ບົດຮຽນ ໖ · MODULE C
ຄຳຖາມ
Questions — sentence-final particles
ເນື້ອໃນທີ່ຂຽນຂຶ້ນ · Authored content
The dictionary holds no grammar data, so this lesson is written rather than extracted. Each Lao line carries its provenance, and everything marked composed is a draft awaiting review by a Lao linguist.
Lao questions require zero subject-verb inversion. You take a normal statement and add a questioning particle at the end.
For yes/no questions: append ບໍ່ (*bo* with rising tone) or conversational ຫວາ (*wa*). For question words (ໃຜ = who, ຫຍັງ = what, ຢູ່ໃສ = where), keep them in their natural noun slot.
ໂຄງສ້າງ · ໓ slots
ເຈົ້າ
chao
you
ປະທານ
subject
ສະບາຍດີ
sabai di
well/fine
ກິລິຍາ
verb
ບໍ່
bo
?
ຄຳຖາມ
particle
Question particle occupies the sentence-final position.POS reference →
ການປ່ຽນຮູບ · One pattern, changed
The highlighted words are the only ones added or swapped. Every other word keeps its exact form — no conjugation, no agreement, no tense on the verb.
ຄຳຖາມສຸພາບ
polite yes/no
ເຈົ້າ ສະບາຍດີ ບໍ່
chao sabai di bo — Are you doing well?
ຄຳຖາມກັນເອງ
casual confirmation
ເຈົ້າ ໄປ ຫວາ
chao pai wa — You are going, right?
ຄຳຖາມສັບພະນາມ
what (wh-question)
ເຈົ້າ ຊື່ ຫຍັງ
chao sue nyang — What is your name?