Lao Tutorial 1 - basics

[poppfan]

@ajnb1980 khob jai laai laai :-)

[wyanlexss]

You speak Lao very clear mate

[poppfan]

@wyanlexss thanx!

[perfumeyou]

Thank you for posted this video

[sublime1164]

very good

[MrPniyo]

jao vaow kwahm lao bpen keu gun norh, very good, good job MR.

[kenry9]

i'm laos and i like your video...^^ sabaidee 

[GRADVIDEOLCI2K1]

NICE VIDEO "MUNG".... Mine is better LOL... click on my channel , there is 16 of em !!

chok dee2 der !

[25Booky]

excellent!!!

[iheartsfc]

Wow! Good job. You speak it better than I do. What a shame.

[NakhoneKeodara]

Very cute!

[VampireKnight1972]

You did a really good job. Lao rarely us slang words when talking to others. Formal or polite words are used majority of the time. Every now and then you would here some slang but that is only among good friends and family members.

[laosakon]

VERY VERY GOOD! CO ON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SEE YOU LATER

[poppfan]

@aznsweetie2009 3 months for the basics. thank you very much!

[lnwkopy]

Wow. you are a clearly Lao speaker.

[MrTormin8er]

you have southern accent tone i'm guessing not that it matter, i must say you're doing a good thing to help other, jao voaw Lao keng lai, somseuy(congrats)

[dorischarm0916]

to easy i am laos hehe

[9hawaii9]

Wow...... You are great. You speak it without faluang accent also. You also have through knowledge of the word meanings. I am very impressed. Where did you learn it from?.

[poppfan]

@9hawaii9 khob jai laai laai :-) from a book

[sdot56]

I love you!!!!! Lol

[remarvelous]

nice job on speaking lao! keep up man this great

[adamstonewall]

How about some basics for time in restaurants? Examples: I'd like to have...  How much is... Where is the restroom/toilet?... What do you recommend?...

Thanks.

[poppfan]

@adamstonewall that i can tell you :-) I will try to do that this week, Adam.

[adamstonewall]

More tutorial please! Very useful.

[poppfan]

@adamstonewall let me know what you want to learn and i will help if i can :-)

[pampanya]

we lao pround of you, Mr

[poppfan]

@pampanya KHOB JAI LAAI LAAI :-)

[RonnieMan123105]

OI THI LEW THI LEW

[poppfan]

@RonnieMan123105 ???

[lasvegaz911]

BRAVO, IM IN LOVE !!!

[sanyapanyasa]

55 keng lai sa hai

[lowso501]

Jao vao keng lai !!! jao u lao bor !!!!

where do you live in lao !!! i am Lao

[athitaya1]

ຄັກຫລາຍເດີ :)

[kamaeRocker76]

Damn! This guy speaks Lao pretty good. I don't know why Lao language don't have the words YES.

BTW! Laos is the only country in Asia that eating sticky rice instead of regular rice like other Asian.

[Fire4FX]

A guy at my work is Australian & he is married to a Laos woman. He tells me he's been to Lao a few times & likes cricket jao. He recognized my background from my surname.

[PAKSE2009]

Where did you learn how to speak lao so good,you can get a job with an US government to be a translater in Laos.My kids speak only english,you make lao-american feel jealous.Good Luck.

[poppfan]

@PAKSE2009 hahaha - thanx! i learned it at home with a book

[lukegilkison1]

I've just been to laos and i learnt a little lao but i was always too afraid to say Khawy (me/I) as it sounds so similar to Coi (cock). I tried saying to someone Khawy baw sabaii (I don't feel well) and he told me what I actually said was My cock isn't well. As in I have an STI. What is the difference in pronunciation of these two words?

[poppfan]

@lukegilkison1 me/I = Koi :-)

[smallbabett]

awsome

[wilwad]

I know its asking too much but any possibility of captions?

[jahbless123]

โอโห ฝรั่งคนนี้ได้ที่ 1 เลย มักเด้อ

[poppfan]

@jahbless123

ขอบใจหลายๆ :-)

[DannysFearless]

Man do more! You rap owned!

