Hmong Tone Change – The D Tone for Direction Words

Educational slide showing the Hmong phrase "Kuv nyob hauv zoov" with the word "hauv" highlighted in red and a simple drawing of a person standing beside a house and another inside it.

Hmong Tone Change – The D Tone for Direction Words Cheatsheet/ Worksheet Worksheet-Cheat-SheetDownload PDF Tone change is something that happens a lot in Hmong. While it is true that most tone change in Hmong takes place due to the tone of the previous word, the ‘D’ tone is a special case. When you see the … Read More

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Prepositions by Jean Mottin

Red book cover titled Elements de Grammaire Hmong Blanc by Jean Mottin, with a child writing in a notebook below the title.

The first document above is a translation of the section on prepositions (direction words) in Jean Mottin’s grammar book. It was originally written in French, and the second file is the original French. Enjoy!