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Conversation 1 : Before This ... That

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A1 djvog9Qk,koUF g9QkgIafdko16j.lL kO&On ca@w ma#a nJ@J, ca@w he&t ka%an ju&u sa%j Before you came here, where did you work ?
B1 0hvpgIafdko16j-P'0;k' khO^j he&t ka%an ju&u sJ#aG khu%aG I worked in Xieng Khouang.
A2 g9QkwxgIafspa'1j6sAo rh5o LL ca@w pa%j he&t Na%G ju&u phu@n What did you do there ?
B2 0hvpwxgIaf37'dkorafmtok khO^j pa%j he&t kho#oGka%an pha&tthana#a I worked in a development project.
                     
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Conversation 2: After This ... What

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A1 s^a'9kdxt-5,c]h;M g9Qk-ygIaf spa' L la%Gca^ak pasu#m lE@Ew lE@Ew, ca@w sJ& he&t Na%G After the meeting is finished, what are you going to do ?
B1 0hvp-ywxrq[sq;Vhkrtcoddjvo c]h;-yda[g,bv[hko gIUvo L khO^j sJ& pa%j pho&p hu%a-na^a phanE^Ek kO&On, lE@Ew sJ& ka#p my#a ba@an I am going to meet the section chief first, and then I'll go back home.
                     
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Conversation 3: When That ... What

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A1 8vog9QkgIaf;Pd16j-qoot[qfF g9QkgIafspa'cfj tO%On ca@w he&t wJ@ak juu so#nnabo#t, ca@w he&t NaG dEE When you were working in rural areas, what did you do ?
B1 8vooAo0hvpcotoeg]bjv'   dko;k'czo7v[7q; tO%On na@n, khO^j nE&-na#m lyaG ka%an wa#aG phE%En khO@Opkhu#a At that time, I was an advisor in family planning.
                     
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Vocabulary

    

[hko ovd ba@an-nO@Ok countryside
g9Qk c0;' ca@w-khwE%EG Provincial Governor
g,nv' my#aG District
g9Qk g,nv' ca@w-my#aG District Governor
dko ka%an job, work
djvo vjno kO&On-y&yn first of all
s^a'9kd la%G-ca^ak after
c]h; lE@Ew to finish; then
g[jnv' ly&aG affair; about
8jk'xtgmf ta&aG-pathe@et foreign country
.omujl5f na#j-thJ&J-su#t finally
cotoe nE&-na#m to advise
vq[rtpq[ o#ppha&No&p to take refuge
7qovq[rtpq[ kho#n o#ppha&No&p refugee
okp[hko na#aj-ba@an village chief
-P'0]k' sJ#aG khu%aG Xieng Khouang
8k, ta%am to follow; according to
8vo tO%On part; when, while
8vos^a' tO%On-la%G afterwards, later
8vooAo tO%On-na@n then, at that time
8vomevyf tO%On tha#m-J#t at first