Vocabulary
| Lao | Pronunciation | English |
| ອາດຈະ | ad cha | may, might |
| ຈານ | chan | dish |
| ເຝີ | foe | kind of noodles |
| ອີ່ມ | im | full from eating |
| ຢາກເຂົ້າ | yak khao | hungry |
| ຢາກນ້ຳ | yak nam | thirsty |
| ກຳລັງ | kam lang | in the act of |
| ແກງ | kaeng | soup |
| ກຸ້ງ | kung | shrimp |
| ຂົ້ວ | khou | to stir-fry |
| ຄົວກິນ | khua kin | to prepare food |
| ສຳລັບ | sam lab | for |
| ຊ່າງ | sang | adept at |
| ສັ່ງ | sang | to order |
| ຊີ້ນ | sin | flesh, meat |
| ຊີ້ນໝູ | sin mu | pork |
| ຊີ້ນງົວ | sin ngua | beef |
| ຕົ້ມ | tom | to boil |
| ຖ້ວຍ | thuay | bowl |
| ລາງເທື່ອ | lang theu | sometimes, maybe |
| ເມື່ອກີ້ນີ້ | mue ki ni | just now |
| ຜັກ | phak | vegetable |
| ພິເສດ | phi sed | special |
| ເພາະສະນັ້ນ | pho sa nan | therefore |
| ພໍດີ | pho di | just right, just then |
| ປີ້ງ | ping | to broil |
Conversation 1: Have someone do something
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ເຮົາຊິສັ່ງຫຍັງ | hao si sang jang | What shall we order ? |
| B1 | ໃຫ້ເຈົ້າສັ່ງຊ໋າຂ້ອຍບໍ່ຊ່າງ ຊິສັ່ງປານໃດ | hai chao sang sa khoy bo sang si sang pan dai | You order, I am not so skilled in ordering. |
| A2 | ຄັນຊັ້ນ, ເອົາແກງ, ຂົ້ວຊີ້ນ ໃສ່ຜັກ ກັບປີ້ງໄກ່ເນ໊າະ | khan san, ao kaeng, khou sin sai phak kap ping kai nea | Then, let’s have soup, stir-fried meat with vegetables and roast chicken, all right ? |
Conversation 2: Time; when
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ເຈົ້າມາ, ພໍດີເຮົາກຳລັງ ສິກິນເຂົ້າ | chao ma, pho di hao kam lang si kin khao | Just as you came; we were sitting down to eat. |
| B1 | ເຊີນຕາມສະບາຍຂ້ອຍອື່ມ ແລ້ວ ຂ້ອຍຫາກໍ່ກິນ ເຂົ້າເມື່ອກີ້ນີ້ | soen tam sa bai khoy um laeo khoy ha ko kin khao mue ki ni | Don’t let me disturb you. I’m full; I just now finished eating. |
Conversation 3: Final particle dee
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ລະວີວັນ ຊີມາຄົວກິນຈັກໂມງ? | la vi van si ma khua kin chak mong? | What time is Lavivanh coming to cook ? |
| B1 | ກຳລັງເຮັດແລ້ວເດ໋ | kam lang hed laeo dae | She’s already cooking. |
| A2 | ລາງເທຶ່ອລາວອາດຈະຕ້ອງການ ໃຫ້ ເຮົາຊ່ອຍ | lang theu lao ad cha tong kan hai hao son | Maybe, she might want us to help. |