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Lesson 9 of 10

Time and days in Lao

Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. 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 former royal palace in Luang Prabang, Laos
Time and days
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Allie Caulfield, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Lao phrases in this lesson

ດຽວນີ້diao NEE
Now
ພາຍຫຼັງphai LANG
Later
ມື້ນີ້meu NEE
Today
ມື້ອື່ນmeu EUN
Tomorrow
ຄືນນີ້kheun NEE
Tonight
ເມື່ອໃດ?meua DAI
When?
ເປີດຈັກໂມງ?peut jak MONG
What time does it open?

Literally "opens at what hour?".

ຖ້າບຶດໜຶ່ງtha beut NEUNG
One moment, please

Literally "wait a moment".

ນາທີna-TEE
Minutes
ຊົ່ວໂມງsua MONG
Hours

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