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Breaking Ice with a person you never know him/her before. |
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| Jinghpaw (Ga san). | English (Interrogative). |
| 1. Hkau hte gaw garahku shaga ai baw rai kun? | How will (I) call you, Hkau? (Male to Male). |
| 2. Ning hte gaw garahku shaga au baw rai kun? | How will (I) call you, Ning? (Female to Female). |
| 3. Hkri hte gaw garahku shaga ai naw rai kun? | How will (I) call you, Hkri (Male to Female). |
| 4. Tsa hte gaw garahku shaga ai baw rai kun? | How will (I) call you, Tsa (Female to Male). |
| 5. Hkau gaw hpabaw kasha ta? | What Kasha, (whether Lahtaw, Marip, Nhkum, Maran or Lahpai) are you, Hkau? |
| 6. Hkau gaw garakaw nga ai rai ta? | Where do you live, Hkau? (Male to Male). |
| 7. Ning gaw garakaw nga ai rai ta? | Where do you live, Ning? (Female to Female). |
| 8. Hkri/Tsa a Nta Masha ni gaw kaja nga ma ni? | How are your Family Members, Hkri/Tsa? |
First sentence: In Jinghpaw, we call it Hkau when starts breaking ice (male to male). Hkau, in Free Translation, means Brother-in-law and in second sentence, you will see the word Ning or Kaning, which means mother-in-law. Now, Take a look for two words in the third and forth sentences - you will see the words Tsa and Hkri, which means something like Uncle/Niece. 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. In the Fifth sentence, you will find the word written in Italic i.e., Kasha here means the speaker is asking to the second person whether he/she is Lahtaw, Maran, Nhkum, Lahpai or Marip. These are five Ruling families of The Kachin Class (I will write this one in a separate Page which is based on Anthropology). Otherwise, kasha means, a baby or a young one or a small one.
.......................To be Continued......check it out again..................

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