Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 13


The goal of this lesson is to learn Lao consonants, s^ /lhO4O, high class/ and s; /vhO4O, 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 g0ao /hkp
	Aunt is spinning cotton.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	s^ Syllables & Tones
s^k
spinner/loom
	s; Syllables & Tones
s;u
comb

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^n	s^6	3s^	gs^u
	loom	or	NM	NM	hysterical
	gs^nv	ws^	gs^qk	s^e
	still present	drift	NM	NM
s;	s;k	s;u	s;n	s;6	3s;
	NM	comb	NM	NM	NM
	ws;	gs;qk	s;e
	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

xhkfu	,u\|6	,u\|k	c]t,us^k
Aunt Dii	has pigs	has dog	and has a loom
xhkfu	,uztspk	9trkgIqkwx	grnjv[+.shgs'qk
Aunt Dii	has ability	to take us	to prevent from being lonely
sqkgIqk[+,ugsqk	grktgIqk.-hs;u4uj
our heads do not have lice	because we use a compacted comb

Vocabulary:

nouns: xhk (aunt), /hkp (cotton), s^k (loom), s;u (comb)
verb: g0ao (to spin)