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Vocabulary |
Positive Statements |
Negations |
| waây nám pen mái | waây pen | waây mâi pen |
| jam phŏm dâi mái | jam dâi | jam mâi dâi |
| dâi–yin mái | dâi-yin | mâi dâi yin |
| hĕn mái | hĕn | mâi hĕn |
“pai sòng jòt-maăy thiî tham-kaan prai-sà-nii”
(Sending a letter at the post office)
Vocabulary
waây nám = to swim pen = to be able (ability)
jam = to remember dâi-yin = to hear
hĕn = to see sòng = to send
jòt-maăy = a letter tham-kaan prai-sà-nii = post office
klài = near klai = far
phεεng = expensive phrɔ́-waâ = because
nám-nàk = weight bao = light
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Expression: “pai sòng jòt-maăy thiî tham-kaan prai-sà-nii”
Example:
wan nií chăn pai sòng jòt-maăy thiî tham-kaan prai-sà-nii klâi baân
Example I
A: pai waây nám kan mái khráp
B: mâi pai khà
A: tham-mai khráp
B: jà pai sòng jòt-maăy thiî tham-kaan prai-sà-nii khà
A: hĕn khun pai sòng jòt-maăy bɔɔ̀y bɔɔ̀y
B: mii fεεn yuù muang Jiin khà
A: jing jing rŭu
B: jing khà tεὲng ngaan 3 pii lεέw
A: phǒm òk hàk ləəy nà sì
Example II
A: khun pai sòng jòt-maăy thiî klai mái
B: tham-kaan prai-sà-nii yuù klâi baân
A: sà-tεεm raa khaa thaô-rai
B: 15 baht
A: mâi phεεng
B: phrɔ́ waâ nám-nàk bao
Structural Practice
mâi dâi = cannot (put “mâi dâi” at the end of the sentence)
- chăn tham mâi dâi I cannot do it.
- phɔɔ̂ pai mâi dâi Father cannot go.
- mεε̂ kin mâi dâi Mother cannot eat.
- phiî chaay nɔɔn mâi dâi Elder brother cannot sleep.
- khaǒ rák thəə mâi dâi He cannot love her.
mâi dâi = did not (put “mâi dâi” before the main verb to effect
negation in the past)
- chăn mâi dâi tham I did not do it.
- phɔɔ̂ mâi dâi pai Father did not go.
- mεε̂ mâi dâi kin Mother did not eat.
- phiî chaay mâi dâi nɔɔn Elder brother did not sleep.
- khaǒ mâi dâi rák thəə He did not love her.