Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 12

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


1jk g;Qk 7e gry
do not speak dirty word

Listening and Reading these Vowels.

	gxy
gxygxnhvo
dirty/messy
	gxu
4h;pg/u
bowl of noodle

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.

gxy	gdy	g0y	gxy	gfy
	NM	NM	NM	NM
	g-y	gry	gIy	gvy
	NM	NM	NM	NM
gxu	g[u	gxu	gou	gzu
	butter	NM	NM	NM
	g,u	gpu	gvu	g/u
	NM	NM	NM	noodle

Practice 2: Reading Words

ltgvy	gdydt
hickup	NM
gxy/k	]tg,u
to paste on the wall	to dase
gzu38	,kgfu
un-aware	come-on
skg/u	ltgvy
NM	hickup

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: 7e(word/gold), gry(dirty), gxygxnhvo(dirty/messy), 4h;p(bowl), g/u(noodle), g[u(butter),
ltgvy(hickup), /k(wall)

verbs: 1jk(don't), g;Qk(to say), gxy(to paste), ]tg,u(to dase), ,kgfu(come-on)

adverb: gzu38(un-aware)