Na lungsim zuiin, Maxine (Follow your heart, Maxine)
Thanks for returning to Vaphual.net, have you subscribed to the latest Zomi news & articles?. Become a registered member and start writing on Vaphual.net. Let the World hear YOUR thoughts! Thanks for visiting! By Maxine Morarie, Retired Missionary to Bolivia Unau lakah a 11-na ding ka pian ciangin ka innkuanpihte in min phuah ding thei [...]
Pitek Putek Kepna (Old Age Homes)
A khangto gam peuhmah in nei uh hi. A khangto minam peuhmah in zang uh hi. Nasem thei nawnlo mihing pen nasem thei laite nawngkaisak ding leh nasem thei laite nasep buaisak liang dingin kikoihlo a, a kepna tuam, a koihna tuam ah hoihtak koih in kikhoi uh hi. A kem a khoi ding gina [...]
Maipuang
Maipuang Inn lamah lim i sak hetloh, i lunggulh khollo, i gong hong su kha khollo a i ngaihsut Maipuang pen gamlamah kiduh mahmah se hi; mite in duh mahmah se hi. Bang hang ahi tam? Inn lam ah i tha gim, i nek limlo, i pumpi in vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, fibre, etc kisam zaw [...]
Gamdang Pai
Pai litlit dih ni. Pai ziahziah ding hi. A pai nailo te zong pai ding, a paisate zong pai zelzel ding. Tua pen ‘tulai dan’, ‘tulai khangthakzia’ ahi hi. Gamdang pailo peuhmah kithuneusak cih ahih pah loh hangin gamdang pai peuhmah tawikhai leh gik deuhse, buk deuh se hi. Tua pen inn lamah gamdang paite [...]
Kiteng Ding Maw Kitenglo Ding
…cih hun kitungta hi. Kitungta hi diam, hong tungta hizaw diam. A nih in a hikhawmkhawm thei hilel. Ei mihingte zong tua ciang kitungta cihna hi a, ei kiangah zong tua bang hunte hong tungta cih zong hithei hi. Bangbang hileh kiteng ding maw kitenglo ding cih ngaihsutna mihing nuntakna ah lian deuhdeuh hi. Taiwan [...]
Winner leh Champion
“Winner leh Champion kilamdanna pen – winner hidingin zawhna khau khun pel masa pen hih kul bek a, champion hi dingin zawhna khau khun khenlam ah pelh ding tampi omlai hi. Na gamtat luhek leh na pumpi kikepzawhna te ah mite etteh na hih ding kisam hi.” – Mr. Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee [...]
Mopawi thupi pen kibawl nailo
Princess Diana mopawi mihing million khat in leitung kiuli pan TV ah en kici a, thupi kisa mahmah hi. Amau hun lai in. Ahi zongin thupi nailo hi. US President Bill Clinton tanu Chelsea mopawi ah million 4 val bei a, a mopawi bawlna ding zong khua kisattawm cih bang phial in thupi a, a [...]
Primitive Society
‘Nam niam mite’ cih ziau ding tawh kibang hi. Ahi zongin a mikang kam in koih leng kitelzaw leh a theilo ki om nawnlo ahih manin mikang kamin kong koih zaw hi. A khangto nailo minamte pen ‘primitive society,’ ahih kei leh ‘noble savage’ kici a, tua pen laigelh pawlkhat zat dan himah leh Human [...]
Technology i cihcih bang hi peuhmah hiam?
A tom in ‘vanzat zatsiamna’ cihna hi. Greek pau ‘technologio’ pan kila hi a, ‘techne’ cih ciang ‘siamna’, ‘zatsiamna’, ‘vanzat siamna’ cihna hi a; ‘logio’ cih ciang ‘kisinna’, ‘sinna’, ‘siamna sinna’, ‘theihna sinna’ cihna hi. Vanzat khat peuhpeuh zatsiamna, ahih kei leh vanzat khat peuhpeuh zangsiam dinga kisinna cih hi. Bangzah taka tulai ciang hih [...]
A Khangtote Gamtat Dan
French mipi in etiquette thupisak mahmah uh a, English te in manner thupi sim mahmah uh hi.
Mutlawng
Mutpu tawh kibang dektak hi. Mutpu genna hilo a, khuak genna zong hilo hi. Mei mutna gen nuam ihi hi. Semlawng a ci zong om hi. Meimut cilo in meisem aci te in semlawng ci uh a, meimut a cite in mutlawng ci uh hi. Sem hiauhiau, mut hiauhiau, ci hiauhiau, nui hiauhiau… Mutlawng a [...]
Puanak
Puanak Silh kei leng guaktang hipah hi. ‘Puan’ cih ciang a ‘puan’ pen hi a, ‘ak’ cih ciang ‘silh’ cihna hi leh kilawmtak hi. Ahi zongin ‘ak’ cilo in ‘silh’ i ci hi. Puansilh cih ding hizaw leh kilawma, puanak i ci hi. A koizaw dikzaw cih ka thei kei a, a maanzaw cih zong [...]
Mutpuak
Nap a gen sawm i hi kei hi. Nap zong mutpuak in a kizat hun om thei mah hi. Sawm teta man hilo in sawmloh luat manin hong puak khia puat a, puakkham vetleh navak pah heha hi. Mutpuak laklak pan neih ding a kienglo pawl hikha ding hi. Khuata leh nam niam lak ah [...]
Vaak banghang vom hiam?
Kisam hiven. Vom kei leh amah ‘mel’ (color) neilo ding hi. Tangthu ah – vaak in mi zemzem in a tawpna ah amah a kizemna ding om nawnlo in belmang kinuh, tua manin vaak tuni tan vom suak hi – kici hi. ‘Tangthu’ himawk ahih cianga a pian laitaka mute in a gen uh a [...]
Nurse by Dr Hau Za Cin
‘Nurse’ i cih pen cidamna dinga nasem pawl lak ah a kep, a khoi lamsang a sem deuh leh a kisapna mun ah zatui sun, zatang pia, natna pan kidalna ding mite hilh, kikep dan ding lamlak, innsung, khuasung, leh tualsung ah cidamna a om den theihna ding makaih leh tangko na asemte ahi uh [...]
