Some Basics Of Zolai Grammar

Some Basics of Zolai Grammar

By Taang Zomi

Zolai Gelhmaan Bulpi Pawlkhat Some Basics of Zolai Grammar By Taang Zomi K'ong it USA Thupuak Editor aw, 1. Hih bangin, Zolai tawh kisai, na lunghihmawhna n'ong pulaak ciangin, lai mi mahmah hong sa-in hong paakta ing. Vahui Magazine 2006 bawlna-ah i kithuah pen nuam ka sa mahmah-a, tuin, USA Thupuak-ah pang khawm leeuleeu thei i hih manin, ka aangtang mahmah hi. 2. Zolai Gelhmaan (Zolai Grammar) pen English Grammar tawh kibang lo-in, Burmese Grammar tawh kinaai hi. 2.1 Zolai, Burmese, Latin, etc.-ah definite article (“the”) kinei lo1. English-ah definite article om. German, French, Spanish, etc.-ah definite article dilhpi-in diil! 2.2 Zolai, Burmese, etc.-ah sentence word order pen SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) hi-a, Englishah SVO (Subject-Verb-Object) ahi hi. S (Subject)

O (Object)

V (Verb)

Thang Ho in

bawng khat pen

go hi.

Maung Ba thi

nwa tit kaung ko

that thi.

ေမာင္ဘ သည္

ႏြား တစ္ေကာင္ ကုိ

သတ္ သည္။

S (Subject) David

V (Verb) slaughtered

O (Object) a cow.

Vide inter alia: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1470/chap-2-4-2.html 1 Siapi Vul Za Thang le J. Gin Za Twang in bel “Tua a laibu” cih bang-ah “a” pen article hi, ci uh hi. A ngaihsut huai thu khat ahi hi. Vul Za Thang and J. Gin Za Twang, Chin-English Dictionary (Tiddim Chin), Tiddim: self-published, 1975, (the dictionary portion, which is the second portion of the book) pp. 1,3

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Some Basics of Zolai Grammar

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/Linguistics/LinguisticsGlossary.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_order 2.3 English-a a om lo, Zolai le Burmese-a a om khat pen, Nominative affix (“in”) ahi hi. Tua pen, subject tawh kimat (written solid) lo-in, a tuam-a gelh (written open) ding hoih ka sa hi. S (Subject) Simple Subject

O (Object)

Nominative Affix

Simple Object

V (Verb)

Objective Pronominal Affix Prefix

Tg. Thang Ho in

lo

(pen)2

Maung Ba

thi

lay

ေမာင္ဘ

သည္

လယ္

a

Simple Verb

Assertive End Affix

kho

hi.

(ko)2

htun

thi (i)

(ကုိ)2

ထြန္

သည္ (၏)။

2.4 English-a a om lo, Zolai le Burmese-a a om dang khat pen, Imperative End Affix (“in”) ahi hi. Tua pen verb tawh kimat lo-in, a tuam-a gelh ding hoih ka sa hi. S (Subject) Vocative of Address

Vocative Simple Affix Subject

(Tg. Thang Ho aw,)4

O (Object) Nominative Affix

Simple Object

V (Verb)

Objective Simple Imperative Affix Verb End Affix

Lai

(pen)2

gelh

in.

Sar

(ko)2

yay

bar.

စာ

(ကုိ)2

ေရး

ပါ။

(Nang

in)3

lai

(pen)2

gelh

in.

(Thin

thi)3

sar

(ko)2

yay

bar.

(သင္

သည္)3

စာ

(ကုိ)2

ေရး

ပါ။

(nang

in)3

lai

(pen)2

gelh

in.

(Maung Ba

yay,)4

(thin

thi)3

sar

(ko)2

yay

bar.

(ေမာင္ဘ

ေရ)4

(သင္

သည္)3

စာ

(ကုိ)2

ေရး

ပါ။

3. Tu-in i subject pi (main subject) lam-ah pai ta ni. 2 Sentence-ah, hih objective affix pen kikoih lo thei hi. 3 Sentence-ah, hih subject le nominative affix pen kikoih lo thei hi. 4 Sentence-ah, hih nominative of address le address affix pen kikoih lo thei hi.

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3.1 Personal Pronoun le Pronominal Prefix-te: Person First Person

Number Singular

Personal Pronoun Kei

Pronominal Prefix

Verb

Pluralizing Verbal Suffix

Assertive End Affix

ka

pai

hi.

i

pai

(uh)5

hi.

ka

pai

uh

hi.

na

pai

na

pai

Keimah Plural Ei (Inclusive) Eimah Eimau Eite Plural Ko (Exlusive) Komah Komau Kote

Second Person

Singular

Nang

hi.

Nangmah Plural

No

uh

hi.

Nomah Nomau Note Third Person

Singular

Amah

a

pai

Plural

Amau

a

pai

hi uh

Amaute

5 Hih mun-ah pluralizing verbal suffix pen kikoih khin khol lo hi.

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hi.

