Grammar Notes 21
              
  1. mỳy ມື້Click to Listenw  'day'  may be joined with other words to indicate a period of time or point in time.
  ມື້ສົວຍClick to Listenw mỳy sǔay during the middle of the day
  ມື້ແລງນີ້Click to Listenw mỳy lέεŋ nìi this evening
  ມື້ວັນເສົາແລ້ວນີ້Click to Listenw mỳy wán sǎw lὲεw nìi last Saturday

It is incorrect to use  mỳy ມື້ Click to Listenw       with bāay ບ່າຍClick to Listenw     or thīaŋ ທຽ່ງClick to Listenw

  1. cȳŋ ຈຶງClick to Listenw 'then, thus, therefore, so' is a connecting word between two sentences.  It often occurs in pen ñǎŋ ເປັນຫຍັງ Click to Listenw (why) questions and in answers to them.  It often links cause and result sentences.  Take careful note of the word order.  cȳŋ ຈຶງClick to Listenw follows the subject of the second sentence.  cȳŋ ຈຶງClick to Listenw  is sometimes left out of pen ñǎŋ ເປັນຫຍັງClick to Listenw questions. 
  ເປັນຫຍັງເຈົ້າຈຶງບໍ່ໄປClick to Listen pen ñǎŋ càw cȳŋ bɔ̄ɔ pay
Why didn't you go?
  ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ມີເງິນ ຂ້ອຍຈຶງບໍ່ໄປClick to Listen khɔ̂y bɔ̄ɔ míi ŋǝ́n khɔ̂y cȳŋ bɔ̄ɔ pay
I don't have money, so I didn't go.

 

  1. phɔ̄ wāa ເພາະວ່າClick to Listenw  'because' is often used in answers to pen ñǎŋ ເປັນຫຍັງClick to Listenw 'why' questions. 
  ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ໄປເພາະວ່າຂ້ອຍບໍ່ມີເງຶນClick to Listen khɔ̂y bɔ̄ɔ pay phɔ̄ wāa khɔ̄y bɔ̄ɔ míi ŋǝ́n
I didn't go because I had no money.

 

  1. lὲεw ແລ້ວClick to Listenw 'already' is also used as a connecting word meaning 'as a result, then, after, after that'.
  ລາວໄປຢູ່ນຳ ແລ້ວເຮືອນຄັບໂພດClick to Listen láaw pay jūu námˏ lὲεw hýan khāp phòot
He moved in, and then the house was too crowded.
 

 

   
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