Vocabulary
| Lao | Pronunciation | English |
| ອາຫານ | a han | food |
| ອາກາດ | a kad | weather |
| ເອົາ | ao | to take |
| ເບຍ | bia | beer |
| ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ | bo pen jang | you’re welcome, never mind |
| ຈາງ | chang | bland |
| ຣ້ອນ | ron | hot (temperature) |
| ເຢັນ | yen | cool, cold (see grammar note 2) |
| ຢູ່ | yu | be |
| ກາເເຟ | ka fe | coffee |
| ກາເຟດຳ | kafe dam | hot, black coffee |
| ກາເຟດຳເຢັນ | kafe dam yen | iced, black coffee |
| ກາເຟນົມ | kafe nom | hot coffee with milk |
| ກາເຟນົມເຢັນ | kafe nom yen | iced coffee with milk |
| ໂຄລ້າ | kho la | Coca cola |
| ຫລາຍ | lai | much, many, a lot |
| ຫລື | lu | or |
| ມັກ | mak | to like |
| ນົມ | nom | milk |
| ນ້ຳ | nam | water |
| ຊາ | sa | tea |
| ຊາເຢັນ | sa yen | iced tea |
| ຊາດຳ | sa dam | hot black tea (without milk) |
| ຊານົມ | sa nom | hot black tea with milk |
| ຊາດຳເຢັນ | sa dam yen | iced black tea |
| ຊານົມເຢັນ | sa nom yen | iced black tea with milk |
| ເຜັດ | phed | hot, spicy (food) |
| ເຄັມ | khem | salty |
| ໂພດ | phod | too much, in excess |
| ພໍດີ | pho di | just right, in excess, just right, just enough |
| ຊິ | si | intend to, will, would |
| ດຳ | dam | black |
| ຫວານ | van | sweet |
| ແຊບ | saep | testy, delicious |
| ສົ້ມ | som | sour |
Conversation 1: At the Cafe
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ເຈົ້າ ຊິ ເອົາ ຫຍັງ? | chao si ao jang | What’ll you have ? |
| A1 | ຂ້ອຍ ຊິ ເອົາ ກາເຟ, ເຈົ້າ ເດ໋ ? | khoy si ao kafe chao de | I’ll have coffee, and you ? |
| B1 | ຂ້ອຍ ຊິ ເອົາ ນ້ຳ ຊາ | khoy si ao nam sa | I’ll have tea. |
Conversation 2: At the Restaurant
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ເຈົ້່າ ຢາກ ກິນ ຫຍັງ ? | chau yak kin jang | What would you like to eat ? |
| B1 | ຂ້ອຍ ຢາກ ກິນ ເຂົ້າ ຜັດ | khoy yak kin khao phad | I’d like fried rice. |
| A2 | ໝູ່ ເຈົ້າ ເດ໋ ? | mu chao de | How about your friend ? |
| B2 | ລາວ ຢາກ ກິນ ເຝີ | lao yak kin foe | She’d like noodles. |
Conversation 3: Food
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ເຂົ້າ ຜັດ, ແຊບ ບໍ | khao phad saeb bo | Is the fried rice tasty ? |
| B1 | ແຊບ ຫຼາຍ | saeb rai | Very tasty ! |
| A2 | ເຈົ້າ ມັກ ເຜັດ ຫຼື ບໍ່ ເຜັດ | chao mak phed ru bo phed | Do you like it hot or not hot? |
| B2 | ຂ້ອຍ ບໍ່ ມັກ ເຜັດ | khoy bo mak phed | I don’t like it hot. |
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