Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 10

The goal of this tenth lesson is to read two Lao vowels, xq;t and xq; and to pronounce them with Lao consonants. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


r+0v',k]u ]hP''q;
Maalii's father feeding his cow

Listening and Reading these Vowels.

	xq;t
1jk8q;t
do not lie
	xq;
sq;'q;
cow head

Practice 1: Reading with Consonants
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.

xq;t	8q;t	pq;t	-q;t	]q;t
	to lie	to persuade	NM	NM
	xq;t	pq;t	8q;t
	NM	to persuade	to lie
xq;	dq;	0q;	'q;	9q;
	NM	bridge	cow	novice monk
	8q;	,q;	oq;	[q;
	body	blur	tasty	totus
	xq;	sq;	8q;	9q;
	to cure/fix	head	body	novice monk

Practice 2: Reading Words

[q;lu	9t,k
NM	will come
sk'q;	cxt0q;
searching for cow	near the bridge
,k8q;tpq;t	9t8u
to lie and persuade	will hit
xq;txq;t	[q;lu
NM	NM

Exercises

1. Dictation Exercise: On a sheet of paper, write in Lao the words that you hear by clicking on the speech icons.

After finishing the above dictation exercise, click here for the answers.

2. What tones do you hear? Rising, Low, Mid, High, High Falling, Low Falling

3. Which vowel is long, and which is short?

Vocabulary:

nouns: r+(father), ,k]u(a girl's name), 'q;(cow), sq;(head), 0q;(bridge), 9q;(novice monk), 8q;(body),
[q;(totus), lu(color)

verbs: ]hP'(to feed), 8q;t(to lie), 1jk(don't), pq;t(to persuade), xq;(to cure/fix), 9t(will), ,k(to come),
sk(to find), 8u(to hit)

preposition: 0v'(of)

adverb: ,q;(blur), oq;(tasty), cxt(near)