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Title: Xaysettha District
Post by Lao Pride Administrator on 29^th May, 2009 at 9:40am

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by MrLao4ever on 24^th Mar, 2011 at 3:39am

How are the districts in Vientiane? I mean are the districts segragated by class? What is the wealthiest district? Just curious.

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Lao Pride Administrator on 24^th Mar, 2011 at 4:33am

The rich are generally mixed with the poor.

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Lao Democratic on 24^th Mar, 2011 at 5:37am

Super rich have nice big house with a gate. You don't usually know who they are and they usually don't associate with the poor.
8-)

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Larb Dip on 24^th Mar, 2011 at 5:51am

How is the name pronounced?
Is the start of last syllable spoken with a 'D' sound? (Wiping eyes)
Or is it just pronounced phonetically with a hard 'T'?

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by MrLao4ever on 24^th Mar, 2011 at 2:07pm

Which district is the most populated with the local population? I know there is an 'international' community.

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Lao Pride Administrator on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 3:25am

Prononced with a "T".

Dong Dok, Si Muang, and Dongpalane areas have a lot of local people.

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Larb Dip on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 6:02am

What does 'tha' mean?
I know there's a Luang Namtha as well.

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Lao Pride Administrator on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 6:12am

It doesn't mean anything, it's just a name.
The "tha" in "Luang Namtha" and " Xaysettha" has a different tone.

Lao is a tonal language, you may see things that are spelt the same, but they are pronounced differently.

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Larb Dip on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 7:15am

The only way to 'know' how anything is properly pronounced is by using your ears. You're right about tonal languages. This is a perfect example:
Lao Lao. The first word is sighed with a falling tone and the latter uttered with a rising tone. Literal translation: LIQUOR LAO (ethnic group).

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Old Man on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 9:59pm

Larb Dip wrote on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 7:15am:

When I was trying (and failing miserably) to learn Thai tones from my Thai teacher in Japan, she had me practice tones with the following sentence, which must be transliterated into English as:

"Mai mai mai mai, mai?"

Each 'mai' represents a different Thai word. So what do you think it means? Have a guess.

Clue: the last 'mai' is a question tag, meaning "......., does it?"

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Larb Dip on 26^th Mar, 2011 at 3:48am

wrote on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 9:59pm:

Larb Dip wrote on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 7:15am:

Here's the best I could do:

?-ignite-wood-new-no? (Literal)
?-ignite-a new-picece of timber- no? (figurative)
This did take up quite a bit of my time. I even had to consult the old man on this.
This is just SOME of the words that can be created by changing the sound: NEW/IGNITE/FINE (TICKET FROM POLICE ETC)/(A PIECE OF) TIMBER/(A TYPE OF FABRIC)
Since you exercise was relayed to you from a Thai teacher, you may know some OTTHER Thai terms. Since my 'Thai' is limited to cognates, I'll beg for the answer.

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Larb Dip on 26^th Mar, 2011 at 3:52am

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by William Kelley on 26^th Mar, 2011 at 5:52am

Larb Dip wrote on 25^th Mar, 2011 at 7:15am:

Lao-Lao ~ ເຫລົ້າ + ລາວ = ເຫລົ້າລາວ

ເຫລົ້າລາວ + ເຫລົ້າລາວ + ເຫລົ້າລາວ = one very drunk Lao, or Farang.

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Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Old Man on 26^th Mar, 2011 at 10:22pm

Larb Dip wrote on 26^th Mar, 2011 at 3:48am:

Excellent attempt!

My Thai teacher told me "Mai mai mai mai, mai?"

means:

"New wood doesn't burn, does it?"

Now, I need to beg you for the answer to the one you posted so I can have the promised good laugh and try it out here.

Title: Re: Xaysettha District
Post by Larb Dip on 26^th Mar, 2011 at 11:37pm

wrote on 26^th Mar, 2011 at 10:22pm:

Larb Dip wrote on 26^th Mar, 2011 at 3:48am:

So I was on the right track after all. I just didn't know that there was a repition in the sentence.

Before I give you the answer, I have another one. A real LEGITIMATE one. I just don't want to put you off (you might not want to try the next one if I supply the answer right now). You'll laugh more at ME for posting something stupid than at the actual puzzle itself.

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO CRACK THIS BRAINTEASER:

Khao-khao-khao-khao-khao-khao :P

I will post the answer in a few days' time to give everyone adequate time to best this. 8-)