Lao Pride Forum - Xaysettha District

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Larb Dip wrote 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).

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?"

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.

PEACE God Member Offline Posts: 719 DIN FAR Gender: Age: 53	Re: Xaysettha District Reply #1 - 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.
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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Xaysettha District Reply #3 - 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.
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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Xaysettha District Reply #4 - 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'?
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PEACE God Member Offline Posts: 719 DIN FAR Gender: Age: 53	Re: Xaysettha District Reply #5 - 24^th Mar, 2011 at 2:07pm Which district is the most populated with the local population? I know there is an 'international' community.
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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Xaysettha District Reply #7 - 25^th Mar, 2011 at 6:02am What does 'tha' mean? I know there's a Luang Namtha as well.
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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Xaysettha District Reply #9 - 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).
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