A1 · Lesson 068

Scheduling & appointments

Book, change and confirm a useful time.

By the end of this lesson

Make an appointment, agree a day and time, and reschedule or cancel clearly.

Learn the request and the reply together; always confirm the final day and time.

Say this now

I would like to make an appointment.

Say as a manphǒm yàak nát mǎai khrápผมอยากนัดหมายครับ

Say as a womanchǎn yàak nát mǎai khâฉันอยากนัดหมายค่ะ

Tuesday at ten in the morning and Thursday at two in the afternoon are practice examples. Lêuan nát means changing an appointment; specify the new time.

Sentence shape: I → would like to make an appointment → polite ending

Say as a man: sentence pieces

Iphǒmผม

would like to make an appointmentyàak nát mǎaiอยากนัดหมาย

polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

Ichǎnฉัน

would like to make an appointmentyàak nát mǎaiอยากนัดหมาย

polite endingkhâค่ะ

In this lesson

Essential phrases

Use complete lines and natural replies.

Key words

Recognise the words and their meaning.

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.