Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 11

The goal of this lesson is to learn Lao consonants, | /mhO4O, high class/ and V /nhO4O, high class/ and to pronounce them with Lao vowels. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


	xhk gdnv \|6
	Aunt feeds the pigs.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	\| Syllables & Tones
\|k
dog
	V Syllables & Tones
V6
mouse

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.


\|	\|k	\|u	\|n	\|6	3\|
	dog	bear	NM	pig	NM
	\|=	.\|	w\|	g\|qk	\|e
	nurse	fine	silk	buy by lots	NM
V	Vk	Vu	Vn	V6	3V
	thick	to leave	NM	mouse	NM
	V=	wV	gVnv	gVqk	Ve
	NM	NM	north	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

.oxjk	,u\|u	\|6xjk	\|kwo
in the jungle	having a bear	wild pig	a type of dog
c]tV6	g,njv,u	w2w\|hxjk	V6d=9tVu
and a mouse	when having	burning forest	mouse will fled
wx16j.dhok	\|u	\|6xjk	c]t\|kwo
go live near a field	bear	wild pig	and a type of dog
d=9tVu	wxsk	muj16j.\|j
will fled	to go visit	new address

Vocabulary:

nouns: xhk (aunt), |6 (pig), |k (dog), V6(mouse)
verb: gdnv (to feed)