Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 6

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


dy]k[kog8t
soccer game

Listening and Reading these Vowels.


g8t
to kick

gx
craddle

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.

g8t	gxt	g]t	gpt	g;t
to kick	NM	NM	NM	NM
gmt	got	g[t	gzt	g,t
NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
gx	gr	g7	gm	g,
craddle	NM	NM	to pore	NM
g-	gf	g8	g]	g4
to sway	NM	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

gdtdt	gvtvt
to be clumsy	NM
g;]k	gIIk
time	NM
g7sk	skxk
house	to look for fish
3ptgpt	gvtvt
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: dy]k(sport), [ko(ball), gx(craddle), g;]k(time), xk(fish)

verbs: g8t(to kick), gm(to pour), g-(to sway), sk(to look for)