Hmong Minor at Fresno State

For people who want to take summer courses in Mong leng, but are tired to scroll down.

Courses only for adults. Please, you all email Caroline at [email protected]

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HMONG, quietly during summer, online, with an attentive and skillful instructor,
take Dr. Caroline Thao's courses at Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, California.

Dr. Thao is a caring and insightful Hmong teacher. She has fantastic singing skills! 🥰

She translated my White Hmong textbook "Planting a Tree" into Mong Leng, "Mong leng for Beginning Level'.

The Hmong 401 course is for beginners who do not speak Hmong yet. They will learn the basic skills.
The Hmong402 course is for the learners who already know how to speak at the basic level, and need to develop more writing, reading and speaking skills.

Look at the flyer I did to promote her courses.
These courses are online.

For more info, email her:
[email protected]

For people who want to buy textbooks in White Hmong or Mong Leng, but are tired to scroll down.

For people who want to take Hmong courses online, but are tired to scroll down.

Nyob zoo,
There are still seats for these courses of Hmong for beginners at Fresno City College.

If you have any questions, let me know.

For the people who are tired to scroll down.

There a lot of info ... Pleasr, scroll down a little bit to explore this very specialzed page on Hmong language -- that has more than 3 million views, has been visited by half million viewers in the past 3 months!

Keep teaching your children to simply reply with "yes" or "no" in Hmong. It matters.

Question with "puas":

Koj puas mus?
Koj puas noj?
Koj puas nyiam?
Koj puas ua? ...

🎉 Facebook recognized me as a top rising creator this week!

One beautiful aspect of Hmong language is how deeply it observes ordinary human behavior through the body. 🌿

In many Hmong idioms, the body is not only physical. The stomach, eyes, mouth, tongue, and even gestures become ways to talk about morality, emotions, intentions, wisdom, greed, kindness, and social behavior.

A “big stomach” may describe uncontrolled desire.
“Eyes bigger than the stomach” describe wanting more than one can handle.
A “sweet mouth but salty tongue” describes someone whose words sound pleasant but secretly hurt others.
“The mouth has teeth” reminds us that words can wound deeply.

These expressions show how closely Hmong people observed everyday life: how people speak, look, eat, react, hide feelings, criticize others, or interact socially. Wisdom did not come only from formal education, but from watching human behavior carefully across generations.

Hmong body idioms also reveal that communication is more than words alone. Tone, facial expressions, silence, gestures, and indirect speech all carry meaning. Through simple images from the body, our ancestors taught lessons about self-control, humility, honesty, respect, and social harmony.

These expressions may sound simple, but they preserve a rich understanding of human psychology and social life. 🌿

Celebrating 10 Years of the Hmong Minor.
Through the faces and hearts of our students.

Different backgrounds of my students from 2003 to 2026.
What a change!

My 23 years of teaching Hmong from Beginning to Advanced Levels at the college level.

My first course of Hmong took place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the summer 2023 where I was invited from France to come to create the 3rd year course of advanced level.