Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 5


The goal of this lesson is to learn two Lao consonants, ] /lO@O, low class/ and ; /vO@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 belo.


	]qf c]jo w;
	The car runs fast.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	] Syllables & Tones
]u'
monkey
	; Syllables & Tones
;u
fan

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.


]	]t	]k	]y	]u
	NM	NM	NM	NM
	]b	]n	3]t	3]
	NM	NM	NM	NM
;	;t	;k	;y	;u
	NM	NM	NM	fan
	;b	;n	3;t	3;
	NM	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

;k]u	,uok	8kfu	,kxt86
person's name	to have a field	good eyes	to come to the door
vkfu	,udtx6	,k]u	8u8tx6fufu
person's name	to have crab	person's name	to hit a nail correctly

Vocabulary:

nouns: ]qf (car), ]u' (monkey), ;u (fan)
verb: c]jo (to run)
adverb: w; (quickly)