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Conversation 1 : Before This ... That

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A1 ກ່ອນເຈົ້າມານີ້, ເຈົ້າເຮັດການຢູ່ໃສ? kɔ̄ɔn càw máa nìiˏ càw hēt kǎan jūu sǎj Before you came here, where did you work ?
B1 ຂ້ອຍເຮັດການຢູ່ຊຽງຂວາງ khɔ̂j hēt kǎan jūu síaŋ khǔaŋ I worked in Xieng Khouang.
A2 ເຈົ້າໄປເຮັດຫຍັງຢູ່ຫັ້ນ ພຸ້ນ ?? càw pǎj hēt ñǎŋ jūu phùn What did you do there ?
B2 ຂ້ອຍໄປເຮັດໂຄງການພັດທະນາ khɔ̂j pǎj hēt khóoŋkǎan phātthanáa I worked in a development project.
                     
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Conversation 2: After This ... What

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A1 ຫຼັງຈາກປະຊຸມແລ້ວໆ ເຈົ້າຊິເຮັດ ຫຍັງ ? lǎŋcâak pasúm lὲεw lὲεwˏ càw sī hēt ñǎŋ After the meeting is finished, what are you going to do ?
B1 ຂ້ອຍຊິໄປພົບຫົວໜ້າພະແນກກ່ອນ ແລ້ວຊິກັບເມຶອບ້ານ ເຮີ້ອນ ? khɔ̂j sī pǎj phōp hǔa-nâa phanε̂εk kɔ̄ɔnˏ lὲεw sī káp mýa bàan I am going to meet the section chief first, and then I'll go back home.
                     
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Conversation 3: When That ... What

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A1 ຕອນເຈົ້າເຮັດວຽກຢູ່ຊົນນະບົດ, ເຈົ້າເຮັດຫຍັງແດ່ tɔ̌ɔn càw hēt wìak juu sónnabótˏ càw hēt ñaŋ dεε When you were working in rural areas, what did you do ?
B1 ຕອນນັ້ນຂ້ອຍແນະນຳເລຶ່ອງ   ການວາງແຜນຄອບຄົວ tɔ̌ɔn nànˏ khɔ̂j nε̄-nám lyaŋ kǎan wáaŋ phε̌εn khɔ̀ɔpkhúa At that time, I was an advisor in family planning.
                     
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Vocabulary

    
ບ້ານ ນອກ bàan-nɔ̀ɔk countryside
ເຈົ້າ ແຂວງ càw-khwε̌εŋ Provincial Governor
ເມືອງ mýaŋ District
ເຈົ້າ ເມືອງ càw-mýaŋ District Governor
ການ kǎan job, work
ກ່ອນ ອື່ນ kɔ̄ɔn-ȳyn first of all
ຫຼັງຈາກ lǎŋ-câak after
ແລ້ວ lὲεw to finish; then
ເບື່ອງ lȳaŋ affair; about
ຕ່າງປະເທດ tāaŋ-pathèet foreign country
ໃນທີ່ສຸດ náj-thīi-sút finally
ແນະນຳ nε̄-nám to advise
ອົບພະຍົບ ópphāñōp to take refuge
ຄົນອົບພະຍົບ khón ópphāñōp refugee
ນາຍບ້ານ náaj-bàan village chief
ຊຽງຂລາງ síaŋ khǔaŋ Xieng Khouang
ຕາມ tǎam to follow; according to
ຕອນ tɔ̌ɔn part; when, while
ຕອນຫຼັງ tɔ̌ɔn-lǎŋ afterwards, later
ຕອນນັ້ນ tɔ̌ɔn-nàn then, at that time
ຕອນທຳອິດ tɔ̌ɔn thám-ít at first