Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 10

The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xkp, x5p, x6p, and 3xp and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


0uj7;kp86h
Riding grandparent's buffalo

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xkp
7;kp
buffalo
	x5p
\|ksp5p
a type of dog

Practice 1: Reading with Vowels
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.

xkp	vkp	0kp	s^kp	rkp4q'
xkp	to be shy	to sell	a lot	to carry bag
x5p	d5p	05p	sp5p	85hpru
x5p	musty	NM	NM	fat
x6p	76p	]6p	I6p	0uh76p
x6p	NM	NM	NM	to brag
3xp	3fp	3Ip	3-p	0t3,p
3xp	yes	to spread	NM	thief

Practice 2: Reading and Listening
The goal is to listen and identify syllables that you hear.
Each syllable is separated by spaces.

r+ 0v' ;ao fu ,u 7;kp gg]t |k sp5p

gryjo ]hP' 7;kp w;h ggdj w4

]hP' |k sp5p w;h g/qhk gInvo

|k sp5p 9t gsqjk g8nvo

.o g; ]k ,u 0t 3,p ,k gInvo

Vocabulary:

0uj(to ride), 7;kp(buffalo), 86h(grandparent), |k(dog), vkp(shy), 0kp(sell), s^kp(a lot), rkp4q'(to carry a bag), d5p(musty), 85hpru(fat), 0uh76p(to brag), 3fp(yes), 3Ip(to spread), 0t3,p(thief)