LESSON 2: LEARNING JINGHPAW

Breaking Ice with a person you never know him/her before.
Jinghpaw (Ga san).		English (Interrogative).
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1. Hkau hte gaw gărahku shăga ai báw rè kün?	Listen to	How will (I) call you, Hkau? (Male to Male).
2. Ning hte gaw gărahku shăga ai báw räi kün?	Listen to	How will (I) call you, Ning? (Female to Female).
3. Hkri hte gaw gărahku shăga ai báw rè kün?	Listen to	How will (I) call you, Hkri (Male to Female).
4. Tsä hte gaw gărahku shăga ai báw räi kün?	Listen to	How will (I) call you, Tsã (Female to Male).
5. Hkau gaw hpabáw kăsha tä?	Listen to	What Kăsha, (whether Lăhtaw, Măríp, Nhkum, Măran or Lăhpai) are you, Hkau?
6. Hkau gaw gărakáw nga ai rai tä?	Listen to	Where do you live, Hkau? (Male to Male).
7. Ning gaw gărakáw nga ai rai tä?	Listen to	Where do you live, Ning? (Female to Female).
8. Hkri/Tsa, Ntä Măsha ni gaw kăja nga má nï?	Listen to	How are your Family Members, Hkri/Tsä?

Consider The Above sentences:-

First sentence: In Jinghpáw, we call it Hkau when  starts breaking  ice (male to male). Hkau, means Brother-in-law and in second sentence, you will see the word Ning or Kăning, which means mother-in-law. Now, Take a look for two words in the third and forth sentences - you will see the words Tsä and Hkri, which means something like Uncle/Niece. In the Fifth sentence, you will find the word written in Italic i.e., Kăsha here means the speaker is asking to the second person whether he/she is Lăhtaw, Măran, Nhkum, Lăhpãi or Măríp. These are five Ruling families of The Kachin Class (I will write this one in a separate Page which is based on Anthropology). Otherwise, kăsha means, a baby or a young one or a small one.

When we break ice with a young female to older male, start with "Agü" or "Gü" (Father-in-law) or in modern Christian society, most of young females start conversation by calling "Wa-di" (paternal uncle). Very old person (both male and female) can start breaking ice by using "Shü ma" or "Ma" (Grand-child). It's a polite/formal way of starting conversation to a new person. Likewise, you can substitute the words marking with Bold in many sentences.

Chyèjü Kăba sai. THANK YOU!

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