Calm-Sojourner

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

English to Mizo: friend conversation during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown

English: Hello, John, are you okay?
Mizo: Chibai, John, I tha maw?

English: Hey, Liana, I am fine
Mizo: Hey, Liana, ka tha e.

English: It's been a long time we have met
Mizo: Kan inhmuhna kha a rei ta hle mai.

English: Yes, it's more than one year
Mizo: Ni e, kum khat chuang a ni tawh ang.

English: Where are you working right now?
Mizo: Khawiah nge hna i thawh tak a?

English: I am working in Airtel company
Mizo: Airtel company ah ka thawk a.

English: Wow, great, that's a good news
Mizo: Awhaw, a va ropui ve, chanchin lawmawm tak a ni.

English: How is your company?
Mizo: In company chu enge a an?

English: It is a nice place to work.
Mizo: Hnathawhna nuam tak a ni.

English: Nice to hear
Mizo: Hriat a nuam hle mai.

English: What about you these day?
Mizo: Nang tunlai enge i chanchin?

English: I am preparing for job exam
Mizo: Hnazawng turin ka inbuatsaih a.

English: Cool, all the best.
Mizo: A va tha ve, duhsakna ka hlan a che.

English: Thank you
Mizo: Ka lawm e.

English: By the way, how is your father?
Mizo: Thudang alai chuan, i Pa a dam tha em?

English: No, he is not well but not serious.
Mizo: Aih, a dam tha lo, mahse, ngaihtuahawm a ni lo e.

English: So sad, but i hope he will be getting better soon.
Mizo: A va pawi ve, mahse a damthat leh thuai ka beisei.

English: Yes, he will be fine soon.
Mizo: Ni e, a damtha ve leh thuai ang.

English: We have to be bery careful from Corona virus
Mizo: Corona natna lak atang hian kan fimkhur tur a ni.

English: Yes, they said that there is no proper medicine for this disease.
Mizo: Nie, an sawi dan chuan, he natna enkawlna tur damdawi mumal a la awm lo an ti.

English: Certainly, there is also no vaccine
Mizo: A dik chiah, a invenna damdawi pawh a awm lo.

English: Covid-19 is a very dangerous disease
Mizo: Covid-19 hi natna hlauhawm tak a ni.

English: How to you spend life during lockdown?
Mizo: Inkharkhip chhung in engtin nge nun i hman?

English: I am just staying at home with my family.
Mizo: Ka chhungte nen inah kan awm tawp a ni mai.

English: Do you get bored?
Mizo: A ninawm i ti thin em?

English: Of course, sometime i need to go out.
Mizo: Teh rengmai, a chang chuan kal chhuah ka ngai thin.

English: But, be careful if you go for shopping
Mizo: Mahse, thil lei tura i kal pawn fimkhur ang che.

English: Yes, i am wearing mask whenever i go out
Mizo: Aw, ka kalchhuah apiangin ka hmai ka tuam thin.

English: Don't forget to use hand sanitizer
Mizo: Kut silfaina hmang theihnghilh suh ang che.

English: Sure, I always keep in my pocket
Mizo: Tehrengmai, ka ipteah ka pai ziah.

English: Anyway, I have to go, see you later
Mizo: Engpawhnise, ka kal angai tlat, kan inhmu leh dawnnia.

English: Take care
Mizo: Fimkhur la aw

English: He is a nice friend
Mizo: Thiantha tak a ni

English: I am glad that I having such a good friend
Mizo: Khatiang thian tha ka nei kha, ka lawm ngawt mai.

English: God is good to me
Mizo: Pathian hi ka tan a tha a ni.

English: Let me buy chocolate for my wife
Mizo: Ka nupui tan chocolate ka'n lei ang e.

English: I think I am a good husband
Mizo: Pasal tha tak chu ka ni ve in ka inhria.

English: I will call you on tonight
Mizo: Zaninah ka rawn bia ang che.

English: Okay, don't forget
Mizo: Aw le, theihnghilh suh ang che.

English: I will not forget
Mizo: Ka theihnghilh lo ang.

English: I wish I can speak Mizo language
Mizo: Mizo tawng thiam ka va'n chak tak

English: Don't worry, I will teach you
Mizo: Lungngai suh, ka la zirtir ang che

English: But you never have time
Mizo: Mahse, hun i nei ngai lo a

English: I will have time during lockdown
Mizo: Inkharkhip lai hian hun ka nei ang

English: Time will tell
Mizo: Hunin a la hril ang chu

English: I think you don't trust me
Mizo: Min ring lo in ka hria

English: No, I trust you
Mizo: Ni lo, ka ring a che

English: Okay, let's plan on next week
Mizo: Aw le, karlehah tih tum ila

English: It will be interesting
Mizo: A nuam duh ngawt ang

English: Let me go home now
Mizo: Ka haw tawh mai ang e.

You can watch above conversations of English to Mizo in the YouTube video given below:

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Midum pangpar (flower)

Local (Mizo) name: Midum pangpar/Midum par
English name: Hibiscus (red)/ Rose mallow

This is a common flower in Mizoram and it is locally called Midum par or Midum Pangpar. The following photos are taken in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. In Mizoram this flower is often found in government bungalows and offices premises. It is not an indigenous plant. I am not sure where it come from and who introduce in our state but what i can assure is that it is an imported flowering plant. The simple thing you can easily recognise in Mizoram is that government bungalows and offices are often decorated with this kind of flowering plant which means that the decoration can be seen as more "sarkari" or more "foreign." What came to my mind is that most of the government offices and bungalows are hardly decorated with indegenous flowering plant. This may be because of the colonial legacy still imbibes to the decorator or designers even in this post-independent period. The government and private garden or plant decoration in Mizoram can be easily differentiated with indigenous plants and imported/foreign plants. When the Bristish colonial offices were set up in Mizoram their houses and offices were often decorated with the flowering plants that they brought from outside which were later followed by the local people in their houses and offices premises decoration. Apart from government officials Christian missionaries also followed the same. One can question that why the indigenous flowers are not much used in goverment offices and bungalows gardens? Are we still following the era of British Raj in Mizoram? Or one may also can say that flower has no attachment with any particular human races, it just bloom wherever it was planted without considering the idendity of its planter!! :) :)