Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 4

The goal of this fourth lesson is to read two Lao vowels, x5 and x6 and to pronounce them with Lao consonants. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


,v[ fvdw,h .sh 76
Giving flowers to the teacher.

Listening and Reading these Vowels.


75
bucket

76
teacher

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.

d5	f5	85	o5
NM	often	NM	NM
[5	x5	,5	v5
NM	NM	NM	NM
d6	f6	86	o6
NM	to look	I	NM
[6	x6	,6	v6
NM	crab	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

dtx6	[5,k
crab	NM
xt86	d58y
door	hermitage

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: fvdw,h (flower), 76 (teacher), 75 (bucket), f5 (often), 86(door), x6(crab), d58y(hermitage)

verbs: ,v[ (to give), f6 (to look) .sh (to give)