Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 13


The goal of this lesson is to learn Lao consonants, ຫຼ /lhO4O, high class/ and ຫວ /vhO4O, 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.


	ປ້າ ເຂັນ ຝ້າຍ
	Aunt is spinning cotton.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	ຫຼ Syllables & Tones
ຫຼາ
spinner/loom
	ຫວ Syllables & Tones
ຫວີ
comb

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.


ຫຼ	ຫຼາ	ຫຼື	ຫູຼ	ໂຫຼ	ເຫຼີ
	loom	or	NM	NM	hysterical
	ເຫຼືອ	ໄຫຼ	ເຫຼົາ	ຫຼຳ
	still present	drift	NM	NM
ຫວ	ຫວາ	ຫວີ	ຫວື	ຫວູ	ໂຫວ
	NM	comb	NM	NM	NM
	ໄຫວ	ເຫວົາ	ຫວຳ
	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

ປ້າດີ	ມີໝູ	ມີໝາ	ແລະມີຫຼາ
Aunt Dii	has pigs	has dog	and has a loom
ປ້າດີ	ມີຜະຫຍາ	ຈະພາເຮົາໄປ	ເພື່ອບໍ່ໃຫ້ເຫງົາ
Aunt Dii	has ability	to take us	to prevent from being lonely
ຫົາເຮົາບໍ່ມີເຫົາ	ເພາະເຮົາໃຊ້ຫວີຖີ່
our heads do not have lice	because we use a compacted comb

Vocabulary:

nouns: ປ້າ (aunt), ຝ້າຍ (cotton), ຫຼາ (loom), ຫວີ (comb)
verb: ເຂັນ (to spin)