv. 4
(And then, in 1972, the North Vietnamese took the Plain again.)
Ua tsaug ntau rau:
1-4. Tawm Lostsuas Mus, by Roger Warner (1996)
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Hmong Word-a-Day
4 February 2005
Txiv lws zoov: grapefruit or pomelo.
Pronunciation: tzee (low rising tone) leu (low tone) zong z as in azure (low rising tone)
Lus Piv txwv (examples):
- Koj puas nyiam noj txiv lws zoov?
(Do you like to eat grapefruit?)
- Cov txiv lws zoov muaj ntsis qaub.
(Grapefruits are a little sour.)
- Ntxiv piam thaj rau saum txiv lws zoov los noj mas qab heev.
(Adding some sugar onto your grapefruit makes it tasty.)
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