Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 13


The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xad, xkd, xyd, xud, xbd, xnd, x5d, x6d, gxad, gxd, cxad, and cxd and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


oadIPox6dzad
The students are gardening

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xad
zad
vegetable
	xud
xudoqd
bird's wing
	x5d
xkf5d
catfish

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.

xad	zad	8ad	9ad	Iadggr'
xad	vegetable	to scoop	engine	friendship
xkd	xkd	8kd	pkd	Ikdw,h
xkd	mouth	to dry	to want	root
xyd	pyd	fyd	9yd	\|kdryd
xyd	NM	NM	NM	pepper
xud	xud	9ud	7ud	gvqkvud
xud	wing	to tear	odd	to want some more
xbd	[bd	obd	pbd	8bdxk
xbd	NM	to think	NM	fishing
xnd	4nd	;nd	]nd	xkddnd
xnd	cheap/correct	NM	NM	mute
x5d	l5d	]5d	75d	xkf5d
x5d	cooked/ripe	to wakeup	jail	catfish
x6d	]6d	x6d	z6d	8ejs6d
x6d	child/children	to plant	to tie	cloth making
gxad	g8ad	g]ad	grad	gfadohvp
gxad	NM	metal	NM	small children
gxd	gld	gvd	g[d	IPog]d
gxd	NM	NM	brake	to learn math
cxad	c-ad	c8ad	c]ad	8ucxad
cxad	NM	NM	NM	a type of game
cxd	c8d	cxd	cId	xkcfd
cxd	to break	different/unique	NM	pickled fish

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

gIqk 8hv' |ajo x6d zad

gg]t Iad lk 8qho w,h

grnjv w;h dyo |kd

4hk 1kd .sh ,ao 'k,

gIqk 8hv' |ajo r6o fyo gg]t .lj /5jo

Vocabulary:

oadIPo(student), x6d(to plant), zad(vegetable), xud(wing), oqd(bird), xkf5d(catfish), 8ad(to scoop), 9ad(engine), Iadggr'(friendship), xkd(mouth), 8kd(to dry), pkd(to want), Ikdw,h(plant root), |kdryd(pepper), 9ud(to tear), 7ud(odd), gvqkvud(to want more), obd(to think), 8bdxk(fishing), 4nd(cheap/correct), xkddnd(can't speak/mute), l5d(cooked/ripe), ]5d(to wakeup/standup), 75d(jail), ]6d(child/children), z6d(to tie), 8ejs6d(cloth making), g]ad(metal), gfadohvp(small children), g[d(brake), IPog]d(to learn math), c8d(break (something)), cxd(different/unique), xkcfd(pickled fish)