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Manglai leh Zolai-a Ih Khialh Khaak Pahpahte Pawlkhat By Taang Zomi
Grammar 2006
Manglai leh Zolai-a Ih Khialh Khaak
Pahpahte Pawlkhat
(Some Frequently Made Mistakes in English
and in Zolai)
By Taang Zomi
YEAR OF OPENED,
YEAR OPENED,
YEAR OF OPENING,
YEAR OF BEING OPENED --
WHICH?
1. Manglai pen ei lai (Zolai) hi lo ahih manin, Manglai-a lai ih gelh ciangin, ih khialh khaakna
om thei zeel hi.
2. The Year Opened:
Sang kihon kum pen, a sau-in gelh leeng, the year in which it (= the school) was opened ahi
hi. Tom laak zawdeuh leeng, the year it (=the school) was opened ahi hi. Tom laak sawnsawnlai leeng, the year opened ahi hi. Zam Vung' gen pen, a maan, ahi hi.
3. The Year of Opened:
Preposition (of) khit ciangin, object hong pai ding hi. Tua object pen noun hi ding hi. Noun
liinlian a om theih kei leh noun equivalent khat a kizat kul hi. Gerund (=verbal noun) pen nounequivalent khat ahi hi. Gerund-ah present participle form (= -ing form) kizangh hi.
The Year ofOPENING ahih kei leh The Year ofBEING Opened cih bang hi leh, opening
leh being pen gerund hi-a a form pen present participle form ahi hi. [Hih mun-a, The Year ofBeing OPENED sung-a om opened pen gerund hi lo-in passive voice hi-a, past partciple form
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nei hi.]
The Year ofOPENED pen hih a tung-a ih gen rule tawh kituak lo hi. Opened pen past tense
form zong hi thei, past participle form zong hi thei hi. Gerund hi lo hi.
4. A kikhial mun mahmah pawlkhat nei lai hi hang.
5. Head Quarter, Headquarter:
1980-1990 sung, Tedim khuapi-ah, hih bang signboad-te kisuang ngei hi.
Pentecostal Church of Christ (P.C.C.)
Head Quarter
Assemblies of GodNo. 3 Section
Headquarter
1988-1990 sung, Kawlpi-ah, hih bang signboard kisuang ngei hi:
Kale Valley Baptist Association
Headquarter
1998-2005 sung, Kawlpi-ah, hih bang office letter-head om ngei hi:
Zomi Baptist Convention of MyanmarHeadquarter
Manglai ih simkhiat ciangin, s pen suaksak pha lo thei hi hang. Kihihsakna (showing off) dan-
in tuat ih hih man-in, Mangpau tawh a kibang lo theithei dingin, ih aw ih suaksak hi. A maan penHeadquarters hi-a, ahi zongin, ih simkhiat ciangin, headquarter ciang bek a aw suaksak ih hih
manin, ih gelh ciangin zong, s a om lam kimangngilh ta hi.
A maan pen, headquarters ahi hi. Headquarter hi lo hi. Head Quarter zong hi lo hi. Head Quarters
zong hi lo hi. Head leh quarters pen kizom/kimat ding-a kammal (word) khat bek hi ding hi.
6. Quarter:
Tedim Sangpi-ah siate pawlkhat in omna inn ngah uh hi. Tua bang inn khat pen Teacher's
Quarters ahi hi. Ahi zongin, Teachers Quarter mah ih ci zeel kha hi. Inn pen khat bek hi taleh Quarters mah, cih veve ding ahi hi.
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7. Awsuah zong ih khialhna pawlkhat om hi.
8. Bomb, Bomber:
Vangleeng tung panin bomb kikhia thei hi. Tua bang-a bomb khiatna-a a kizangh vanleeng pen
bomber ki ci hi. Zomi tampi tak in bomber pen bom-ber cih bangin a aw suaksak hi hang. A
maan pen bom-er ahi hi. Bomb pen bom ci-a sim ding hi-a, b aw, suak lo hi. Bomberpen b aw suaksak lo-a Bomer cih ding ahi hi. Nawh cih leeng, bo-ma tawh kibang dektak
ding hi.
9. Sing, Singer:
Singer pen sing-ger dan-in a aw ih suaksak hi. 1956-1962 sungin, Tedim khuapi Lawibual
veeng-ah, England-te bawl puankhuiset Singer a kicite khat, a nei innkuan khat om hi. A
leenglapa in Sing-gel, suang-gel; sing-gel, suang-gel ci-in la dan-in sa hi. A innteekte in, Bangna cihna a hia? a cih leh, Na puankhuiset uh ka muh teh, cim thawina-a Sing-gel a ci hi ing.
Sing om ahih leh Suang zong om ding ci-in, Suang-gel a ci hi ing, ci hi.
A maan pen sing-er ding ahi hi. "G" (hard G) aw, suahsak ding hi lo hi. Nawh cih leeng, Si-
nga tawh hong kibang dektak ding hi. Sing zong, a tawpna-ah hard G aw suahsak ding hi lohi.
10. Punctuation zong, ih khialhna, om mun mahmah hi.
Grammar laibu tuamtuam ka et ciangin, spacing (mun awng) tawh kisai a kigelhna tam
muh meel lo hi'ng. Typewriter keyboard or computer keyboard-ah, space bar om hi. Laimal(letter) ahi zongin, kammal (word) ahi zongin, simmal (numeral) ahi zongin, punctuation markahi zongin, ih kihalsak nop ciangin, tua space bar ih zangh hi.
