Flash Cards – The Secret Weapon For Learning a Language

Photo of the finished flash card books: old and new.

The Problem One of the biggest struggles when learning a new language is the problem of memory. You may hear a new word, be told its meaning, hear how it is pronounced and generally understand it. But minutes or possibly even seconds later, you can no longer remember the word, its pronunciation, its meaning, or all of the above. It … Read More

The Hand

PDF Download UPDATE: Above you can download an updated file that includes White and Green Hmong as long as one additional vocab word: tsawj teg -the lower palm. Audio Files Below you can find all of the words in the chart pronounced in Hmong. txhais tes the hand – มือ ntiv tes nta middle finger – นี้วกลาง ntiv tes taw … Read More

Hmong High Frequency Words Memrise Course

Hmong woman feeding chicken

Hmong High Frequency Words To make this course I used a computer generated list of high frequency words that were taken from Bible-based publications. So you may notice some Bible-based terminology mixed in there. However they most certainly contain many words that will be useful in any kind of conversation. More importantly, they are arranged by word frequency. This means … Read More

Hmong Glossary of Grammar

Hmong Glossary of Grammar A usable glossary of grammar with examples.      A note for understanding Hmong grammar: Languages are like different brands of cars. They all have the same basic parts, with the same basic functions. Each one is a little different, though. Generally, you can’t take a part out of one brand and just install it in … Read More