Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 8


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


,k]u IPolu-=
Maalii is learning to pplay a fiddle.

Listening and Reading these Vowels. consult


g[kt
cushion

-=
fiddle

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.

g[kt	gxkt	g7kt	g9kt
cushion	NM	NM	to drill
gdkt	gfkt	gvkt	gskt
to hang on	NM	NM	to fly
-=	r=	p=	I=
fiddle	enough	to lift	NM
l=	,=	o=	]=
pencil	NM	NM	to wait
0=	m=	'=	-=
to ask for	NM	NM	fiddle

Practice 2: Reading Words

0=gdkt	lu-=
hook	fiddling
dtm=	r=fu
a basket	just right
vkl=	p=,n
NM	to raise a hand
0=]k	g]ktsk
asking for permission to leave	to look for
xkgzkt	lu-=
a type of fish	fiddling

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: ,k]u(a girl's name), -=(fiddle), g[kt(cushion), l=(pencil), 0=gdkt(hook), ,n(hand)

verbs: IPo(to study/to learn), lu(to rub), g9kt(to drill), gdkt(to hang/to link), gskt(to fly),
p=(to lift/to raise), ]=(to wait), 0=(to ask for), lu-=(to fiddle), g]kt(to wander), sk(to find)

adjective: r=(enough)

adverb: r=fu(just right)