Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Vocabulary Flash Card Vocabulary Matching Game Back to Lesson 14 Spoken Lao
                                      

Conversation 1: Describing

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A1 IPorklk]k;pkd[+ L hJ#an pha#asa%a la#aw Na@ak bOO Is studying Lao difficult ?
B1 [+F [+pkdfvd bO&O, bO&O Na@ak dO^Ok No, it's not hard at all.
A2 vujs^u[= L J&JlJ%J bO%O Really ?
B2 vujs^uF c8jg,njvps^kp J&JlJ%J, tE&E my&aj la%aj Really, but it's tiring.
                       
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Conversation 2: What did you say ?

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A1 0=3mfF g9Qk4k,;jkspa'gdHkt L khO%O tho@ot, ca@w tha%am wa&a Na%G kO& Excuse me, what did you ask ?
B1 0hvp4k,;jkF g9Qk,yl=p+ L khO^j tha%am wa&a, ca@w mJ#J sO%O bO%O I asked if you had a pencil.
A2 ,uF g-uo mJ#J, sA#An I do. Here.
B2 0v[.9 khO^Op ca%j Thank you.
A3 [+gxaospa' bO&O pe%n Na%G Never mind.
                              
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Convesation 3: Discussing

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A1 ]k;;jk]k;-ywx.lgdHkt L la#aw wa&a la#aw sJ& pa%j sa%j kO& He said he was going where ?
B1 ]k;[vd;jk]k;-ywxmjkc0d la#aw bO^Ok wa&a la#aw sJ& pa%j tha&a-khE^Ek He said he was going to Tha Khek.
A2 ]k;-ywx,N.fgdHkt L la#aw sJ& pa%j my@y da%j kO& When is it he's going ?
B2 0hvp [+coj.9F [k'mu]k;-y wx ,Nvnjo khO^j nE&E ca%j, ba%aG-thJ#J la#aw sJ& pa%j my@y-y&yn I'm not sure, maybe he's going tomorrow.
           
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Vocabulary 

   

 [vd bO^Ok to tell
 [k'mu ba%aG-thJ#J maybe
 cfjF coj    dE&E, nE&E some; please
 vujs^u J&J-lJ%J really
 1n, jy%ym to borrow
 gdj' ke&eG smart, skillful
 g0Qk.9 kha^wca%j to understand
 7bf khy&t to think
 0=3mf khO%O-tho@ot to excuse,

excuse (me)

 gdHkt kO& again?
 vud J%Jk again
 ,j;o mu&an fun, pleasant
 g,njvp my&aj tired
 coj.9 nE&E-ca%j sure
 pkd Na@ak difficult
 'jkp Ga&aj easy
 mjkc0d tha&a-khE^Ek ThaKhek
 4k, tha%am to ask
 I6h hu@u to know