Hmong Lessons
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LESSON 14


- Koj txiv puas nyob tsev os?
Is your father home?
- Tsis nyob. Nws nyuam qhuav mus, tiamsis ib pliag no nws yuav rov los.
No, he just left. But he will be back soon.
- Kuv xub mus tom khw tso kuv mam li rov qab tuaj nrog nws tham.
I will go to the store first. Then I will come back to talk to him.
- Koj txiv puas tau los.
Is your father back yet?
- Los lawm.
Yes, he is.
- Kuv nrog koj tham hais txog txoj haujlwm uas koj ua.
I have come to talk to you about your job.
- Koj ua haujlwm tom khw ntev li cas lawm?
How long have you worked at the store?
- Txij thaum tsaib no lub cuaj hlis.
Since last September.
- Koj twb xub pib ua haujlwm ua ntej dua kuv puas yog?
Did you start working there before I did?
- Tsis yog, koj xub ua dua kuv.
No. I started after you did.
- Thaum twg koj yuav muaj sijhawm so?
When will you hav your vacation?
- Thaum tim kaum peb txog nees nkaum ob lub yim hli ntuj.
From the thirteenth to the twenty-first of August.
- Koj nyob lub tsev no ntev li cas lawm?
How long have you lived in this house?
- Ob xyoos. Txij puas thaum kuv los nyob lub tebchaws no.
Two years. Since I came to this country.
- Koj yuav nyob ntev li cas ntxiv thiab?
How much longer will you live here?
- Kuv yuav nyob qhov no mus txog thaum kuv yuav tau kuv ib lub tsev tso.
I will live here until I buy a house of my own.
- Koj tabtom nrhiav tsev nyob puas yog?
Are you looking for a house now?
- Tsis yog. Kuv tsis tau muaj nyiaj txaus yuav.
No. I can't afford to buy a house yet.
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