Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 1


The goal of this first lesson is to read two Lao vowels, xt (short final a?) and xk (long aa) and to pronounce them with Lao consonants. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


lt[kpfu 76
Hello, teacher.

Listening and Reading these Vowels.1


dtfko
blackboard

8kxk
fish's eye

Practice 1: Reading with Consonants
To find out what tones these syllables have, please click tone.
Some of these syllables do not have meaning attached to them.
NM - no meaning.
The goal is to practice reading and listening.

dt	ft	8t	ot
NM	NM	NM	NM
[t	xt	,t	vt
NM	NM	NM	NM
dk	fk	8k	ok
crow	NM	eyes	ricefield
[k	xk	,k	vk
NM	fish	to come	aunt

Practice 2: Reading Words

dt	dt[k
NM	NM
8k	8kdk
eyes	crow's eyes
xk	8kxk
fish	fish's eyes

Exercises

1. Dictation Exercise: On a sheet of paper, write in Lao the words that you hear by clicking on the speech icons.

After finishing the above dictation exercise, click here for the answers.

2. What tones do you hear? Rising, Low, Mid, High, High Falling, Low Falling

3. Which vowel is long, and which is short?

Vocabulary:

nouns: lt[kpfu (hello), 76 (teacher), dtfko (blackboard), 8k (eye), xk (fish), dk (crow),
ok (ricefield), [k (bar), vk (aunt)

verbs: ,k (to come)