{"id":731,"date":"2023-02-25T16:01:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/?p=731"},"modified":"2023-02-26T01:52:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T01:52:05","slug":"learn-some-basic-and-common-lao-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/laos\/learn-some-basic-and-common-lao-phrases","title":{"rendered":"Learn Some Basic and Common Lao Phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lao is a Tai-Kadai language spoken by around 15 million people in Laos and Thailand. Although it is not necessary to learn Laos before you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/laos-tour-packages\">visit Laos<\/a>, it is always useful to know some basic words or phases. You\u2019ll also impress them if you try to use a little Laos when you meet and maybe have some fun trying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/laos\/counting-numbers-in-laos\">How do you count to 10 in Laos?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are some useful Laos phases:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Hello<\/td><td>\u0eaa\u0eb0\u0e9a\u0eb2\u0e8d\u0e94\u0eb5 (sabaidee)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thank you<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ead\u0e9a\u0ec3\u0e88 (kh\u00e0wp jai)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thank you very much<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ead\u0e9a\u0ec3\u0e88\u0eab\u0ea5\u0eb2\u0e8d\u0ec6 (kh\u00e0wp jai lai lai)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sorry\/excuse me<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ecd\u0ec2\u0e97\u0e94 (kh\u00e3w th\u00f4ht)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Never mind\/ you are welcome<\/td><td>\u0e9a\u0ecd\u0ec8\u0ec0\u0e9b\u0eb1\u0e99\u0eab\u0e8d\u0eb1\u0e87 (baw pen ny\u00e3ng)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Goodbye<\/td><td>\u0ea5\u0eb2\u0e81\u0ec8\u0ead\u0e99 (la kh\u00e3wn)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Please<\/td><td>\u0e81\u0eb0\u0ea5\u0eb8\u0e99\u0eb2 (kh\u00e2luna)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yes<\/td><td>\u0ec0\u0e88\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2\/\u0ec2\u0e94\u0e8d (j\u00e2o\/dooy)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No<\/td><td>\u0e9a\u0ecd\u0ec8 (baw)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Welcome<\/td><td>\u0e8d\u0eb4\u0e99\u0e94\u0eb5\u0e95\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e99\u0eae\u0eb1\u0e9a (yin dee torn h\u00e1p)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I, Me<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d (kh\u00e0wy)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>You<\/td><td>\u0ec0\u0e88\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2 (j\u00e2o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>She\/he<\/td><td>\u0ea5\u0eb2\u0ea7 or \u0ec0\u0e82\u0ebb\u0eb2 (l\u00e2o or kh\u00e2o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>We<\/td><td>\u0e9e\u0ea7\u0e81\u0ec0\u0eae\u0ebb\u0eb2 (phuak h\u00e2o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>They<\/td><td>\u0e9e\u0ea7\u0e81\u0ec0\u0e82\u0ebb\u0eb2 (phuak kh\u00e2o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>How are you?<\/td><td>\u0eaa\u0eb0\u0e9a\u0eb2\u0e8d\u0e94\u0eb5\u0e9a\u0ecd? (s\u00e1baidee baw?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I&#8217;m fine, thanks. And you?<\/td><td>\u0eaa\u0eb0\u0e9a\u0eb2\u0e8d\u0e94\u0eb5, \u0e82\u0ead\u0e9a\u0ec3\u0e88. \u0ec0\u0e88\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2\u0ec0\u0e94?<br>(s\u00e1baidee, kh\u00e0wp ja?i. j\u00e2o d\u00e2y?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I\u2019m not feeling very well<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0e9a\u0ecd\u0ec8\u0eaa\u0eb0\u0e9a\u0eb2\u0e8d<br>(kh\u00e0wy baw s\u00e1bai)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I&#8217;m hungry<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0eab\u0eb4\u0ea7\u0ec0\u0e82\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2 (kh\u00e1wy hew khao)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I\u2019m thirsty<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0eab\u0eb4\u0ea7\u0e99\u0ec9\u0eb3 (kh\u00e1wy hew nam)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I am full<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0ead\u0eb5\u0ec8\u0ea1 (kh\u00e1wy im)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I want to eat<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0ea2\u0eb2\u0e81\u0e81\u0eb4\u0e99 (kh\u00e1wy yark kin)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I want to go&#8230;.<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0ea2\u0eb2\u0e81\u0ec4\u0e9b (kh\u00e1wy yark pai&#8230;.