Some Basics of Zolai Grammar

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3.2 Pronominal Prefix (“Ka, na, a”) tawh a form kibang napi, a zatna tuamdang khat om leeuleeu-a, tua pen Possessive Adjective ahi hi. Person Num- Possess- Noun Plural- Prober ive izing nomAdjecNom-i- i-nal tive nal PreSuffix fix First Person

Singular

Ka

laibu

ka

Ka

inn

a

Plural I (Inclu- I sive)

laibu

i

inn

a

Ka Plural Ka (Exclusive)

laibu uh

ka

inn

a

Second SinPerson gular

Na

laibu

na

Na

inn

a

Na

laibu uh

na

Na

inn

a

Singular

A

laibu

a

A

inn

a

Plural

A

laibu uh

a

A

inn

a

Plural

Third Person

uh

uh

uh

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Transitive Verb

Intransitive Verb (Adjective)

Plurallizing Verbal Suffix

sim

Assertive End Affix

hi. gol

hi.

sim

hi. gol

sim

hi.

uh gol

hi. hi.

sim

hi. gol

sim

hi. uh

gol

hi. hi.

sim

hi. gol

sim

hi. uh

gol

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hi. hi.

Some Basics of Zolai Grammar

By Taang Zomi

3.3 “Kei ka pai hi,” hi zaw maw, “Kei kapai hi,” hi zaw maw, cih tawh kisai-in, “Kei ka pai hi,” cih ding hoih zaw ka sa hi. Dr. Joseph Herbert Cope’ hun, Rev. Sukte T. Hau Go’ hun, Rev. Kam Khaw Thang’ hun-te-ah, “Kei ka pai hi,” cih dan mah kizangh hi. Bangbang ahi zongin, i zat khat pen zat paisuak (consistent) ding kisam hi. “Kei kapai hi,” cih pen hoih zaw i sak leh zong, tua dan-a zat paisuak ding hi-a, khat vei leh “Kei ka pai hi,” ci zeel, khat vei leh “Kei kapai hi,” ci zeel, cih bang-a i om loh ding thupi hi. 3.4 Kammal a kimat-a gelh ding dan tawh kisai-in, a beisa hun (May 24, 2007 ni)-in, “Bang Kammalte Kinaaisak Ding? (1)” [“Which Words are to be Written Solid? (1)”] cih khat, ka gelh ngei hi. May 24, 2007, 5:18 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) Bang Kammalte Kinaaisak Ding? (1) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zomi/message/27266 August 10, 2007, 05:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) Bang Kammalte.pdf http://www.zocia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91 4. Mailam-ah Zolai a hoih seemseem nading-in, hanciam-in seem khawm ciat ni. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Myanmar Mission <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:33 AM Subject: Fwd: USA Thupuak ( March 2008) To: Cin Do Thawng , kamkhan thawn , Dr paumung , En Lian Pau <[email protected]>, gk tuang , Gin Khan Tuan , Kham K Hang , HANG Z SUAN , Kam Thawn , Kham Do Thang , Khen Sian , Kham Khai <[email protected]>, thawng-suantak , Neng N Lian , Neng K Pau , [email protected], Pau Lian Nun , Pau Khai <[email protected]>, "Rev.Kam Hau" <[email protected]>, Pau Khan Khup <[email protected]>, Thang Suan Mang , Pum Chin , Taang Sianpu <[email protected]>, suan tawng <[email protected]>, [email protected], Tun G Lian , [email protected], kap pu , Zomi Innkuan Denmark , Simon Muan , Vungh Pian Sing Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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Some Basics of Zolai Grammar

By Taang Zomi

Dear Khazih sungah u leh nau, USA Thupuak tha n'ong piak ciat manun, lungdamna k’ong ko uh hi. Ihkipat a kipan tuciang dong a haksa khat pen i Zolai gelh dan nahi hi. Gelh dan tuamtuamte kaet koikoi ciangin hoih thei napi, kasan’ zawh lohna pawlkhat om pahpah mawk hi. Zopau leh Mangpau gualh dan kilehbulh keii napi, Mangte’ grammar khawng ihzat pih nop ciang ong buaihuai thei zel hi. Khat veivei, grammar leh rule-te nak let lua le hang, ihpau dan nangawn khel kik nop hun om thei hi. Aihang in, ‘kampau’ pen a omsa hi a, ‘lai’ pen akiphuak tawm khat nahi lel hi, cih i thei hi. Ei Zopau tawh akituak pen ding-- Manglai alphabets mah maw, a dang phuah tawm theih khat peuh maw, grammar a tuam khat maw—-mun khat teitei ah om ding hi cih zong ngaihsut hun om hi. Bangbang ahi zongin, tu a dan mah tawh kikalsuan ding ahih main, a nuai-a zat dan nam li-te kakhel pakna n’ong theih siam dingun ong gen nuam ing. Hih teng zat dan akibang hi. ( ‘a’ ‘ka’ ‘na’ ‘i.’) Gentehna:(1) Thunget ding i phawk hiam? (2) Thunget ding ihphawk leh thu ngen ni. (3) Thunget ding na ut hiam? (4) Thunget ding na-ut leh thu nangen in. Ngaihsut dan tuamtuam naneih leh [email protected] ah ong theisak in. Lungdamna tawh, ( Editor, USA Thupuak, Myanmar Mission Church, Florida, USA)

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