Vocabulary
| Lao | Pronunciation | English |
| ຈັດ | chad | to arrange |
| ຜູ່ຈັດການ | phu chad kan | manager |
| ດີໃຈ | di chai | happy |
| ຢ້ານ | yan | to fear |
| ກິນລ້ຽງ | kin liang | party |
| ກິນລ້ຽງສົ່ງ | kin liang song | farewell party |
| ຄ່ອຍ | khoy | slow, deliberate |
| ຄ່ອຍໆ | khoy | slowly |
| ແມ່ຍ່າ | mae ya | grandmother on male side |
| ແມ່ເຖົ້າ | mae thao | man’s mother-in-law |
| ແມ່ຕູ້ | mae tu | grandmother om female side |
| ແນ່ໄຈ | nae chai | sure |
| ໜຸ່ມ | num | young |
| ພໍ່ປູ່ | pho pu | grandfather on male side |
| ພໍ່ເຖົ້າ | pho thao | man’s father-in- law |
| ພໍ່ຕູ້ | pho tu | grandfather on female side |
| ເສຍໃຈ | sia chai | sorry |
| ເຖົ້າ | thao | old in age |
| ທີ່ | thi | that, who, which |
Conversation 1: Thanking for something
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ຂອບໃຈເຈົ້າຫຼາຍ ທີ່ເອົາໜັງສືມາໃຫ້ | khop chai chao lai thi ao nang su ma hai | Thank you so much for delivering this letter. |
| B1 | ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ, ຂ້ອຍດີໃຈ ທີ່ໄດ້ເອົາມາ ໃຫ້ | bo pen jang, khoy di chai thi dai oa ma hai | It’s no bother. I was happy to bring it. |
Conversation 2: Inviting
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ພວກເຮົາ ຊິຈັດກິນລ້ຽງ ສົ່ງທ້າວຈັນທະວົງຢາກເຊີນພວກເຈົ້າ ໝົດຊູ່ຄົນ | phua khao si chad kin liang song thav chan tha vong yak soen phuak chao mod su khon | We are having a going away party for Chanthawong. We’d like to invite all of you. |
| B1 | ຂອບໃຈ, ແຕ່ພໍ່ເຖົ້າ, ແມ່ເຖົ້າ ຄືຊິຢູ່ບ້ານ ເບິ່ງເດັກນ້ອຍ | khop chai tae pho thao mae thao khu si yu ban boeng dek noy | Thank you, but mother and father- in-law will probably have to stay home to look after the children. |
Conversation 3: Giving regrets
| Lao | Pronunciation | English | |
| A1 | ຂ້ອຍຢ້ານວ່າ ຊິບໍ່ໄດ້ໄປຫາພໍ່ແມ່ເຈົ້າ | khoy yan va si bo dai pai ha pho mae chao | I’m afraid I won’t be able to to go see your parents. |
| B1 | ເພິ່ນຊິເສຍໃຈຫຼາຍ ຄັນເຈົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ໄປ ຢາມ | phoen si sia chai lai khan chao bo dai pai yam | They will be very sorry if you don’t go visit them. |