Home Free Lao Lessons Adjectives Here https://youtu.be/Ebco9BzBBBM Whenever I chat with my friends from Laos, I often ask them, how’s the weather? Learning about weather terms in Lao is a good way to expand your vocabulary. ອາກາດ /aagaad/ = weather⠀ ຮ້ອນ /hawn/ = hot ໜາວ /naao/ = cold ແດດແຮງ /daaed haaeng/ = sunny (hot) ແດດອອກ …
Home Free Lao Lessons Food Here Lao dishes are full of flavors to satisfy our taste buds! We know ຕຳໝາກຫຸ່ງ /tham mak hoong/ “papaya salad” can be spicy and ເຂົ້າຫມົມຄົກ /khao nom krok/ “candies” can be sweet.⠀ ⠀ So. how do you actually talk about tastes in Lao language? Vocabulary ຊີມ /siim/ = taste (verb) …
Home Free Lao Lessons Grammar Here https://youtu.be/T7MPzhHOAyQ Just like ways to say “yes” in Lao, there’s no direct “no.” So, we’ll learn the different ways to say “no” in different politeness levels. ບໍ່ /baw/ No⠀ ⠀ ບໍ່ /baw/ + verb⠀ Negation of an action by repeating the verb⠀ Ex: ເຫັນບໍ່? ບໍ່ເຫັນ /hen baw? baw hen/ …
Home Free Lao Lessons Greetings Here Home Free Lao Lessons Grammar Here Home Free Lao Lessons People Here https://youtu.be/4k9A86HIWLw In English, if you want to refer to yourself, you can use “me, myself, and I.” Lao, however, has different ways of saying “I/me.” That is because Lao is a social and family hierarchy class language …
Home Free Lao Lessons Grammar Here https://youtu.be/y230__H-tsU Lao does not have a direct “yes.” Once you start observing how people respond to a ‘yes’ question, you’ll notice there are different formal levels for ‘yes’ in Lao. 1) ໂດຍຂະນ້ອຍ /doi kanoy/ = is a high-level and respectful way to say ‘yes’ for monks. The /kanow/ ຂະນ້ອຍ …