Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 15


The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xaf, xkf, xyf, xuf, xbf, xnf, x5f, x6f, gxaf, gxf, cxaf, and ggxf and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


lq,7yf8bdg[af
Somkit is fishing

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xuf
,uf
knife
	gxaf
g[af
fishing hook
	ggxf
ggIf
rhino

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.

xaf	daf	0af	'af	fafcx'
xaf	to bite	to oppose	to break into	to alter/change
xkf	dkf	0kf	vkf	;kf-q'
xkf	NM	tear	will/might	to trace (picture)
xyf	7yf	8yf	;yf	9yf.9
xyf	to think	to addict	toilet	heart
xuf	,uf	0uf	fuf	duf0;k'
xuf	knife	to scratch	NM	to block
xbf	'bf	7bf	vbf	xtrbf
xbf	NM	to think	hard to come by	behavior/action
xnf	,nf	9nf	-nf	1k'1nf
xnf	dark	NM	NM	stretch string
x5f	d5f	05f	f5f	;aor5f
x5f	NM	to dig	to plow	Wednesday
x6f	I6f	06f	96f	zadd6f
x6f	NM	to scrape	to burn	a type of vegetable
gxaf	gxaf	gzaf	gsaf	-yfg[af
gxaf	duck	hot/spicy	mushroom	fishing
gxf	gdf	gsf	glf	]yfgff
gxf	NM	NM	extra/left-over	almighty's will
cxaf	cdaf	cxaf	cvaf
cxaf	box	NM	ace
ggxf	ggIf	ggff	gg/f	8yfggxf
ggxf	NM	sunny	twin	NM

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

mhk; 7e graf gg]t mhk; lt s;kf wx -yf g[af

wfh xk dt gfuf gg]t xk lt s^yf s^kp 38

r+ 0v' 7e graf [vd ;jk 4hk f5 |ajo ggo; ouh

r;d ]6d 9t [+ vbf vk sko dyo

Vocabulary:

lq,7yf(a boy's name), 8bd(to fish), g[af(hook), 8bdg[af(fishing), ,uf(knife), ggIf(rhino), daf(to bite), 0af(to oppose), 'af(to break into), fafcx'(to alter/change), 0kf(tear/rip), vkf(will/might), ;kf-q'(to trace(picture)), 7yf(to think), 8yf(to addict), ;yf(toilet), 9yf.9(heart), 0uf(to scratch), duf0;k'(to block), 7bf(to think), vbf(hard to come by), xtrbf(behavior/action), ,nf(dark), 1k'1nf(stretch string), 05f(to dig), f5f(to plow), ;aor5f(Wednesday), 06f(to scrape), 96f(to burn), gxaf(duck), gzaf(hot/spicy), gsaf(mushroom), -yfg[af(fishing), glf(extra/leftover), ]yfgff(almight's will), cdaf(box), cvaf(ace), ggff(sunny), gg/f(twin)