Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Vocabulary Flash Card Vocabulary Matching Game Back to Lesson 25 Spoken Lao
                     
                    
             

Conversation 1: To continue something

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A1 g9Qk-yIPorklk]k;8+[+ L ca@w sJ& hJ#an pha#asa%a la#aw tO&O bO%O Are you going to continue studying Lao ?
B1 IPoF 0hvp-yIPo8+vudxuVbj' hJ#an, khO^j sJ& hJ#an tO&O JJ^k pJ%J ny&G Yes, I'm going to continue for one more year.
A2 s^a'9kdoAog9Qk-yg,nv[hko[= L la%Gca^ak na@n, ca@w sJ& my#a ba@an bO%O After that, are you going to return home ?
B2 [+ 0hvp-ygIaf;Pd16joUdjvo bO&O, khO^j sJ& he&t wJ@ak ju&u nJ^J kO&On No, I am going to work here first.
                     
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Conversation 2: Which one

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A1 -N|kd3,cfjco;.fs;ko L sy&y ma^ak mo#o dE&E nE#Ew da%j wa%an I'd like to buy a watermelon.

What kind is sweet ?
B1 co;pk;Ms;kod;jk gvqk9adVj;p nE#Ew Na#aw Na#aw wa%an ku&a a%w ca#k nu&aj The long one is sweeter; how many?
A2 gvqkVj;pfP;r=c]h; a%w nu&aj dJ%aw phO#O lE@Ew One is enough.
                     
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Conversation 3: Already - not yet

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A1 g9QkvjkoxB,sq;oUc]h;M[+ L ca@w a&an py@m hu%a nJ@J lE@Ew bO%O Have you finished reading this book?
B1
pa' 0hvpskd+g]yj,vjko
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Na#G, khO^j ha%a kO&O lA@Am a&an my@y wa#an nJ@J Not yet, I only started reading it yesterday.
A2 0hvpwfhpyo;jk,ao7ads^kp c,jo[=L g9Qk7bf9ja'.f L khO&j da@jNJ#n wa&a ma#n kha&k la%aj, ca@w khy&t ca&Gda%j I heard it is really good, what do you think ?
B2 0hvp7yf;jk 7n-yc,jo 7ad16j L khO^j khy&t wa&a khy#y sJ& kha&k ju&u I think it must be very good.
                     
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Vocabulary

    
vjko a&an to read
wfhpyo da@j-NJ#n to hear
skd+ ha%a-kO&O just, only just
gsao he%n to see
7ad kha&k superb
7ao kha#n if
7ao-aho kha#n-sa@n in that case
0Po khJ%an to write
7qo kho#m sharp
VhvpVbj' nO^Oj-ny&G a little bit
VhvpfP; nO^Oj-dJ%aw a very little
lvo sO%On to teach
ma' tha#G all
8+ tO&O to continue
8+wx tO&O pa%j next
gs^nv ly%a left, extra
,ao ma#n it
,uf mJ&t knife
|qfF ma'|qf   mo#t, tha#G-mo#t all
|qfc]h; mo#t lE@Ew finished, used up
|6j mu&u group, friend
,NdUoU my@y-kJ@J-nJ@J just now