Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Vocabulary Flash Card Vocabulary Matching Game Back to Lesson 13 Spoken Lao
                        

Conversation 1: Dates

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A1 ,NoUc,jo;aospa' L my@y-nJ@J mE&En wa#n Na%G What is the day of the week ?
B1 ,NoUc,jo;ao rtsaf my@y-nJ@J mE&En wa#n pha&-ha#t Today is Thursday.
A2 ;aomugmqjk.f L wa#n thJ#J tha&w-da%j What is the day of the month ?
B2 ;aomu-k; wa#n thJ#J sa#aw It's the 20th.
                       
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Conversation 2:  Months

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A1 g9Qk-ywxgfnvo.f L ca@w sJ& pa%j dy%an da%j What month are you going ?
B1 0hvp-ywxgfnvocxf khO^j sJ& pa%j dy%an pE^Et I go in August.
A2 g9Qk-yda[,kxuVhk[= L ca@w sJ& ka#p ma#a pJ%J na^a bO%O Are you coming back next year ?
B2 [+F 0hvp-yda[,kxuoU bO&O, khO^j sJ& ka#p ma#a pJ%J nJ@J No, I am coming back this year.
                       
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Conversation 3: Past Times

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A1 g9Qkg[yj'3m]trk[g]njvpM[+ L ca@w bA&G tho#olapha@ap ly&aj ly&aj bO%O Do you watch TV often ?
B1 [+F 8k,me,tfk 0hvp
g[yj'c8j ;aoglqk da[;aovkmyf
bO&O, ta%am tha#mmada%a khO^j bA&G tE&E wa#n-sa%w wa#n-a%athJ&t No, usually I watch TV just on Saturdays and Sundays.
A2 g9Qk,adg[yj'spa' L ca@w ma&k bA&G Na%G What do you like to watch ?
B2 lj;os^kp 0hvp,adg[yj'c8jdy]k su&an la%aj, khO^j ma&k bA&G tE&E kJla#a Mostly, I watch just sports.
                       
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Vocabulary

  

 g9afly[luj ce#t-sJ#p-sJ&J 74
 cxfly[shk pE^Et-sJ#p-ha^a 85
 gdQkly[sqd ka@w-sJ#p-ho#k 96
 IhvpF  sonj'Ihvp    hO@Oj 100
 raoF sonj'rao   pha#n 1,000
 gra' phe#G song
 2a' fa#G to listen
 da[ ka#p with, and
 0jk; kha&aw news
 c]t lE& and
 g]Bvp ly&aj often
 g]NvpM ly&ajly&aj quite often
 lj;os^kp su&an-la%aj mostly
 8k,me,tfk ta%am-tha#mmada%a usually
 c8j tE&E but
  mu -thJ#J- ordinal marker
3m]trk[F      3m]tmaf   tho#olapha@ap

tho#olatha@t

TV
 gmqjk.fF m+.f   tha&wdaj, thO&Odaj how much
 ;ao wa#n day (of week)
 ;aovkmyf wa#n-a%athJ&t Sunday
 ;ao9ao wa#n-ca%n Monday
 ;aova'7ko wa#n-a%Gkha#an Tuesday
 ;aor5f wa#n-phu&t Wednesday
 ;aortsaf wa#n-phaha#t Thursday
 ;aol5d wa#n-su#k Friday
 ;aoglqk wa#n-sa%w Saturday
 ;ymtp5 wJ&thaNu& radio