frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Metaphorical Language
Complete the idiom for 'hypocrite'.
ລາວເປັນຄົນປາກຫວານ ___ ສົມ.
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ກົ້ນ
The idiom is 'Pak wan kon som' (Sweet mouth, sour butt).
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Figurative Meaning
Fix the sentence.
Find and fix the mistake:
ລາວປາກຫວານກົ້ນຂົມແທ້ໆ (Correct)
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ລາວປາກຫວານກົ້ນຂົມແທ້ໆ
Emphasis is correct.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Common Idioms
Correct the literal translation of 'I am sad'.
Find and fix the mistake:
ຂ້ອຍຮູ້ສຶກສີຟ້າ.
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ຂ້ອຍເສຍໃຈ
Sia Jai (Spoiled heart) is the correct way to say sad.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Metaphorical Language
Which word means 'kind'?
ລາວເປັນຄົນ ___.
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ໃຈດີ
'Jai dee' literally means 'good heart', which translates to 'kind'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Figurative Meaning
Correct the literal translation of 'I am happy'.
Find and fix the mistake:
ຂ້ອຍມີຄວາມສຸກຫົວໃຈ.
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ຂ້ອຍດີໃຈ
'Dee jai' is the natural way to say 'happy'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Figurative Meaning
Fill in the blank.
ລາວ ___ ມາຫຼາຍ.
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ກິນເກືອ
Refers to experience.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Common Idioms
Choose the correct meaning.
What does 'ປາກຫວານກົ້ນຂົມ' mean?
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Deceptive person
It means someone who hides bad intentions.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Common Idioms
Choose the correct idiom.
He is kind-hearted.
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ໃຈດີ
ໃຈດີ means kind-hearted.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Cultural Idioms
Complete the metaphor for 'taking a stroll'.
ພວກເຮົາໄປກິນ___.
✓ Correct!✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ລົມ
Kin Lom (Eat wind) means to take a stroll.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Metaphorical Language
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よくある質問
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No, they are figurative.
Some are, some are not.
In Lao culture, the heart is considered the seat of both emotion and intellect. Therefore, almost all internal states are described as conditions of the ໃຈ (heart).
No. For weather, use ອາກາດຮ້ອນ (akat ron). ໃຈຮ້ອນ only refers to a person's temperament (impatient).
No, they are fixed.
It functions as a prefix meaning 'habitual' or 'prone to'. It's similar to the English suffix '-y' in 'smelly' or 'messy', but specifically for character flaws.
