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1. chungah; e.g. We live in a house = Inn chungah kan um;
2. in; e.g. She is dressed in white = Thilthuam rang in aa thuam;
3. caah; e.g. The dinner was in honor of Mary’s birthday = Zanriah cu Mary chuah lawmhnak caah a si;
4. ah; e.g. The board broke in two = Thingphel kha tan hnih ah aa tan;
5. lakah; e.g. They walked home in the rain = Ruahpi lakah inn ah an tin;
6. rian a ttuan; e.g. He is in government service = Amah cu cozah rian a ttuan;
in any case = A zeiti lei hmanh in; e.g. In any case, you will have to go = A zeiti lei hmanh in na kal a herh ko lai.
in any event = zei thil hmanh chuak ai kun;
in case, in case of = A si sual ahcun; e.g. Bring your umbrella in case it rains = Ruah a sur sual lai, na nithawng i put;
in custody = thong chung um.
in earnest = i biatak tein;
in favor (favour) of = amah ca i a ttha dingmi;
in focus = a lai khen;
in full = a dihlak in;
in good faith = lihchim lo tein;
in his favor (favour) = amah ca i a ttha dingmi;
in order to = khawh nakhnga; e.g. He lighted (lit) the candle in order to lighten the room = Innkhan cu a ceu khawh nakhnga phazawngdan a van;
in order that = nakhnga; e.g. I must earn money in order that I may go to college = Khawleih i ka kai khawh nakhnga, tanka ka hmun a herh;
in part = sawk; e.g. Na hmaan sawk;
in passing = ruat setsai lem loin biatlang chuak i vun chim; e.g. He said it only in passing = Biatlanga a vung chuah i a vun chim pah menmi a si;
in place of = amah can ah, amah hmun ah;
in reality = a ngaingai ti ahcun;
in short = a tawinak in;
in spite of = nain; e.g. The children went to school in spite of the rain = Ruah a sur nain ngakchia cu sianginn an kai ko;
in the event of = thil pakhatkhat a chuah sual ahcun;
in the first instance = hmasa bik ah;
in the long run = a donghnak ahcunn;
in the presence of = hmaika ah; e.g. He signed his name in the presence of two witnesses = Tette pahnih hna hmaika ah min a thut;
in time = tlawmpal hnu deuh ah; e.g. I shall be in time for dinner = Zanriah ei ah cun ka ra manh ko lai.