Zoo siab Hnub Sib Hlub
Zoo siab Hnub Sib Hlub! Happy Valentine’s Day! I love you. I miss you. You are my friend. Be mine. Sweets. These English words for this American holiday are ubiquitous. Taught in every classroom to children across America annually. What this means is that by the time most Americans graduate from high school they have […]
What is your dad’s favorite color?
My son asks me. “You mean, yawm txiv?” “Yes. What is yawm txiv’s favorite color?” “I don’t know.” It never occurred to me to ask my dad about his favorite color despite the fact that I encourage my kids to figure out their favorite color–to know theirs, to know mine, to know their dad’s and […]
Where do we start?
At the beginning, I suppose. Learning a language is built on exposure to syllables and sounds that create words (WORD RECOGNITION AND VOCABULARY) and words that create sentences (GRAMMAR). Because we are in an American English dominant world, creating exposure to the Hmong language happens in 2 typical ways. Someone in your family speaks Hmong […]
