Tuesday, August 26, 2008

PAITE LAIGELHDAN DIKTAK

Eugene H. Chinzahao, SingngatPu Chinzam Tawmbing in “PAITE LAI GELHDAN DIKTAK” chih Tongluang June 2008 Issue a hon gelh thu ah amah ngaihdan in dik chi mahleh a dik vek sipsip kei chih ka hon taklang nuam hi. A point No. 2 a Paite Laimal Khangthu khat ka hon taklang ding hi. Paite Literature Society in Paite Laimal thu a AW, O leh OU zat ding thu ah Sub-committee sepkhia in, H. Nengzachin, Thangzamang Guite leh T.C. Tiankham a sep ua, amau 1967-68 sungin a ngaihtuah ua, huchi in Paite Laimal ah AW, O leh OU zat ding thukim in a om hi. Laimal ichih I painpih ahi zenzen kei a, a zangtu dingte’n hoihpen in teh chi a kithurualna a poimawhpen hi. Etsakna dingin, English-te’n nidang in ‘Musick’ chi’n a gelh ua, tulai in bel ‘Music’ chi’n ‘K’ atel nawn kei hi. Huchi mah bangin, tulai a “ I don’t know’ chi a I gelh bang, nidang in, “ I dunno’ chi’n ana gelh uhi. Thamlouin, ‘honour’ chih bang ‘honor’ chi’n America-te’n a zang ua, himahleh, ‘hour’ te ‘soup’ chihte ah ‘U’ a pai kei uhi.

