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AN INTRODUCTION TO THEIR HISTORY AND CULTURE
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CONTENTS | ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | INTRODUCTION | PEOPLE | HISTORY | LIFE IN LAOS | EXPERIENCE IN THAILAND | LITERACY | RESETTLEMENT | LANGUAGE | WORDS, PHRASES, SAYINGS | BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||||
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Common
Words, Phrases, and Sayings
Hmong Der: Pos kaus ntse tsi yuav hliav; txiv neej yawg 35 xyoo tsi yuav piav. Mong Leng: Xuav paug kaug ntse tsi yuav hlav; txiv neej yawg 35 xyoo tsi yuav pav. English: No need to make a thorn sharper; no need to explain further to a 35-year-old man.
Hmong Der: Pojniam ua qaib qua; txivneej sawv sib tua. Mong Leng: Quaspuj ua qab qua; txivneeg sawv sis tua. English: Woman need only to make the rooster crow, and men will get up to fight each other. (In other words: Women have only to gossip or tell stories, and husbands will start fighting each other without checking out the facts first.) Hmong Der: Luag tsaj tsi nrog luag tsaj; luag tsaj tau ces mam li ua dev nuam yaj Mong Leng: Luag tsaaj tsi nrug luag tsaaj, luag tsaaj tau ces maam le ua dlev nuam yaaj English: When they work you do not work like them; when they get results, you act like a dog looking on—with envy. |
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