Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Vocabulary Flash Card Vocabulary Matching Game Back to Lesson 20 Spoken Lao
   
                
                 

Conversation 1: To what extent

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A1 vudfqoxko.fg9Qk-ywfhphkp L J^Jk do%n pa%andaj ca@w sJ& da@j Na@aj How much longer before you move?
B1 0hvppa'[+I6hgmbjv khO^j Na#G bO&O hu@u thy&a I don't know yet.
A2 xko.f-yI6h L pa%anda%j sJ& hu@u When will you know ?
B2 7n-yI6hrkp.olv'vkmyf khy#y sJ& hu@u pha#aj na#j sO%OG a%athJ&t I should know within 2 weeks.
                     
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Conversation 2: Yet or Not Yet

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A1 g9Qk,y7v[7q;c]h;s^npa' L ca@w mJ#J khO@Opkhu#a lE@Ew ly%y Na#G Are you married yet ?
B1 pa'[+mao,ugmnjv Na#G bO&O tha#n mJ#J thy&a No, not yet.
A2 xko.fg9Qk-yc8j''ko L pa%anda%j ca@w sJ& tE&EGGa#an When will you get married ?
B2 [k'muxuVhk ba%aG-thJ#J pJ%J na^a Maybe next year.
                     
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Conversation 3: Ever or Never

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A1 g9Qkg7upwfh]hP'laf[= L ca@w khA#Aj da@j lJ@aG sa#t bO%O Have you ever raised animals ?
B1 c8jdjvog7upF c8jg-qkc]h; tE&E kO&On khA#Aj, tE&E sa#w lE@Ew I used to, but I've stopped.
A2 g9Qkwfh]hP'spa'cfj L ca@w da@j lJ@aG Na%G dE&E What all did you raise ?
B2 0hvpwfh]hP'wdjcfjF gxafcfj khO^j da@j lJ@aG ka&j dE&E pe#t dE&E I raised chickens and ducks.
                     
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Vocabulary

   

 wdj ka&j chicken
 7;kp khu#aj water buffalo
 7n -y khy#y sJ& to seem, likely to
 g]U, lA@Am to begin
 ]hP' lJ@aG to raise
 c,; mE#Ew cat
 phkp Na@aj to move
 phkp gInvo Na@aj hy#an to move house
 pa'[+maoDDDgmnjv   Na#G bO&O tha#n, thy&a not ... yet
  'q; Gu#a cow
 gxaf pe#t duck
 rkp.o pha#aj na#j within a (period)
 laf sa#t animal
 g-qk sa#w to stop, cease
 c8jdjvo tE&E-kO&On before, in the past