Sa bai dee! [Hello!]
Khaw toht, passah angit? Baw? Soi neh!!!!! [Excuse me, but do you speak english?...No?... Help!]
Well, atleast thats the way the conversation plays out in my head. Thankfully, most people in Vientiane speak english or french, so as long as I can parle francais, I think that all will be tres bien.
Like neighboring Thai, the Lao language has no officially recognized method of Roman alphabet transliteration, and according to my friend Frommer, many town and street names have spelling irregularities. So, let's hope I don't get lost! Without Pimsleur to help me out, I'm off to study the travel guides and sit here butchering the language on my own.
Khaw toht, passah angit? Baw? Soi neh!!!!! [Excuse me, but do you speak english?...No?... Help!]
Well, atleast thats the way the conversation plays out in my head. Thankfully, most people in Vientiane speak english or french, so as long as I can parle francais, I think that all will be tres bien.
Like neighboring Thai, the Lao language has no officially recognized method of Roman alphabet transliteration, and according to my friend Frommer, many town and street names have spelling irregularities. So, let's hope I don't get lost! Without Pimsleur to help me out, I'm off to study the travel guides and sit here butchering the language on my own.
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