A1 · Lesson 037

Clothing & shoes

Browse confidently, name what you want and ask for the right fit.

By the end of this lesson

Ask for an item, colour and size, try it on and choose a better fit.

The shop requests and assistant replies are taught before the clothing and shoe exchanges.

Say this now

Can I try this on?

Say as a mankhǒr lawng sài dâai mǎi khrápขอลองใส่ได้ไหมครับ
Say as a womankhǒr lawng sài dâai mǎi kháขอลองใส่ได้ไหมคะ

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

Sentence shape: Request to try it on → can I? → polite ending.

Say as a man: sentence pieces

request to try it onkhǒr lawng sàiขอลองใส่
can Idâai mǎiได้ไหม
polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

request to try it onkhǒr lawng sàiขอลองใส่
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.