A1 · Lesson 031

Meat & seafood

Recognise the protein, order what you want and make dietary needs clear.

By the end of this lesson

Choose a protein and understand its preparation or an agreed substitute.

Name the food precisely, say what you do not eat and check the other person’s actual reply.

Say this now

Can I have chicken instead of pork?

Say as a mankhǒr gài thaen mǔu dâai mǎi khrápขอไก่แทนหมูได้ไหมครับ
Say as a womankhǒr gài thaen mǔu dâai mǎi kháขอไก่แทนหมูได้ไหมคะ

Complete recorded examples use the displayed values. Replace them with your actual choices. Any prices or totals are invented practice examples.

Sentence shape: Request chicken instead of pork → can I? → polite ending.

Say as a man: sentence pieces

request chicken instead of porkkhǒr gài thaen mǔuขอไก่แทนหมู
can Idâai mǎiได้ไหม
polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

request chicken instead of porkkhǒr gài thaen mǔuขอไก่แทนหมู
can Idâai 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.