Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 12

The goal of this lesson is to learn Lao consonants, ຫງ /NhO4O, high class/ and ຫຍ /±hO4O, high class/ and to pronounce them with Lao vowels. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


	ໄກ່ ເຂ່ຍ ຫາ ເຫຍື່ອ
	The chicken is scratching to look for something to eat.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	ຫງ Syllables & Tones
ເຫງັນ
raccoon
	ຫຍ Syllables & Tones
ຫຍ້າ
weed/grass

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.


ຫງ	ຫງາ	ຫງີ	ຫງື	ຫງູ
	NM	NM	NM	NM
	ໂຫງ	ໄຫງ	ເຫງົາ	ຫງຳ
	NM	NM	lonely	NM
ຫຍ	ຫຍາ	ຫຍີ	ຫຍື	ຫຍູ
	NM	NM	NM	NM
	ໂຫຍ	ໃຫຍ	ເຫຍົາ	ຫຍຳ
	NM	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

ໝາເຫົ່າໜູ	ຢູ່ໃກ້ເຫງົ້າໄມ້	ເມື່ອໝາ
a dog is barking at a mouse	close to a tree branch	when a dog
ເຂົ້າມາໃກ້	ໜູກໍໜີໄກໄກ	ເຂົ້າໄປໃນຮູ.
comes closer	a mouse runs away far	goes into a hole
ໝາບໍ່ມີຜະຫຍາ	ເພື່ອຈະເອົາໜູ	ໝາມີແຕ່ເຫົ່າ
a dog does not have ability	to take a mouse	it can only barks
ແລະເຫງົາ	ຢູ່ນຳປ່າຫຍ້າ
and lonely	within the grass forest

Vocabulary:

nouns: ໄກ່(chicken), ເຫຍື່ອ (fodder), ເຫງັນ (raccoon), ຫຍ້າ (grass/weed)
verb: ເຂ່ຍ (to scratch), ຫາ (to look for)