Tua I laimal zat uh, adiktakin Grik laimal akipan kilasawn ahi a, Grik-te’n leng ‘AW’ a zat di’n laimal nih ‘O’ leh ‘W’ chih a nei uhi. Huchi ahih dungzuiin ‘AW’ leh ‘O’ kia neih sangin, ‘AW, O leh OU’ chihte I neih un kouzan zawkna tampi honpia hi. Etsakna: lawm, tuni’n bawng zong di’n I kuankhawm diam? Chih, ‘Lawm, tuni’n bawng zawng di’n I kuankhawm diam? Chih sangin a sim a nuamz aw a, a gen leng a theih baihlam zaw hi.Huan, Paite pao thumal ah declension (aw gin kikhek) a om a, huai a zat di’n ‘AW’, ‘O’ leh ‘OU’ neih a phatuam mahmah uhi. Etsakna, ‘AW’ hiam ua’ O a kikhek. Tui a bua. Tui bosak ken(tui bawksak ke’n chih sangin a dikzaw). Mou na lawm dekta uhia? Na mou lop chiang un ka hong hoh teitei ding(Na mo lawp chiang un ka hawnghawh teitei ding chih sangin a theih baihlam zaw). English a Vowelte bel a gindan uh a kikhek thithe a, Paite vowelte bel a gindan uh kikheklou ahi uhi. Post chih bang a Post a O pen OU in a ging a, POUST chi a sim ding ahi a, ‘TO’ ah O pen U in a ging a, “TU” chi a simkhiak ahi. Himahleh, Paite laimal ah vowelte gindan kikheklou ahihman in O+U I zat uh a manpha mahmah hi.English Language & Terminolocy Society chih phuhkhiak hinapi’n a gelh tampa William Shakespeare spelling zat mipi’n a zui zaw uhi. Huchi ahihmanin, O pen nang OU bangin zang lechin leng a tamzaw in hon zatpih tuan keileh a phatuam kei ding hi. Eilak kia hilou, khovel pumpi et in leh naupangte khualna in AW, O leh OU zat tuh a hoihzaw hi. Literature I chih culture ahi kei a, I pianpih leng ahi zenzen kei a, a zangtute leh a zang dingte thuthu ahi zaw hi. David E. Jones leh T. Vialphung bawlkhiak, H. Nengzachin, T.C. Tiankham leh Thangzamang Gwite in a bawl lem thakna uah, a diklouhna a om kei a, simkhelh ding tampi ah kouzanna honpe zaw hi. Pu Zam in na gelh a dik mahmah bel, I laimalte uh simdan ahi a, himahleh, O pen OU a na ginsak a diklou ahi. Bangziakin? PLS in 1967-68 a ana puahphat uh ahihziakin. Huan vowel double zat thu ah na gen a dikna a om a, ahihhangin, problem a solve a leh double zat ding, problem a solve louhpi a zat tuh a dik kei zel hi. English-te’n ‘Look’ chihte a vowel a thuah in a zang ua problem a solve ziak, spelling meltuam pua ahihziak ahi.Etsakna dingin, Paite pao thumal ah, ‘Ding (stand)’ leh ‘Diing (will, shall)’ tegel kia a om a, ‘Ding(stand)’ pen a ‘I’ khat kia zang lehang la, ‘Diing (will)’ pen ah ‘II’ zang lehang problem a solve hi. Ahihhangin ‘laa’(song) chih lah om, mihing sung a ‘laa’ lah om, ganhingte lak a a ‘laa’ I chih lah om, a kawk theih tampi omte ah vowel double zat in problem a solve kei hi. Huchibangte ah vowel double zat louh ding ahi.I hilhchetna a chet semna dingin, vowel double zat phattuamlouhna khat etsakna pen awn lehang, tulai in khenkhat in ‘leeng’ chi in, ‘e’ a thuah in I zang ua, huai ah ‘e’ a thuah a zat a phatuam kei hi. Hiai ‘leeng’ chi a vowel thuah I zat chiangin a kawk theih a tamlua hi. 1. Leeng(King), 2. Leeng(also), 3. Leeng(fly), 4. Leeng (cart), chihte khawng a om lemlum hi. Huaiziakin, a kawk theih tampi omte ah vowel double zat a phatuam kei a, problem a solve kei hi. A AW B Ch….Z zat a hoih a, ABC dan a simkhiak ei paumal awte toh a tuahlouh ziakin dik kasa kei a, ‘C’ pen ‘Ch’ bang a zat leng kuamah laigelhtute a min zenzen kei uh. Bang ziakin ‘Ch’ sik a ‘C’ zat a diklouh zawk ziak ahi. AW, O leh OU zat in mun tampi a problem a solve ziakin a dik zaw a, vowel double zat in problem a solve leh zat ding, a solve tuan kei a, kawk theih a neih tampi a phak veve leh bel zatlouh kichian vitvet ding ahi.Khovel pumpi in ‘C’ pen ‘AW’ in a gingsak ua, Radio khawng, TV khawng I ngaihkhiak leh Mizoram bang Mizawram chi’n a lou khia ua, Mizouram chi a gelh hile uh kuama’n sim khial lou ding, loukhial lou ding uh ahi.Paite laimalte lakah vowelte khat mah leng dipthong sound (vowel khat hinapi a vowel nih gindan a ging) chih a om theikei hi.
Hiai ‘O’ pen O+U= OU gin a na ginsak lai siah, dipthong sound ahi.
1. ‘a’ kia a+u= au in a ging theikei a,
2. ‘aw’ kia aw+u=awu in a ging theikei a,
3. ‘e’ kia e+u= eu in a ging theikei a,
4. ‘I’ kia i+u=iu in a ging theikei a,
5. ‘o’ kia o+u=ou in a ging theikei a,
6. ‘u’ kia u+i= ui kia in a ging theikei. A dangte mah banga ‘O’ leng vowel khat gindan a a gin ding. Etsakna: English ah ‘a’ bang vowel nih gindan a gin hun om a-location=lokeishun. Himahleh, ‘o’ pen ‘aw’ gin a ginsak a, ‘ou’ a a gin dial eh vowel dangte mah banga o+u=ou ahih a ngai hi. Vowel dangte( a, aw, e, I leh u) single sound nei napi ‘o’ pen in double sound (dipthong) a ging thei ahi kei hi. Chih bel, Paite laimal a zat di’n chihna ahi. Banah, tulai in consonant double zatna leng a om zeuhzeuh a, huai leng problem a solve leh zat ding, a solve keileh zatlouh ding ahi. Etsakna : Biakin(chapel)-hiai ah, ‘n’ a thuah a zangin ‘Biakinn’ chi a gelh pawl I om uhi. ‘n’ khat kia I zat leh zong a buaihuaina a om kei a, ‘n’ a thuah zat thuval ahi. ‘Inn’ ah ‘n’ a thuah a zat a dik a, himahleh, ‘inkuan’ chih ah ‘n’ a thuah a zat a kul kei a, ‘inkuan’ inleng family a kawk a, ‘n’ a thuah a zat tuh thuval a suak hi. Huai banah, tulai in ‘Kristian’, ‘Kris’, ‘Krismas’ chihte gelhna ah khenkhat in, ‘h’ a behlap ua, a diklou ahi. English Pronouncing Dictionary I et leh, ch=k ahi. Huaiziakin, a dik leh diklouh suichian loupe a mi’n zang tah chi a mawk zat ding ahi kei hi.Laimal zenzen bel, culture ahi zenzen kei a, etsakna ding in, “I laimal ding un Korea-te a koppih ni eih” I chih leh a zang dingte thuthu ahi zaw hiVowel double hi’n Consonant double hi’n bang hitaleh, problem a solve a leh zat ding, problem solve tuan loupe a zong a zai a zat tuh a chiin chi kei hi. Huaiziakin, hiaite lou leng gelh beh ding a om tham dia, hiai ah hiai zah ka hon taklang hi.
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This article had appeared in Tongluang August 2008 issue as a rejoinder to PAITE LAIGELHDAN DIKTAK (The Paite Cultural Heritage) by Chinzam Tawmbing which appeared in the same magazine in June 2008 issue.

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