Classifiers Flashcards

Sources: UW Madison Page (https://wisc.pb.unizin.org/lctlresources/chapter/an-introduction-to-common-classifiers/); Hmong Dictionary Classifiers (https://www.hmongdictionary.com/pdf/classifiers.pdf) (31 cards)

1
Q

Lub

A

Round objects, abstract nouns

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2
Q

Tus

A

Living things (animals and people), long and solid (stick-like) objects, abstract living things

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3
Q

Daim

A

Flat or spread out objects

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4
Q

Phau

A

Sheets bound together (like a book or magazine)

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5
Q

Qhov

A

General objects, abstract ideas not covered by other classifiers

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6
Q

Txoj

A

Long, flexible objects; Abstract long and flexible objects

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7
Q

Rab

A

Tools

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8
Q

Zaj

A

Complete ideas organized to be communicated

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9
Q

Tsob

A

Plants and plant-like objects

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10
Q

Cov

A

Plural classifiers (replaces the normal classifier)

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11
Q

Blankets, paper, skin, and land

A

Daim

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12
Q

Space, place, and time

A

Qhov

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13
Q

Flowers, balls, houses, and the sun

A

Lub

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14
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Books, magazines, and dictionaries

A

Phau

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15
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Speeches, songs, plans, and poems

A

Zaj

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16
Q

Bushes, trees, and shrubs

17
Q

Three pencils, two rocks, and six cars

18
Q

Ghosts, dogs, and spouses

19
Q

Hammers, spoons, and guns

20
Q

Life, necklaces, and rope

21
Q

res

A

bunch or a stem of flowers

22
Q

leeg, leej

A

human, person

23
Q

pab

A

group, herd, flock, team, school (of smth)

24
Q

pawg

A

group but more for a pile-like, flock, school, entities

25
ntiv
digits, fingers, toes, tip
26
txhais/sab
hand, foot, shoe; Generally means half or one side of (sab = half of, side of)
27
koog
grove, cluster, tract, forest
28
sob
school (i.e. of fish)
29
pob
bunch, clump, lump, bundle
30
thooj
a piece round-like objects
31
tauv
bunch (i.e. of grapes or flowers)