A1 · Lesson 066

Cleaning & chores

Share everyday jobs and say what is finished.

By the end of this lesson

Name household jobs, ask for help and confirm that a chore is finished.

Start with the actions, then use them to share jobs and check progress.

Say this now

Could you help me clean the house?

Say as a manchûay tham khwaam sà àat bâan nòi dâai mǎi khrápช่วยทำความสะอาดบ้านหน่อยได้ไหมครับ
Say as a womanchûay tham khwaam sà àat bâan nòi dâai mǎi kháช่วยทำความสะอาดบ้านหน่อยได้ไหมคะ

Sák is washing fabric; láang is washing things such as dishes. Hang wet laundry to dry with dtàak phâa.

Sentence shape: please help clean the house → could you → polite ending

Say as a man: sentence pieces

please help clean the housechûay tham khwaam sà àat bâan nòiช่วยทำความสะอาดบ้านหน่อย
could youdâai mǎiได้ไหม
polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

please help clean the housechûay tham khwaam sà àat bâan nòiช่วยทำความสะอาดบ้านหน่อย
could youdâai mǎiได้ไหม
polite endingkháคะ

In this lesson

Key words

Recognise the words and their meaning.

Essential phrases

Use complete lines and natural replies.

Practice

Choose a response and build a sentence.

Dialogues

Follow a complete exchange.

Word match

Match taught words and phrases to meanings.

Listening match

Understand the same language by ear.

Chapter review

Bring the useful language back from memory.