How do you really say “Saturday” in Hmong?

lilian thaoxaochay
Nov 2 · 4 min read

Hmong words that are actually Lao words and the Hmong phrases you’re supposed to use instead, but I’m Hmoob A Me Li Kas.

Vocabulary and tone lessons (2014).

Hmong was my first language, my only language until I started school when the obsession to “fit in” by learning American-English supplanted the Hmong from my tongue.

So in 2014, I undertook Hmong Language studies at the Southeast Asian Studies…

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