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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Lao

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.

The Mekong River at Luang Prabang, Laos
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Allie Caulfield, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Lao phrases in this lesson

ມີ...ບໍ?mee ... BAW
Do you have...?

Literally "is there ...?".

...ຢູ່ໃສ?yoo SAI
Where is...?

The place goes first.

ເປີດpeut
Open
ປິດpit
Closed
ເອົາຖົງບໍ?ao THONG baw
A bag?

Literally "take a bag?".

ແພງໂພດphaeng POHT
Too expensive

Bargaining is normal at markets, gently and with a smile.

ຂ້ອຍຈອງໄວ້ແລ້ວkhoy jong wai LAEO
I have a reservation

Literally "I already booked".

ລວມອາຫານເຊົ້າບໍ?luam a-han SAO baw
Is breakfast included?
ລະຫັດວາຍຟາຍແມ່ນຫຍັງ?la-HAT wai-fai maen NYANG
What's the wifi password?
ຂ້ອຍ...ໄດ້ບໍ?khoy ... dai BAW
Can I...?

Where Lao is spoken

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