Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 9

The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xqo, 3xo, xvo, gxyo, gxuo, xPo, x;o, and gxnvo and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


pqo[yow;
A plane is flying fast

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xqo
pqo
airplane
	xvo
\|vo
pillow
	gxnvo
gInvo
house

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.

xqo	pqo	9qo	/qo	7qofu
xqo	airplane	poor	rain	good person
3xo	38o	3ro	3po	wdj39ho
3xo	to jump/plunge	hill	to throw	a type of chicken
xvo	ovo	\|vo	-vo	2hvo]e
xvo	to sleep	pillow	NM	to dance
gxyo	g'yo	gxyo	gryjo	0aog'yo
gxyo	money	NM	them/other	silver pedestal
gxuo	g0uo	g-uo	gruo	gvuhosk
gxuo	shy	to invite	NM	to call for
xPo	0Po	IPo	rPo	3I'IPo
xPo	to write	to learn/study	experience	school
x;o	-;o	r;o	];o	m;o7no
x;o	part of	NM	NM	to recall (event)
gxnvo	gInvo	gfnvo	g8nvo	\|6jgrnjvo
gxnvo	house	moon	to remind	friend

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

gg] g[yj' vb, 7b, 2hk

pk, gg]' ]q, ]j;'

rk gvqk dhvo 0uh g/nhv

ws^ dqh; d+ d;,

[k' d5j, gxao -+ -aho

g'nhv, 3'j o'k, lt g|u

[k' 8vo ,u lu lao

grkt ggl' 8k g;ao 8hv'

,v' 8k, ]e 0v' d;hk'

gsao gInv 0bho ]jv'

dt ggl 2v' g7njvo ph6

pyo lt vnho ,j;o .9

Vocabulary:

pqo(airplane), w;(fast), [yo(to fly), |vo(pillow), gInvo(house), 9qo(poor), /qo(rain), 7qofu(good person), 38o(to jump/plunge), 3ro(hill), 3po(to throw), wdj(chicken), ovo(to sleep), 2hvo]e(to dance), g'yo(money), gryjo(them/other), 0aog'yo(silver pedestal), g0uo(shy), g-uo(to invite), gvuhosk(to call for), 0Po(to write), IPo(to learn/study), rPo(experience), 3I'IPo(school), -;o(part of), m;o7no(to recall(event)), gInvo(house), gfnvo(moon), g8nvo(to remind), |6jgrnjvo(friend)