Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Vocabulary Flash Card Vocabulary Matching Game Back to Lesson 17 Spoken Lao
    
    

Conversation 1:  How Many Siblings

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  A1 g9Qk,uvhkpgvNvpohv'oedao9ad 7qoL ca@w mJ#J a@aj y@aj nO@OG na#m-ka%n ca#k kho#n How many brothers and sisters do you have (including you) ?
B1 0hvp,uoedaoshk7qo khO^j mJ#J na@m-ka%n ha^a kho#n I have five (including me).
A2 g,pg9Qk,uvhkpgvNvpohv'[= L mJ#a ca@w mJ#J a@aj y@aj nO@OG bO%O Does you wife have brothers and sisters ?
B2 ]k;[+,uF ]k;gxao]6dlk;fP; la#aw bO&O mJ#J, la#aw pe%n lu@uk sa%aw dJ%aw She doesn't have any; she is an only daughter.
                     
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Conversation 2: Asking Age

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A1 ]6dg9Qkwfh9adxuc]h; L lu@uk ca@w, da@j ca#k pJ%J lE@Ew How old is your child ?
B1
]6d-kpdqdwfhg9afxu
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]6dlk;wfhlk,xu
lu@uk sa#aj ko#k da@j ce#t pJ%J phu^u thJ#J sO%OG da@j ha^a pJ%J lu@uk-sa%aw da@j sa%am pJ%J The oldest son is seven.       The second is five.               The daughter is three.
                     
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Conversation 3: Asking about Parents

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A1 r+c,jg9Qkpa'16j[= L phO&O mE&E ca@w Na#G ju&u bO%O Are your parents still alive ?
B1 r+0hvppa'16j c8jc,j0hvpglpc]h; phO&O khO^j Na#G ju&u tE&E mE&E khO^j sJ%a lE@Ew My father is living but my mother has passed away.
A2 r+g9Qkpa'16j[hko[= L phO&O ca@w Na#G ju&u ba@an bO%O Is your father still at home ?
B2 [+F gryjo16joegvNvp0hvp bO&O, phA&n ju&u na#m y@aj khO^j No, he stays with my older sister.
                     
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Vocabulary

   

 vhkp a@aj older brother
 vhkpgvNvpohv' a@aj-y@aj-nO@OG siblings
 gvNvp y@aj older sister
 ohv' nO@OG younger
 ohv'lk; nO@OG-sa%aw younger sister
 ohv'-kp nO@OG-sa#aj younger brother
 lk; sa%aw girl
 -kp sa#aj male
 gfafohvp de#k-nO@Oj child
 dqd ko#k first (born)
 s^hk la^a last (born)
 ]6d lu@uk offspring
 ]6dz6hfP; lu@uk phu&u-dJ%aw only child
 ]6d-kp lu@uk-sa#aj son
 ]6dlk; lu@uk-sa%aw daughter
 c,jpy' mE&ENJ#G woman
 oedao na@mka%n together
 pa' Na#G still, yet
 z6h phu^u person
 z6h[jk; phu^u-ba&aw unmarried male
 z6h-kp phu^u-sa#aj man
 z6hlk; phu^u-sa%aw unmarried female
 glpF 8kp    sJ%a, tha@aj to die, lost
 gryjo phA&n he, she, him, her

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