Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 11

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


wxmjP; [5o-j;'gInv
Hanging out at the boat race festival

Listening and Reading these Vowels.

	gxbv
mkgxbv
meshing/painting
	gxnv
gInv
boat

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.

gxbv	gxbv	g9bv
	NM	NM
	g9bv	gxbv
	NM	NM
gxnv	glnv	gdnv	g0nv
	tiger	to feed	NM
	g,nv	g7nv	gInv
	to return	vine	boat
	g4nv	g0nv
	to rub	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

mkgxbv	g2bv2t
meshing/painting	NM
g,nvsk	okgdnv
to return	salt field
8kglnv	sq;gInv
tiger's eyes	stern of a ship
cItzk	g,nvsk
NM	to return

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: [5o(fiesta), -j;'gInv(boat race), gInv(boat), glnv(tiger), g7nv(vine), okgdnv(salt field),
ok(ricefield), gdnv(salt), 8k(eyes), sq;(head)

verbs: wx(to go), mjP;(to wander), mk(to paint), gdnv(to feed), g,nv(to return), g4nv(to rub), sk(to find)