Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 16


The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xqf, 3xf, xvf, gxyf, gxuf, xPf, x;f, and gxnvf, and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


7qo0a[]qff5f
Driver of earth-plower

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xqf
]qff5f
earth-plower
	xvf
gg,''vf
scorpion
no picture	gxnvf
g]nvf
blood

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.

xqf	]qf	7qf	[qf	lqf.l
xqf	car	crooked	to chop	energetic
3xf	3df	37f	3zf	3sfIhkp
3xf	NM	blood-line	let go/forgive	mean (attitude)
xvf	dvf	9vf	xvf	s^vfw2
xvf	to hug	to park	lung	light-bulb
gxyf	gxyf	g2yf	g\|yf	fa'gxyf
gxyf	NM	NM	all gone	NM
gxuf	gduf	gxuf	g9uf	fug]uf
gxuf	to born	to open	to stray	very good
xPf	dPf	0Pf	[Pf	]tvPf
xPf	NM	frog	in the way	to be detailed
x;f	d;f	0;f	];f	s;fg0qhk
x;f	to search	bottle	thin wire	sticky rice cooker
gxnvf	gInvf	g2nvf	g]nvf	2qfgfnvf
gxnvf	NM	NM	blood	boiling

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

xhk raf wx 8t s^kf

grnjv -nh lu lPf o;f gg]t |kd gzaf

]k; wfh pyo 8e s^;f xt dkf

[+ .sh 7qo ,k duf g0f gduf v5 xt 8y gsf

Vocabulary:

7qo(a person), 0a[(to drive), ]qff5f(earth plower), ]qf(car), gg,''vf(scorpion), gg,'(insect), g]nvf(blood), 7qf(crooked), [qf(to chop), lqf.l(energetic), 37f(blood-line), 3zf(let go/forgive), 3sfIhkp(mean(attitude)), dvf(to hug), 9vf(to park), xvf(lung), s^vfw2(light bulb), g|yf(all gone), gduf(to born), gxuf(to open), g9uf(to stray), fug]uf(very good), 0Pf(frog), [Pf(in the way), ]tvPf(to be detailed), d;f(to search), 0;f(bottle), ];f(thin wire), s;fg0qhk(sticky rice cooker), 2qfgfnvf(boiling)