ENDINGS
In Hmong, many words begin the same way
But last letter determines everything


Screw up the last letter and

Fish turns into salt
Horse into human
Sour into penis


You may like the word nyiam
But if you substitute j for m, your word transforms into money
Tack on a g for nyiag
and suddenly the money is stolen


A girl may start out as ntxhais
But neglect the s
and she becomes nothing more than the water left over from cooking rice

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