At the restaurant - ທີ່ຮ້ານອາຫານ
The following conversation is between two people — a waiter/waitress and a restaurant customer in Laos.
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Vocabulary list
ສັ່ງ
ແກງໜໍ່ໄມ້
ປີ້ງໄກ່
ແຊບ
ດື່ມ
ນ້ຳປັ່ນ
ນ້ໍາຕານ
Order
Bamboo soup
Grilled chicken
Delicious/tasty
Drink (verb)
Smoothie
Sugar
A = Waiter/Waitress ພະນັກງານເສີບ
B = Restaurant customer ລູກຄ້າຮ້ານອາຫານ
Lao-English
Lao
| ນັ່ງຢູ່ໂຕະຮ້ານອາຫານ | Sitting at the restaurant table | |
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A: ສັ່ງອາຫານເລີຍບໍ ເຈົ້າ? | A: Are you ready to order food? |
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A: ມັກອາຫານຫຍັງພິເສດບໍ? | A: What do you want to eat? [1] |
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B: ກຳລັງຄິດວ່າ ຊິສັ່ງແກງໜໍ່ໄມ້ | B: I’m thinking bamboo soup. |
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A: ແກງໜໍ່ໄມ້ ບໍ່ມີ ຂໍໂທດເດີ | A: Sorry. We don’t have (bamboo soup). |
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B: ຄັນຊັ້ນກະ ເອົາປີ້ງໄກ່, ເຂົ້າໜຽວ, ຕຳໝາກຫຸ່ງ. ເຮັດເຜັດໆເດີ້, ໃສ່ໝາກເຜັດຫຼາຍໜ່ວຍ [2] | B: I’ll get grilled chicken, sticky rice, and papaya salad--make it spicy. Put a lot of peppers. |
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B: ຄັນມັນບໍ່ເຜັດ ບໍ່ແຊບ | B: If it’s not spicy, (it’s) not tasty. |
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A: (ເຄື່ອງດື່ມເດ) ເອົາຫຍັງບໍ? | A: What would you like to drink? |
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B: ມີຫຍັງແດ່? | B: What do you have to drink? |
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A: ມີນ້ໍາດື່ມ, ຊາ ແລະ ນ້ໍາປັ່ນ | A: We have (drinking) water, tea, and smoothies. |
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B: ຂ້ອຍເອົານ້ໍາປັ່ນໝາກມັງກອນ ເດີ້ | B: (I’ll) get a dragon fruit smoothie. |
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B: ໃສ່ນ້ໍາຕານໜ້ອຍຫນຶ່ງເດີ ບໍ່ເຮັດຫວານຫລາຍ | B: Don’t add a lot of sugar. |
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A: ໂດຍ. | A: Yes (agreeing). |
[1] Note: direct translation is: “What’s your favorite kind of food?”
[2] (*Note: ໜ່ວຍ is a classifier)
Sebastian Fedden & Greville G. Corbett. Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems, Language Science Press, Berlin, pp. 171–179 (978-3-946234-88-3). (Ch. 13 Understanding intra-system dependencies: Classifiers in Lao.)
Contributors:
Audio – Symanichan Chanthoumphone and Peter Chindavong
Lao transcript – Thavisone Mounlasane
English translation – Peter Chindavong