[MauMoney69]

youre so cool!

[pvdung72]

Your good pronounce of Lao. Thanks

[missinterpreted65]

wow you speak better than i do and i'm 100% lao ^_^

you showed me up ;)

[TheAden101]

omb a white man speaking lao you even know how to spell lao with out the s bravo

[poppfan]

@TheAden101

555+

of course - the s is a shame ;-)

[coolmodel]

cool dude

jao khue vao lao khak teh?

[poppfan]

@coolmodel

kor.... khoy mack hiian phasaa norrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[GuidoB763]

You are amazing..I love you :)

[MrTAiLue]

SaBiDe poppfan, wow you speak better then my German/Frence friend and hes been in Laos for more then 5 years. your Lao is excellent.

[poppfan]

@MrTAiLue ขอบใจหลายๆเด้อ :-)

[NokBall]

Wow.. you're amazing :) you can speak lao

[superstarboi101]

are you lao/german?

[poppfan]

no - i am 100% german

[coollynnie12]

If you are 100% German then you wouldn't be speaking English or Laos. So you should say you're part German or something!

[poppfan]

@coollynnie12

what a "weird" comment, really...

does it mean German are not able to speak anything but german? We learn english in school, as well as spanish and french. I speak also Thai and Lao and pieces of a few other languages.

[wildlildaisy]

Wow! You speak it better than I do!! Good job!!!

[poppfan]

khob jai laai laai

[EssenceOfHope]

haha German boy can speak Laotian. I'm sorry, it's just such a trip when a non-Asian gets the accent correct. Great job!

[poppfan]

too funny when someone calls me BOY since i am 36 LOL

[fashiz09]

Im a quater thai and 3 quarters loas!

[poppfan]

you are 3 quarters LAO :-)

LAOS is the country

[jay6157]

wtf? ????

[poppfan]

shall that be informative in any kind of way???

[MistaFuny]

woow! amazing. first white person i hered speaking laos.

[MsTo0ney]

doi

[GeneralMcFishy]

Hey man, I am impressed. If you are somewhere near the Orlando (Florida) area, come to Sanford Gardens Club on December 31st (2009 of course). The Lao Women Association of Central Florida is having a new year party there.

[myko913]

I'm glad you enjoy Lao language and culture, your doing great job...do you know how to read also?

[SpikyMarkk]

Great lao accent!

[inthaP]

Wow!!! I'm impressed with your accent!!!

I'm Lao, I grew up in Canada i speak french and your accent is so much more lao then mine!! Good job!!

[darkstar55398]

were are you from

[nathlid]

Hi! Im' so amazed!! I would like to speak lao!! When will you make part II???

How can I say How are you???

[addy3dia]

I will try to put some up to you are right most of it very good if need to find out some stuff i can help you ....good job

[ahingsaga]

good job dee lay

[mykidsvideo123]

Your pronunciation is very good. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.

[HotSiracha]

It's sad but true you speak better lao than most kids these days because they forget about culture.

[Arouny123]

OMG! Im Lao and i dont use like da half of ur sentense or word o-o i mixe Lao with english xP

[brandiikk]

You know you speak pretty good Laos!!

[youngphan]

Poppfan, you are so awsome! What is your native? Kon lao? My gosh, you sound so cute, right on!

[BAKTIK]

wow u really have the way to talk it with the accent ... gl with the language

[1laochild]

cool!

[cyepadaek]

hey Nick U ma was SSOOOO right have heard head and Brain Boy Be the proud kid for U MAA...And thanks alot to Mr POPPfan or who ever

[Thailao4ever]

Gain Gain! Juck noi jow ga da meot! =)

[laosthaiaznbebe]

here is another way of asking what is your age> Jak Pbee?  =]

[manorack]

real nice! the white guy speaks my language perfect! lol  11/10

[shueuie]

wa nice .Thank you.now i learning to laos language.

[Vone414]

This is good, what is the name of the book? Sa bye Dee

[jjeerrmmzz]

where did you get the books from?

