1. The pronouns khanO@Oy 0hkohvp   'I',  tha&an mjko    'you', and phA&n gryjo 'he, she' are called deferential pronouns.  They are used in formal settings to show respect to someone of higher position or greater age.  phA&n gryjo   should be used when speaking of one's parents.  There are also other ways to address those of greater age.

2. One uses khanO@Oy -hkohvp   at the end of a sentence when speaking to a superior. 

]k;lywx 0hkohvp

la#aw si pay khanO@Oy

He is going, sir.

3. na#aG ok'   and tha@aw mhk;    are used for persons of school age and above, up to middle age.  Other terms are used for older people.  na#aG ok'   and tha@aw mhk;      may be used in place of the pronouns 'you', 'he', and 'she'.  

ok'lywxwl

na#aG si pay sa%y

Where are you (female) going?

4.    Na#a pk   is a term of respect used before such words as phO&O r+    and mE&E c,j  and personal names.

pkr+	Na#a phO&O	honored father
pkc,j	Na#a mE&E	honored mother
pkcl'cdh;	Na#a sE%EG daaw	honored Sengdao
pkr+0hvplywx .og,nv'	Na#a phO&O khO^y si pay na#y my#aG	honored father is going to town.

Although  Na#a phO&O pkr+   and Na#a mE&E pkc,j     literally mean 'honorable father' and 'honorable mother', they are often used in addressing persons who are not one's parents but who are about the same age as one's parents.  Like na#aG ok'   and tha@aw mhk;,   they can be used as pronouns.

pkr+lywxwl	Na#a phO&O si pay sa%y	Where are you (father) going?
When addressing one's father or a man of one's father's age.
pkr+0hvplywx	Na#a phO&O khO^y si pay	My honorable father is going
.og,nv'	na#y my#aG	to town.
Referring to one's father or a man of his age.

5. Note the word order of the following phrases.

g0qhk9ujlv'dhvo	kha^w ci&i sO%OG kO@On	Two Loaves of bread
	Bread two loaves
g[pcdh;.spjlv'cdh;	bia kE@Ew Na&y sO%OG kE@Ew	Two large bottles of beer
	beer bottle big two bottle