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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Lao
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Lao words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Lao phrases in this lesson
- ສະບາຍດີບໍ?sa-bai-dee BAW
- How are you?
- ສະບາຍດີ, ຂອບໃຈsa-bai-DEE, khop-JAI
- I'm fine, thanks
- ແລ້ວເຈົ້າເດ?laeo jao DEH
- And you?
- ເຈົ້າຊື່ຫຍັງ?jao seu NYANG
- What's your name?
- ຂ້ອຍຊື່...khoy SEU
- My name is...
- ເຈົ້າມາແຕ່ໃສ?jao ma tae SAI
- Where are you from?
- ຂ້ອຍມາແຕ່...khoy ma TAE
- I'm from...
- ຂ້ອຍມັກkhoy MAK
- I like it
- ງາມຫຼາຍngam LAI
- It's beautiful
- ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບyin-dee ton-HAP
- Welcome
Literally "are you well?".
Literally "and you?".
For Luang Prabang at dusk, the obvious comment.