A1 · Lesson 018

Phones & SIM cards

Choose a SIM package, check its duration and price, and top up a phone.

By the end of this lesson

Choose a SIM package, top up an example amount and get help with a connection problem.

Practise a complete shop exchange, not just the opening request. Plans, amounts and numbers are invented examples.

Say this now

Say as a manphǒm yàak séu sim-gáat khrápผมอยากซื้อซิมการ์ดครับ

Say as a womanchǎn yàak séu sim-gáat khâฉันอยากซื้อซิมการ์ดค่ะ

The man and woman forms are complete. Package details and the phone number are practice examples.

Sentence shape: I → want to buy → SIM card → polite ending

Iphǒmผม

want to buyyàak séuอยากซื้อ

SIM cardsim-gáatซิมการ์ด

polite endingkhrápครับ

Use complete lines and natural replies.

Recognise the words and their meaning.

Choose a response and build a sentence.

Follow a complete exchange.

Match taught words and phrases to meanings.

Understand the same language by ear.

Bring the useful language back from memory.