Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 12

The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xk;, xy;, xu;, gx;, ggx;, and xP; and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


gg,;0k;0v'0hvp
my white cat

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xk;
fk;
stars
	xu;
ouh;,n
finger
	ggx;
gg,;
cat

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.

xk;	0k;	]k;	vk;	gfnvofk;
xk;	white	he/she	uncle (father side)	moon and stars
xy;	ly;	sy;	8y;	zy;0k;
xy;	pimple	hungry	NM	white skin
xu;	0u;	xu;	vuh;	ouh;,n
xu;	NM	NM	to flatten	finger
gx;	g];	gI;	g[j;	]q'gs;
gx;	bad (behavior)	NM	NM	down hill
ggx;	gg-;	gg4;	ggv;	gg,;0k;
ggx;	noisy	line	waist	white cat
xP;	0P;	mP;	s^P;	djP;g0qhk
xP;	green	to commute	to look at	rice harvest

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

0hvp ,u gg,; 0k; 38 Vnj'

sk' 0v' ,ao pk; gxao 8k ggr'

pk, ,ao sy; ,ao 9t mjP; sk dyo V6 16j 8k, gInvo

g,njv ,ao gsao 0hvp ,ao 9t gg]jo ,k w;

ma' Ihv' gg,j; gg,j;

Vocabulary:

gg,;(cat), 0k;(white), 0v'(of), 0hvp(I/me/mine), fk;(star), ouh;,n(finger), ]k;(he/she), vk;(uncle(father side)), gfnvo(moon), ly;(pimple), sy;(to thirst for/longing for), zy;(skin), vuh;(to flatten), g];(bad(behavior)), ]q'gs;(down hill), gg-;(noisy), gg4;(line/row), ggv;(waist), 0P;(green), mP;(to commute), s^P;(to look at), djP;(to harvest)