Learning Lao - MP3 Downloads

[Richard Barrow]

Here is the first of the free mp3 downloads for people learning Lao. This is a male speaker. We will add a female speaker later.

Hello - sabaidee
Goodbye (first speaker) - la gawn bai gawn
Goodbye (second speaker in reply) - sok dee
See you later - pob gun mai
Thank you - kawp jai
Thank you very much - kawp jai lai lai
You're welcome - bor ben yung
Excuse me - kor tod
How are you? - sabaidee bor
I'm fine - sabaidee
and you? - jao der
What's your name? - jao seu yung
My name is (Joy) - koi seu joy
Where are you from? jao maa tae sai
I am from Vientenne - koi ma jaak wienjung

Obviously I am a beginner myself (started today!), but here are my notes. If you can already speak Lao then please add your own comments.

* The Thai "chok dee" for good luck is pronounced with an "S" when speaking Lao. The same for name. In Thai it is "cheu" but in Lao it is "seu".
* The Lao word for "I" is "koi" and is used by both male and female.
* The word "bor" is the negative and question tag. The tone seems to be the same for both "no" and yes/no?" unlike the Thai version "mai".
* To say you are not well, then say "bor sabai"
* For "you", say "jao".

As and when we get more recordings, we will be posting to our new website at www.LearningLao.com

[iGotNoTime]

Actually all the 'Ch' sounds in Thai are spoken with the 'S' in Lao.

[Richard Barrow]

Here is an mp3 recording of numbers in Lao. They are nearly the same as Thai. The main difference is twenty which is "sao" instead of "yee-sib".

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 300, 1,000 10,000 100,000 1st 2nd 0

[yoram_sasson]

what about lasson namber 3.?

[yoram_sasson]

richard hi,i want to know if i want to speak laos very well what do i need to do?
i mean to study like a guy that live in lao ten years.

[clyparkr]

Wow thanks for the mp3s... that def helps

[phantompineapple]

these are good.going to laos soon and want to learn a few phrases to help me get around.

when is the third lesson coming?any other website suggestions on learning lao?

thanks.

[irishniamh]

Hello.
Is there any chance there will be more of these soon? Will be moving to Laos and want to grasp the language before I go. Am travelling at the moment so having more MP3s to listen to would be very beneficial. I surprised myself by already knowing all that is in these 2 MP3s
Kop jai lai lai!

[Betti]

Lao for beginners (here if ordered from Thailand, here if from abroad) comes with tapes/CDs, which should be really helpful.

[pulieng]

How to download mp3 learning lao , Iam new