11. Period (=full stop) [.], comma [,], colon [:], semi-colon [;], closed quotation mark [], closedbracket [)], question mark [?] cihte leh a mai-a om laimal/kammal-te kikaal-ah space om LO
ding hi.
Pasian in eite hong it hi . [Khial]
Pasian in eite hong it hi. [Maan]
Vantung-a om kote' Pa aw , [Khial]Vantung-a om kote' Pa aw, [Maan]
A thupi peen thu thum :upna, lametna leh itna [Khial]A thupi peen thu thum: upna, lametna leh itna [Maan]
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Pasian in mite it hi ; mite in bel Pasian it kik khol lo uh hi. [Khial]
Pasian in mite it hi; mite in bel Pasian it kik khol lo uh hi. [Maan]
Itna ih cih bang hiam? [Khial]Itnaih cih bang hiam? [Maan]
Pilna (wisdom )pen hauhna (wealth ) sangin thupi zaw hi, kici hi. [Khial]Pilna (wisdom) pen hauhna (wealth) sangin thupi zaw hi, kici hi. [Maan]
Bang deih na hi hiam ? [Khial]Bang deih na hi hiam? [Maan]
12. Period (=full stop) [.], comma [,], colon [:], semi-colon [;], closed quotation mark [], closed
bracket [)], question mark [?] cihte leh a nung-a om laimal/kammal-te kikaal-ah space KHAT om
ding hi. (Space bar khat vei kheen suk in.)
Pasian in thupha hong pia hen.Na hawhna na ciahna-ah daupai in. [Khial]Pasian in thupha hong pia hen. Na hawhna na ciahna-ah daupai in. [Maan]
Vantung-a om kote' Pa aw,namin siangtho hong kiphat ta hen. [Khial]Vantung-a om kote' Pa aw, na min siangtho hong kiphat ta hen. [Maan]
A thupi peen thu thum:upna, lametna leh itna [Khial]A thupi peen thu thum: upna, lametna leh itna [Maan]
Pasian in mite it hi;mite in bel Pasian it kik khol lo uh hi. [Khial]Pasian in mite it hi; mite in bel Pasian it kik khol lo uh hi. [Maan]
Itnaihcih bang hiam? [Khial]
Itna ihcih bang hiam? [Maan]
Pilna (wisdom)penhauhna (wealth ) sangin thupi zaw hi, kici hi. [Khial]
Pilna (wisdom) penhauhna (wealth) sangin thupi zaw hi, kici hi. [Maan]
Bang deih na hi hiam?Hong gen in. [Khial]
Bang deih na hi hiam? Honggen in. [Maan]
13. Open quotation mark ["], open bracket [(] leh a nung-a om laimal/kammalte kikaal-ah space
om LO ding hi.
Itna ih cih bang hiam? [Khial]
Itna ih cih bang hiam? [Maan]
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Pilna ( wisdom) pen hauhna ( wealth) sangin thupi zaw hi, kici hi. [Khial]
Pilna (wisdom) pen hauhna (wealth) sangin thupi zaw hi, kici hi. [Maan]
14. Open quotation mark ["], open bracket [(] leh a nung-a om laimal/kammalte kikaal-ah space
om LO ding hi. (A tung-a #13 en in.) Close quotation mark ["], close bracket [)] leh a mai-a om
laimal/kammalte kikaal-ah space om LO ding hi. (A tung-a #11 en in.)
Zeisu in Topa hi na ci hiam? [Khial]
Zeisu in Topa hi na ci hiam? [Maan]
Mangmatna ( dream ), mangmuhna ( vision ) cihte na nei hia? [Khial]
Mangmatna (dream), mangmuhna (vision) cihte na nei hia? [Maan]
15. Abbreviation ih gelh ciangin zong, kikhial thei mahmah hi.
16. Degree a tom-a ih gelh ciangin, period kizang hi.
Bachelor of Arts = B.A.
B khit cianngin period khat om-a, A khit ciangin period khat mah om ding hi,
B.A [Khial]
BA. [Khial]
B.A. [Maan]
17. Degree nih bang thum bang a ngah mi khat a om leh, a degree khatna leh nihna kikaal-ahcomma [,] om ding hi. Degree nihna leh thumna kikaal-ah zong, comma om ding hi.
B.A., B.L.BSc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
B.A, B.L [Khial]B.A., B.L [Khial]
B.A.,B.L. [Khial]
B.A., B.L. [Maan]
18. Degree nih hi napi-a khat bang-a a kingaihsun degree pen, degree nih kikaal-ah comma koih
theih, koih loh theih, ahi hi.
M.B., B.S [Maan]
M.B.B.S [Maan]
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M.B. (Bachelor of Medicine) leh B.S. (Bachelor of Surgery) pen kituam laak thei lo hi. Laak
khop kul hi.
19. A tom-a ih gelh ciangin, period ih zat leh zat suak ding, ih zat kei leh zat loh suak ding
(consistently) ahi hi.
B.A. [Maan]
BA [Maan]
B.A., MA [Khial]
BA, M.A. [Khial]
B.A., M.A. [Maan]
BA, MA [Maan]
----- Original Message -----
From: Zam VungTo: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ZONET] Vangteh Sang Diamond Jubilee
Vangteh te na sia mahmah ei.Hi bang aa na hanciam na te uh thupi sa mahmah ing.
Na mualsuang uh zong hoih mahmah hi.Ahi zong in correction khat na bawl ding uh ong muhsak ing.
Tua in YEAR OF OPENED cih hi.Tua pen YEAR OPENED cih hi zaw leh grammer maan zaw in um ing.
Deihsak tak in,
Vung
michael pau wrote:
Vangteh Sang Diamond Jubilee Mualsuang.
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