[Militantmind3]

i thought saying how old you were was juk bee cuz i've been saying that the whole time to my parents and they seem to say it also but you may be saying it correct!

[OoMrBenoO]

what is your english accent from?

[LaoLita89]

das ist voll cool, wie gesagt ich finde du kannst besser lao oder thai sprechen als ich.. xD

[katsomsanith]

Good job! :D

[koobo1]

your Laotian is very impressive........How long have you been speaking Laotian? Did you find it hard to distinct the short and long vowel and the difference meaning that they represent?

[poppfan]

thank you very much. i have been learning lao back in 1996 with a book and by listening to people speaking lao (on visits in Paris and by listening to the parents of my ex gf here in Germany). I did not take a long time learning the basics. I have a good phonetical ear so i can remember tones - not that i am really good though. Nowadays i speak thai very fluent and i think i know more thai than lao but i could still survive in laos, hehe

[chachris08]

you rock man. you are much better than me. keep it up.

[Toodles507]

nice fluency in lao...u talk f.o.b. haha...i commented on your other video but im taidam...my people come from southern china n in 1250 b.c. they moved to north vietnam...during the viet war...they bcame political refugees...they flew 1500 taidam to iowa in u.s. my parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents were on of the 1500...some other taidams went to france...i have some family members in france...i havent even met them!...sum are still back in laos or vietnam...taidam lang. is very sim. to laos

[kofurt]

hey lol im loa pertty impressive but when u give examples like joa un nook taw die when you explain it you do well but ant teh end you just like to wrap up the sentence it may confuse people but good job

[poppfan]

you should really start using , and . :-)

[thamen]

coy muck chow lie that was pretty good coming froma laos guy actually it was awesome you know more then i do lol

[donneyxboy]

Chow who chak vow pasa Lao boh lai?

[chosenstatus]

My mother was VERY amazed.

And she said "Aw Nick, you should be ashamed!" and I think she kind of made of you too if you get the point.

But- in all seriousness sir- you are amazing.

[histr0phywife]

hey its time to make a part 2!!

cant wait to see it!! brush up on my lao!!

[messihardaway35]

Ｉ　ＬＯＶＥ　ＴＨＩＳ　ＶＤＯ

[laotianxgirls]

loll you are good where did you learn to speak lao?

[poppfan]

self taught with a book :-)

khob jai laai

[OS253]

You are bi-lingual? You can speak two languages? That's so cool! I'm very proud of you. Have you vacation in Laos before? It's a nice place to rest and relax. But it's a poor country with few modern roads and freeways. Also, it's hard to find modern medical care in Laos. So don't break your bones while you're hiking in the misty mountains in Laos. Take precaution and never go alone.

[thaiguysabu]

you need to work on the audio. people will be able to understand you better.

[poppfan]

maybe... i am not really going to take this too serious though. i do not have enough time PLUS i am not a teacher

[Madsupervilian]

Thanks

[chemscience07]

Gorgious!!!!

[uglyskeet]

this is kool.

[buddhahood]

vow dee teh bok-anee

[xCookiieez]

oh my... your really good X_x

im lao and chinese but i cant seem to say it right lol

im jealous of you [:

[tHisLaosChick]

wow, ur pretty good :)

i bet u know more laotion than i do!

and its my own lang! haha. i understand more

than i speak, which i think is pretty sad ..

im too Americanized lol x]

[laogirl1918]

cool dude

[aprillex3]

oh wow! you prob speak better than i do, i'm laos too. your accent's great.

[dallasdrummer]

thank you very much for your Lao tutorial, please post more if you ever find time to.

Sa bai dee - Greetings

Lah kon - Goodbye

jao sa bai dee bor - how're you?

jao seu yung - What's your name?

jao maa tae sai - Where are you from?

kawp jai lai lai - Thank you very much

(these aren't the proper romaji ways of spelling it, i just spelled it the way it makes me easy to pronounce it) :)

[jefftkwan]

hey man much props to u and keep these videos coming i need to learn as much as possible cause my girl is lao

[gerdulao]

You have a Savannakhet accent (sieng tai savan), LOL. Suh-by-dee bor popfan? Kob jai der ...

