Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 10

The goal of this lesson is to learn Lao consonants, z /phO4O, high class/, / /fO4O, high class/, r /phO@O, low class/ and 2 /fO@O, low class/ and to pronounce them with Lao vowels. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


	/6' 2ko 0bho r6
	A herd of deer go up the mountain.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	z Syllables & Tones
gzyh'
bee
	r Syllables & Tones
r6
mountain/hill
	/ Syllables & Tones
/qo
rain
	2 Syllables & Tones
w2
fire

Practice 1: Reading with Vowels
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.


z	zt	zy	zb	z5	3zt
z	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
r	rt	ry	r5	rb	3rt
r	god	NM	NM	NM	NM
/	/k	/u	/n	/6	3/
/	wall	pimple	NM	NM	NM
2	2k	2u	2n	26	32
2	NM	NM	NM	float	NM

Practice 2: Reading words

xk/k	r6zk	xk26	76,u
lid fish	mountain range	floating fish	a teacher has
/u,n	,nvk	,u/u	,ksk
skillful ability	aunty's hand	to have pimple	to come visit
76[k	3rt1k
monk	spread on medication

Vocabulary:

nouns: /6' (a group/herd/flock), 2ko (deer), r6 (mountain/hill), gzyh' (bee), /qo (rain), w2 (fire)
verb: 0bho (to go up)