The conjunctions ‘with’ and ‘and’ are very similar, but are used in slightly different ways. Let’s begin with ‘with’.
gàp · with
The sentence form is:
| 1st person | + | verb | + | gàp | + | 2nd person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | + | bpai | + | gàp | + | Jane |
| Peter | + | goes | + | with | + | Jane |
This first conjunction is mostly used with people, as in these examples (including negatives):
chăn bpai gàp khun
I go with you
khun maa gàp chăn
you come with me
khăo bpai wâai nám gàp phûuak khăo
he goes to swim with them
phŏm dtâwng gaan nâng thêe nêe gàp khun
I want to sit here with you
khun bpai thêe nân gàp Peter
you go there with Peter
ther tham gàp phûuak khăo
she did it with them
phŏm mâi bpai gàp khun
I don’t go with you
khun mâi bpai thêe nân gàp phŏm
you don’t go there with me
Peter mâi bpai gàp Jane
Peter doesn’t go with Jane
chăn mâi dtâwng gaan nâng thêe nêe gàp phûuak khăo
I don’t want to sit here with them
You can listen to the examples of gàp in the videos.
láe · and
We use láe to add or include, such as ‘knife and fork’ or ‘Peter and Jane’. We’ll use it later with nouns, but for now we’ll practise with pronouns and names.
khun láe chăn
you and me
Peter láe Jane bpai Phuket
Peter and Jane go to Phuket
khăo láe ther nâng thêe nêe
he and she sit here
khun láe chăn gin thêe nân
you and I eat there
khun láe phŏm láe Peter
you and me and Peter
khun láe chăn bpai Phuket gàp Jane
you and me go to Phuket with Jane
The examples can be reviewed in the videos before attempting the exercise.
Exercise 7
| 1 | you and me |
| 2 | you go and I go |
| 3 | you and I go |
| 4 | you go with me |
| 5 | I go with you |
| 6 | you wait here and I wait there |
| 7 | you don’t want to go with me |
| 8 | Peter speaks with Jane |
| 9 | he came with Jane |
| 10 | Jane is sitting with us |
| 11 | they don’t want to eat with us |
| 12 | she doesn’t like working with him |
| 13 | Jane and Peter drove to Bangkok |
| 14 | he doesn’t want to talk with me |
| 15 | you and Peter wait here |
| 16 | I listened to him and I listened to you, I don’t understand |
| 17 | he likes beer and pizza |
| 18 | he would like to speak with you |
| 19 | wait for me here with Jane |
| 20 | she flew to Chiang Mai with Peter |
Scroll down for the answers …
| 1 | khun láe phŏm/chăn |
| 2 | khun bpai láe phŏm/chăn bpai |
| 3 | khun láe phŏm/chăn bpai |
| 4 | khun bpai gàp phŏm/chăn |
| 5 | phŏm/chăn bpai gàp khun |
| 6 | khun raw thêe nêe láe phŏm/chăn raw thêe nân |
| 7 | khun mâi dtâwng gaan bpai gàp phŏm/chăn |
| 8 | Peter phûud gàp Jane |
| 9 | khăo maa gàp Jane |
| 10 | Jane nâng gàp phûuak rao |
| 11 | phûuak khăo mâi dtâwng gaan gin gàp phûuak rao |
| 12 | ther mâi châwp tham ngaan gàp khăo |
| 13 | Jane láe Peter khàp ród-yon bpai grung-thâep |
| 14 | khăo mâi dtâwng gaan dern gàp phŏm/chăn |
| 15 | khun láe Peter raw thêe nêe |
| 16 | phŏm/chăn fang khăo láe phŏm/chăn fang khun, phŏm/chăn mâi khâo jai |
| 17 | khăo châwp beer láe pizza |
| 18 | khăo yàak jà phûud gàp khun |
| 19 | raw phŏm/chăn thêe nêe gàp Jane |
| 20 | ther bin bpai Chiang Mai gàp Peter |