Home Free Lao Lessons Food Here Home Free Lao Lessons Greetings Here https://youtu.be/WM420bdxWek ກິນເຂົ້າແລ້ວບໍ່ /gin khao laaeo baw/ ⠀ Did you eat already? Meaning: A form of courtesy. It carries a deeper meaning beyond “eating.” The person is checking your well-being –whether you’re doing well, eating well, or wanting to eat something. ມາເດີ້ /ma der/, …
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Home Free Lao Lessons Food Here https://youtu.be/sFFFmiKSzpU Just by knowing the Lao word for “water”, you can form a lot more compound words related to different types of drinks.⠀ ⠀ Note: While “ice” is not a drink by itself, it does contain the word water ນ້ຳ /nam/. Plus, it’s usually added in drinks to keep …
Home Free Lao Lessons Food Here ປ້າ /bpaa/ means Aunt, while ປາ /bpaa/ means Fish. Notice there’s a tone mark in ປ້າ /bpaa/ compared to ປາ /bpaa/. The combination of the consonant class, vowel ending, and tone mark change the word to a high falling tone.⠀ Vocabulary ປາ /bpaa/ = Fish⠀⠀ປາແດກ /padeak (bpaadaek)/ = Fermented …
Home Free Lao Lessons Food Here https://youtu.be/32Kq8L6Mdio There’s only one key word you need to know — ແຊບ /saap/. ແຊບ /saap/ means “delicious” and ແຊບຫຼາຍ /saap laai/ means “very delicious”. If someone asks you whether something was good or not, you can get by knowing only those words. ⠀ ⠀ Culturally, you should always say …
Home Free Lao Lessons Food Here https://youtu.be/UE7hYblmkCQ The Lao word ເຂົ້າ /khao/ can mean “to enter” as a verb or “rice” as a noun.⠀ ⠀ The Lao word for “hungry” is ຫິວ /hio/. The phrase “I’m hungry” in Lao is ຂ້ອຍຫິວເຂົ້າ /khawi hio khao/ which literally translates to “I + hungry + rice”⠀ ⠀ The …