A1 · Lesson 039

Electronics shopping

Buy useful devices and accessories with confidence.

By the end of this lesson

Ask for a compatible accessory, test it and understand price and warranty information.

Learn the complete requests and shop replies before the purchase and test-problem exchanges.

Say this now

Do you have a charger for this phone?

Say as a manmee dtua châat sǎm ràp thoo rá sàp née mǎi khrápมีตัวชาร์จสำหรับโทรศัพท์นี้ไหมครับ
Say as a womanmee dtua châat sǎm ràp thoo rá sàp née mǎi kháมีตัวชาร์จสำหรับโทรศัพท์นี้ไหมคะ

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

Sentence shape: Have a charger → for this phone → question → polite ending.

Say as a man: sentence pieces

have a chargermee dtua châatมีตัวชาร์จ
for this phonesǎm ràp thoo rá sàp néeสำหรับโทรศัพท์นี้
questionmǎiไหม
polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

have a chargermee dtua châatมีตัวชาร์จ
for this phonesǎm ràp thoo rá sàp néeสำหรับโทรศัพท์นี้
questionmǎiไหม
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.