Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 12

The goal of this lesson is to learn Lao consonants, s' /NhO4O, high class/ and sp /ñhO4O, 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.


	wdj g0jp sk gspnjv
	The chicken is scratching to look for something to eat.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	s' Syllables & Tones
gs'ao
raccoon
	sp Syllables & Tones
sphk
weed/grass

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.


s'	s'k	s'u	s'n	s'6
	NM	NM	NM	NM
	3s'	ws'	gs'qk	s'e
	NM	NM	lonely	NM
sp	spk	spu	spn	sp6
	NM	NM	NM	NM
	3sp	.sp	gspqk	spe
	NM	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

\|kgsqjkV6	16j.dhgs'qhkw,h	g,njv\|k
a dog is barking at a mouse	close to a tree branch	when a dog
g0qhk,k.dh	V6d=Vuwdwd	g0qhkwx.oI6D
comes closer	a mouse runs away far	goes into a hole
\|k[+,uztspk	grnjv9tgvqkV6	\|k,uc8jgsqjk
a dog does not have ability	to take a mouse	it can only barks
c]tgs'qk	16joexjksphk
and lonely	within the grass forest

Vocabulary:

nouns: wdj(chicken), gspnjv (fodder), gs'ao (raccoon), sphk (grass/weed)
verb: g0jp (to scratch), sk (to look for)