Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 10

The goal of this lesson is to learn Lao consonants, ຜ /phO4O, high class/, ຝ /fO4O, high class/, ພ /phO@O, low class/ and ຟ /fO@O, low class/ and to pronounce them with Lao vowels. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


	ຝູງ ຟານ ຂຶ້ນ ພູ
	A herd of deer go up the mountain.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	ຜ Syllables & Tones
ເຜິ້ງ
bee
	ພ Syllables & Tones
ພູ
mountain/hill
	ຝ Syllables & Tones
ຝົນ
rain
	ຟ Syllables & Tones
ໄຟ
fire

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.


ຜ	ຜະ	ຜິ	ຜຶ	ຜຸ	ໂຜະ
ຜ	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
ພ	ພະ	ພິ	ພຸ	ພຶ	ໂພະ
ພ	god	NM	NM	NM	NM
ຝ	ຝາ	ຝີ	ຝື	ຝູ	ໂຝ
ຝ	wall	pimple	NM	NM	NM
ຟ	ຟາ	ຟີ	ຟື	ຟູ	ໂຟ
ຟ	NM	NM	NM	float	NM

Practice 2: Reading words

ປາຝາ	ພູຜາ	ປາຟູ	ຄູມີ
lid fish	mountain range	floating fish	a teacher has
ຝີມື	ມືອາ	ມີຝີ	ມາຫາ
skillful ability	aunty's hand	to have pimple	to come visit
ຄູບາ	ໂພະຢາ
monk	spread on medication

Vocabulary:

nouns: ຝູງ (a group/herd/flock), ຟານ (deer), ພູ (mountain/hill), ເຜິ້ງ (bee), ຝົນ (rain), ໄຟ (fire)
verb: ຂຶ້ນ (to go up)