Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 11


The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xavp, xvp, gxup, x;p, and gxnvp and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


l;olk]umujr6fvp
A cornfield at the hill

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xvp
2vp
broom
	x;p
4h;p
bowl
	gxnvp
g]njvp
saw

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.

xavp	davp	9avp	8avp	vajvpIajvp
xavp	NM	NM	NM	NM
xvp	2vp	svp	-vp	sq;dvp
xvp	broom	mussel	to cut	NM
gxup	g7up	glup	gzup	wxg]up
gxup	have done	ignore	NM	to leave
x;p	,;p	s;p	];p	8qhodh;p
x;p	NM	lottery	rich	banana tree
gxnvp	gxnvp	gfnvp	gvnhvp	g]njvp
gxnvp	naked	NM	older sister	saw

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

.o fq' .spj 9t ,u |u gg]t g|nvp vk wl 16j

|k sp5p 0v' 0hvp g7up gsqjk |u gg]t 0t 3,p g]nhvp g]nhvp

0hvp d= g7up ]hk' 4h;p -j;p vhkp gg]t gvnhvp 16j lt g|u

Vocabulary:

l;o(field), lk]u(corn), muj(at), r6fvp(mountain), 2vp(broom), 4h;p(bowl), g]njvp(saw), svp(mussel), -vp(to cut), g7up(have done), glup(ignore), wxg]up(to leave), s;p(lottery), ];p(rich), 8qhodh;p(banana tree), gxnvp(naked), gvnhvp(older sister)