Zomi-English Speaking No. 3, September 12, 2011

[Tuimang Vangkhua]

English Zomi
1. O'clock/ hour 1. Nai (nai satzah hun)
2. second 2. Setkaan
3. minute 3. minit
4. morning time 4. zingsang lam ( zingsang hun)
5. daytime 5. Sun hun
6. night time 6. Nitak ( Zan hun)


Conversation ( Kam ki hona)

Pauno : What time is it now?
( Nat bang zah satta/ hita hiam?)

Genpu : It's exactly 6 o'clock.
( Nai guk a sat lian laitak hi ei)

It's six fifteen, (9:15), fifteen past nine or quater past nine.
Nai kua leh minit 15 hi ei, nai 9 a satzawh minute 15 hi ta ei. ci bang in ki ci thei hi. (Quater past nine zong ki ci thei hi. Quater a cih ciangin nai khat ah minit
60 om a, tua 60 pen 4 tawh hawm sak le cin, seh 4 suah seh khat pen quater ki ci a, minute 15 a hi hi.

Half pass six.
Nai 6 leh a lang hita ei.

Pauno : What time do you always go to the office?
( Nai bang zah hun in, zum ah pai den na hiam?

Genpu : I always go to the office at 9:00 o'clock in the morning?
( Zingsang nai 9 in ka zum ah ka pai den hi)

Pauno : What time did you get home yesterday?
( Zan ni, bang hun in inn tung kik na hia?)

Genpu : I got home aroud 11:00 pm.
Zan nai 11 kiimpawl in inn tung ing.

Pauno : What time did you wake up this morning?
( Tu zing sang nai bang zah in tho na hia?

Genpu : I woke up at 7:00 a.m this morning.
( Tu zingsang in nai 7 in tho ing)

Pauno : How many hours did you sleep?
( Nai bangzahsung ih mu na hia?)

Genpu : It's almost seven hours.
( Nai 7 sung phial hiveh aw, ka ih mut)


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