yaaah...it's purdy huh. u'll pick up after awhile. just keep practicing the simple words. it's very rythmic, consonants then vowel, consants then vowel is pretty much the pattern.
so yeah u can pick up little kid's elementary school books in lao, which would be begginer for us here and start off with that. it even have practice pages for u to do writing exercises i'm sure. when i went to cambodia and myanmar, that's what i did. i bout the little kids' book there n it's super cute. n i can do little writing lessons and stuff...it's like going thru elementary school again except done in a different language.
my plans in laos this december will be going from north (huasai) to LuangPrabang, then Vientiane, then down to the south (LiPee) where there's Sipandon bordering the north of cambodia. if i have time, i might head down to angkor wat again. but i'll see. so yeah u never know if we'll cross each other's path chillin' at the internet cafe checkin' up on sarnworld.com while in Laos. lol
good luck on ur laotian learnin' experience...ur inspiring me to review my own skills in the language.
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