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I want to go to the airport<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0ea2\u0eb2\u0e81\u0ec4\u0e9b\u0ec0\u0e94\u0eb5\u0ec8\u0e99\u0e9a\u0eb4\u0e99<br>(kh\u00e1wy yark pai dern bin)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I&#8217;ve a headache<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0ec0\u0e88\u0eb1\u0e9a\u0eab\u0ebb\u0ea7 (kh\u00e1wy jeb hua)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I&#8217;ve got a stomachache<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0ec0\u0e88\u0eb1\u0e9a\u0e97\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e87 (kh\u00e1wy jeb thong)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Do you speak English<\/td><td>\u0ec0\u0e88\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2\u0ec0\u0ea7\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2\u0e9e\u0eb2\u0eaa\u0eb2\u0ead\u0eb1\u0e87\u0e81\u0eb4\u0e94\u0ec4\u0e94\u0ec9\u0e9a\u0ecd?<br>(j\u00e2o w\u00e2o pasa angkit dai baw?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Do you speak Lao<\/td><td>\u0ec0\u0e88\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2\u0ec0\u0ea7\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2\u0e9e\u0eb2\u0eaa\u0eb2\u0ea5\u0eb2\u0ea7\u0ec4\u0e94\u0ec9\u0e9a\u0ecd?<br>(j\u00e2o w\u00e2o pasa lao dai baw?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where&#8217;s the toilet?<\/td><td>\u0eab\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e87\u0e99\u0ec9\u0eb3\u0ea2\u0eb9\u0ec8\u0ec3\u0eaa? (H\u00e0wng N\u00e2m Yuu Sai?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Go straight<\/td><td>\u0ec4\u0e9b\u0e8a\u0eb7\u0ec8 (pai seu)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Turn left<\/td><td>\u0ea5\u0ec9\u0ebd\u0ea7\u0e8a\u0ec9\u0eb2\u0e8d (liaw s\u00e1i)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Turn right<\/td><td>\u0ea5\u0ec9\u0ebd\u0ea7\u0e82\u0ea7\u0eb2 (liaw khua)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>What&#8217;s your name?<\/td><td>\u0ec0\u0e88\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2\u0e8a\u0eb7\u0ec8\u0eab\u0e8d\u0eb1\u0e87? (j\u00e2o seu ny\u00e3ng?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>My name is &#8230;<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0e8a\u0eb7\u0ec8 &#8230;. (kh\u00e1wy seu &#8230;)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pleased to meet you<\/td><td>\u0e94\u0eb5\u0ec3\u0e88\u0e97\u0eb5\u0ec8\u0ec4\u0e94\u0ec9\u0e9e\u0ebb\u0e9a\u0ec0\u0e88\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2<br>(dee jai thee d\u00e1i pop j\u00e2o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>How much is this?<\/td><td>\u0ead\u0eb1\u0e99\u0e99\u0eb5\u0ec9\u0ec0\u0e97\u0ebb\u0ec8\u0eb2\u0ec3\u0e94? (anh nee thao dai?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where are you going?<\/td><td>\u0ec0\u0e88\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2\u0e88\u0eb0\u0ec4\u0e9b\u0ec3\u0eaa (j\u00e2o ja pai sai?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where to?<\/td><td>\u0ec4\u0e9b\u0ec3\u0eaa (pai sai?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>To Morning market<\/td><td>\u0ec4\u0e9b\u0e95\u0eb0\u0eab\u0ea5\u0eb2\u0e94\u0ec0\u0e8a\u0ebb\u0ec9\u0eb2 (pai ta lard sao)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I want to go to the airport<\/td><td>\u0e82\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e8d\u0ea2\u0eb2\u0e81\u0ec4\u0e9b\u0ec0\u0e94\u0eb5\u0ec8\u0e99\u0e9a\u0eb4\u0e99<br>(kh\u00e1wy yark pai dern bin)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where is the post office?<\/td><td>\u0eab\u0ec9\u0ead\u0e87\u0e81\u0eb2\u0e99\u0ec4\u0e9b\u0eaa\u0eb0\u0e99\u0eb5\u0ea2\u0eb9\u0ec8\u0ec3\u0eaa?<br>(h\u00e0wng karn pai xa nii yuu sai?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where is the bus station (North)<\/td><td>\u0e84\u0eb4\u0ea7\u0ea5\u0ebb\u0e94\u0ec0\u0ea1\u0eaa\u0eb2\u0e8d\u0ec0\u0edc\u0eb7\u0ead\u0ea2\u0eb9\u0ec8\u0ec3\u0eaa?<br>(kew lot may xai neua yuu sai?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where is the bus station (South)<\/td><td>\u0e84\u0eb4\u0ea7\u0ea5\u0ebb\u0e94\u0ec0\u0ea1\u0eaa\u0eb2\u0e8d\u0ec3\u0e95\u0ec9\u0ea2\u0eb9\u0ec8\u0ec3\u0eaa?<br>(kew lot may xai tai yuu sai?)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where is the bus going<\/td><td>\u0ea5\u0ebb\u0e94\u0ec0\u0ea1\u0e84\u0eb1\u0e99\u0e99\u0eb5\u0ec9\u0e88\u0eb0\u0ec4\u0e9b\u0ec3\u0eaa?<br>(lot may khan nii ja pai sai?)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please watch the following video clip and learn from it!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Learn lao ,useful lao phrases Ep.4\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wm-k4PW4Mok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lao is a Tai-Kadai language spoken by around 15 million people in Laos and Thailand. Although it is not necessary to learn Laos before you visit Laos, it is always useful to know some basic words or phases. You\u2019ll also impress them if you try to use a little Laos when you meet and maybe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laos","tag-laos-travel-tips"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}