[aznkain]

Wow. You're good.

Khoy Phen Khon Lao.

But where did you learn that ? o.0

Its amazing to see you speak that like easly.

[restone]

Wt is lao? i never heard of the wrd B4 is it lyk thai mixed with viet?

[poppfan]

Dude - lao is the language of the country LAOS

[sKitzr]

True.

and the people are laotian people. =]

hello hum noi

[nicolesharphead]

omg how could u not know that?

[chosenstatus]

Its perfectly normal. Not much people know where Laos is and where we came from. Once- I actually had someone tell me... "What ocean!?" and i started to chukkle. So I had to explain and etcetra.

[SuperxCeexCeex33]

wow im impressed you're really good keng lai =]

[laoazngurl94]

i'm laos!

sa bi dee =].

chow heen geng.

i'm impressed =].

[abelle07]

I hope you make more of these videos! I am learning Lao now and looking for all the resources I can get!!!

[emujt]

This is very awesome. You're very fluent. Kudos to you!

[S9associates]

This is great. I am Lao raised in the states and married to a beautiful Italian girl with 4 little boys. You're actually teaching me some great things. Haven't spoken much Lao since I was a kid. Great lessons, we'll be watching from NY.

[lilaznman760]

MORE LAO VIDEO TEACHING PLEASE!!!!

[DjSunny2000]

whoaaaaaaaaa......now...I thought the coming of Jesus on earth was incredible and impossible to beleive....but hearing this...is just astonishing....all the french lao canadian here must feel a little shy of this since most friends I know dont speak lao that much. wow....amazing...khoy bo kheuy hen farang vaow passa lao di...di koah khone lao ma teh meung lao. good job. where did you learn to speak lao by the way....did you just..read in the book? Or learn from someone...or both? sok di.

[blakbravo]

im rily impress hehehe...

pls upload more new lao tutorials.....

coz i wish to communicate with lao people

wen we go to thailand...

pls...

i also have a soon to be sister-in-law

in vietnam taht i wish to talk with in lao

pls upload more lao tutorials tnx...

[idisbandrewl]

ok i was wrong.........instead of lao tutorials you need to get into a medical field i remember being at the hospital and the doctor asked me to translate for my aunt... those medical terms whoa, man i had a tough time translating those...

[Maly143]

SO cute!! Very good!! I'm Impress!!

[Srichiangmai123]

jao keu ma keng tae good job and thank you very much

[khmermafia781]

rofl am khmer and i understand the frist 2 words in lao, cho is to say to kids without knowing there name and the age, word is nayouk mean age in khmer 2

[azngirl527]

kinda n00b but you're pretty good. "koi geng" =D if you know what that means

[SahaiMakMuan]

Cool! I wish my kids could learn something from you.

[donoriole1]

Very good accent and tone. Excellent pronunciation for a non-native speaker!

[vnk811]

very good!

[vnk811]

not bad!

[0stsee]

Geil.

Du bist guut!! :-)

Selbst beim Englischsprechen hast du schon einen Lao Akzent! LOL!! =D

[sa0xsanyah]

im lao and u dound good.....wow!!

[MawlumMawkhaenFarang]

when you say "jao ma teh sai" you have to remember to pronounce the "dtaw dtao" sound. sounds like a "d" and "t" put together not like only a "t" sound.

when you say "tao" like "tao dai" you must say it like "tao" not "taew." you're ok though. thanks for taking the effort out to teach people.

[kojpuasncokuv]

poppfan, goob job. I'm not lao neither but I know pasa lao too. cool man. pasa thai is cool too.

[dzla0zchikc]

nice at pronounciation ! what made you interested in learning lao?

[nakquda]

I'm a white guy who lives in a Laotian village in Louisiana, USA. I can understand pasa Lao, but I have problems pronounciating certain words and mixing up the pitches. I have gotten many laughs from friends by pronouncing "koi" and "mah" incorrectly.

