Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 7

The goal of this lesson is to learn two Lao consonants, 4 /thO4O, high class/ and m /thO@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.


	-k;ok 4n w4
	A farmer carries a wooden plow.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	4 Syllables & Tones
34
spittoon
	m Syllables & Tones
m5'
flag

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.


4	4t	4k	4y	4u	4b
	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
	4n	45	46	34t	34
	hold	NM	rub	NM	spittoon
m	mt	mk	my	mu	mb
	NM	paint	NM	NM	NM
	mn	m5	m6	3mt	3m
	NM	pray	NM	NM	call

Practice 2 : Reading Words

,u34	9t4n	mto6	mk46
to have a spittoon	will hold	arrow	to paint/rub
7k4k	dtmy	okmu	lk3m
religious object	curry	minute	NM

Vocabulary:

nouns: -k;ok (farmer), w4 (wooden plow), 34 (spittoon), m5' (flag)
verb: 4n (to carry)