Lao Lessons: Hello

I finally bought that Laos dictionary I said I would. The dictionary I bought has a three parts, The first allows you to look up an English word to see the word in Laos, the second part lists Laos words and then what they mean in English, and the third section shows the Laos word and how to pronounce it. So far it's much better than any apps I have found or teaching books, which are scarce to begin with.

I've decided to start with basic words rather than learning the alphabet or grammar. I think this will help me more once i'm there than anything else.