Looking for practical Sinhala to Hmong phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Sinhala phrase first, then the Hmong translation (Hmong) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Hmong.
Tip: read the Hmong line out loud three times, then cover the Sinhala side and try to recall the meaning — repetition builds memory faster than silent reading.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
හෙලෝ
Nyob zoo(Hello)
ස්තුතියි
Ua tsaug(sthuthiyi)
සුභ උදෑසනක්
Zoo siab sawv ntxov(subha udæsanak)
සුභ පස්වරුක්
Zoo siab tav su(subha paswaruk)
සුභ සවසක්
Zoo siab tsaus ntuj(subha sawasak)
සුභ රාත්රියක්
Nplooj siab hmo(subha rathriyak)
පසුව හමුවෙමු
Pom dua(pasuwa hamuwemu)
ගුඩ් බයි
Kuv mus lawm(Goodbye)
ඔබගේ නම කුමක්ද?
Koj lub npe hu li cas?(obagē nama kumakda)
මගේ නම ජෝන්
Kuv lub npe hu John(mage nama John)
ඔබට කොහොමද?
Koj nyob li cas?(obata kohomada)
ඔබට හමුවී සතුටුයි
Zoo siab tau ntsib koj(obata hamuwi sathutuyi)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
ඔබට ඉංග්රීසි කතා කරන්න පුළුවන්ද?
Koj puas tham lus Askiv?(Obata ingreesi katha karanna puluwanda?)
මට හින්දි හොඳින් කතා කරන්න බැහැ
Kuv tsis tham Hindi zoo.(Mata hindi hondin katha karanna beha)
මට තේරෙන්නේ නැහැ
Kuv tsis to taub.(Mata therenne na)
කරුණාකර මන්ද ගතව කතා කරන්න
Thov tham maj mam.(Karunakar mandagathawa katha karanna)