[bungme]

Wow! I give a 7-10 on u'r pasa Lao.I'm Lao, and I admire those who wants to learn and speak many languages. I'm working on learning French, Spanish and Japanese. You don't happen to give lessons on these languages, do you?

Oh! and please don't laugh at my sign-on name. I just couldn't come up with any thing that wasn't taken, so i ended up with "bungme" lol...

[RodneyUchiha1]

thanks i am lao and i lost a little bit of my native tounge so thanks for the basics ^^

[pinkiewinkie7]

hahaha omg!!! i could actually understand what your saying!!! my dad is from thakhek and my mom was from pakse. hahaha thats so funny how an american could speak laos hahaha

[poppfan]

thanx :-)

pssst: I AM GERMAN 555

[pinkiewinkie7]

oohh yeah i looked on your page and you said you were from german..sorryy!!! so how did you learn how to speak laos?? im just natural in it because i was born in the lao culture...hehehe

[Bapesta916]

I'm half Lao(and half Viet), but damn you put me to shame. Your Lao is very proper and you know more bigger words than me! props!

[xsouk]

It is really embarassing that many of our own people is at fault. There are quite a few of us in America and I want nothing more than to see our people thrive. How can people take us seriously if even we can't get our labels right. Let's put this behind us as fast as possible so we can move forward.

kon lao u amalica.

[xsouk]

Secondly, my comment is directed to my fellow laotians who time and time again misuse words that describe us. There is no such thing as "Laos people." The word "Laos" is to ONLY describe our country. The term "Lao" is an adjective to describe such things as our language, writing, government, and our people. The term "Laotian" can be also used to describe our people. The language and people of Thailand aren't called "Thailand", but rather Thai.

[xsouk]

Ok, first I want to compliment Poppfan for a great job. I think your accent is dead on and I really appreciate your uncommon interest in our language and I look forward to seeing more of your videos.

[poppfan]

khob jai laai laai derrr :-)

khoy bor mack khan khon bah maa comment yuu nii loey dtae khoy bor hai man pen public - khoy si delete wai wai 555

[NaPalm625]

huh mun vow ee yung? haha good lao

[YakSa86]

I think he meant he doesn't like when crazy people come and give bad comments over here and he doesn't want it to be public so... He would delete them off... 555! (HAHAHA!)

Thumbs up, man.

[getlikeBEE]

my laos is bad nowadays. i used to speak it so much as a kid, but not so much anymore =] how did you become so interested in the lao language ?

[itneverbeentome]

sam bai dee bor ai, koi asai dee lai, mue nee koi ayu 25 leaw der,

pai leaw ai, kour hord e lee, :D

how's my laos ???

last trip in Vientian and Vangvien, my knowledge useless. they understand my thai better than my laos, lol.

my trip to laos was in Jun07 jaaa 10 wan :D

[Doodilyx3]

You are REALLY pretty eyes.

i FUCKING LOVE YOU! [:

[kham702lv]

that is really good laotian

[kaijr1990]

Largo, please make next video on writing/reading Lao script.

[SabaiDeeKhonLao]

Also, Lao phrases!

[ketsanamusic]

You're amazing!!! Keep up the great work! I am sure you were born Laotian in your past life!

I love that you have a Vietiane accent! Sounds sweet!

[NukSooLang]

Ow, buk kow nee keu hien vow gaeng teh.

= P

Very respectable attempt. Your pronunciation is mint compared to some people I have heard. You are one of the first "kon kow" I have ever heard get the pitches correct. That is the main problem with most Westerners. Anyone with an Asian background can seem to learn it more easily, my Cantonese friend pronounced every word I taught him flawlessly.(he can't speak Lao though.)

[bucnye]

not bad good job. i understand u more if u saaid it faster. other then that ur lao speaking skill is good.

[xthisgrl]

That was real good. [=

[simplyme817]

wow i'm laos and you did really good!

[00camz00]

jow wow lao gadae

[MLONLY]

did you use to live in laos?