How to use demonstrative pronouns in Lao

How to use demonstrative pronouns in Lao

You want to learn how to use demonstrative pronouns in Lao? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Lao lessons complete with useful examples. This house, that house... we make learning Lao demonstrative pronouns easy for you.

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 bo duái
me neither
bo kói
not me
kói dē ?
and me ?
piáŋ et kói
just me
kói
I
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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. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Lao, introduce yourself in Lao and even hold a conversation in Lao after you have met someone.

Satbái dī togaŋkön
Good night
Satbái dī tonsáyo
Good morning
Satbái dī tonbái
Good afternoon
Satbái dī tonlaŋ
Good evening
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Satbái dī tonlaŋ!
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Step 6 : Lao demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns pum, kaoi and patu (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Lao demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Lao demonstrative pronouns with the nouns pum, kaoi and patu and the plural nouns pum, kaoi and patu you can move on to Step 7 (Lao adjectives).

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