Home Free Lao Lessons Food Here These are common Lao words for cooking methods you might hear in Laos (or growing up in a Lao household in America like me).⠀⠀Isn’t it interesting that there are more than one way to say ‘chop’ or ‘boil’ in the Lao cooking world? ⠀ Lao words vs Thai words? …
Home Free Lao Lessons Grammar Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6gZ7w_zjzs Lao is a tonal language where different word tones can indicate different meanings. Thus, mood particles at the end of a sentence can help to express a certain feeling/mood.⠀ ⠀ Similarly, in American English, we may use ending words like, “Go ahead, dear.”, “Go ahead, fool!” to politely …
Home Free Lao Lessons Food Here What are some ways to say that you will “foot the bill” in Lao? In American English, you might be familiar with idioms and phrases like, “I will pay for it”, “It’s all on me”, “I got this”, “I’ll take care of this”, “Let me take care of the …
How country names are pronounce within a language indicate a bit of its historical interactions and influences with other cultures. For instance, there’s no official way to say Canada in Lao, it is just simply, ການາດາ “Gaanaadaa/Canada.” Iceland is simply Iceland in Lao. Whereas for China, Lao people have a different way of pronouncing it …
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“The language you speak determines how you think” – Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Lao is the lingua franca of Laos, the national language of the country, and the language of mass media broadcasting there (where the “Vientiane” dialect is the standard). Yet, outside of Laos, the language itself is often overlooked in favor of its well-known neighboring …