Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #10 - Le Cicale.

ເຄີຍ / ບໍ່ເຄີຍ 
Ever / used to / never 

1.) ຂ້ອຍເຄີຍໄປຫລວງພະບາງ 2 ເທື່ອ. 
I have been to Luang Prabang twice. 
2.) ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ເຄີຍກິນເຂົ້າຫນຽວ. 
I have never eaten sticky rice.
3.) ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ເຄີຍຂີ່ຍົນ. 
I have never flown in an airplane. 
4.) ເຈົ້າເຄີຍເຫັນລາວບໍ?  
Have you ever seen him? 
5.) ເຈົ້າເຄີຍມາທ່ຽວລາວບໍ? 
Have you been to Laos?
6.) ຕອນຂ້ອຍຍັງນ້ອຍ ຂ້ອຍເຄີຍປີນຕົ້ນຫມາກມ່ວງ. 
When I was a child, I used to climb mango trees. 
7.) ຂ້ອຍເຄີຍມາຮ້ານນີ້ກັບແມ່ຂອງຂ້ອຍ. 
I have been to this store/shop with my mother. 
8.) ຂ້ອຍເຄີຍຮຽນຢູ່ໂຮງຮຽນນີ້. 
I used to study at this school. 
9.) ຂ້ອຍເຄີຍໃຊ້ໂມງຫນ່ວຍນີ້. 
I used to use this watch. 
10.) ຂ້ອຍເຄີຍລ້ຽງນົກແກ້ວ. 
I used to raise a parrot. 

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