Abstract
This piece is a celebration, an interpretation, and translation of Lao words and of the Lao language as poetry. This poem dissects and discuss the differences between how the word "understand" is conceptualized and embodied in the Lao language versus English. Further, it shows how in Lao, there are even deeper nuances between what it means "to know" versus "to understand" in Lao.
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Gill, Victoria
(2025)
"#35 Understanding in Lao,"
Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement: Vol. 20
:
Iss.
1,
Article 1.
DOI: 10.7771/2153-8999.1374
Available at:
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jsaaea/vol20/iss1/1
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