How to use adjectives in Lao

How to use adjectives in Lao

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Lao? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Lao lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Lao adjectives.

Lao personal pronouns : I

A personal pronoun is what we call the English words 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'we' and 'they'. Just like English, Lao has a set of personal pronouns. The words in Lao for 'I' are 'kói' or 'kánoi'.

Examples

kói dē ?
and me ?
kói
I
kói bo duái
me neither
piáŋ et kói
just me
bo kói
not me
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Lao belongs to the Krai-Dai language family. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Lao would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Lao

Learn to get by in Lao with these useful words and phrases. We'll begin by learning some basic Lao phrases which you can use for everyday communication.

ma nī
this horse
māk pōm nī
this apple
tō nī
this table
aķan nī
this building
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Satbái dī tonsáyo!
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Step 7 : Adjectives in Lao

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Lao adjectives nyái, nōi and ke (big, small, old). Using the nouns pum, kaoi and patu (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Lao adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives nyái, nōi and ke with the nouns pum, kaoi and patu you can move on to Step 8 (Lao Verbs).

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