A1 · Lesson 067

Problems & troubleshooting

Describe a fault, explain what you tried and check the result.

By the end of this lesson

Explain a device problem, ask for help and confirm whether a fix worked.

Give the symptom and when it started, then check the proposed fix.

Say this now

Say as a manchûay dtrùat sàwp an née hâi nòi dâai mǎi khrápช่วยตรวจสอบอันนี้ให้หน่อยได้ไหมครับ

Say as a womanchûay dtrùat sàwp an née hâi nòi dâai mǎi kháช่วยตรวจสอบอันนี้ให้หน่อยได้ไหมคะ

Use precise symptoms. Tried already, still broken and works now describe different stages of solving a problem.

Sentence shape: please check this one for me → could you → polite ending

Say as a man: sentence pieces

please check this one for mechûay dtrùat sàwp an née hâi nòiช่วยตรวจสอบอันนี้ให้หน่อย

could youdâai mǎiได้ไหม

polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

please check this one for mechûay dtrùat sàwp an née hâi nòiช่วยตรวจสอบอันนี้ให้หน่อย

could youdâai mǎiได้ไหม

polite endingkháคะ

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.