Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 5


The goal of this lesson is to learn two Lao consonants, ລ /lO@O, low class/ and ວ /vO@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 belo.


	ລົດ ແລ່ນ ໄວ
	The car runs fast.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	ລ Syllables & Tones
ລີງ
monkey
	ວ Syllables & Tones
ວີ
fan

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.


ລ	ລະ	ລາ	ລິ	ລີ
	NM	NM	NM	NM
	ລຶ	ລື	ໂລະ	ໂລ
	NM	NM	NM	NM
ວ	ວະ	ວາ	ວິ	ວີ
	NM	NM	NM	fan
	ວຶ	ວື	ໂວະ	ໂວ
	NM	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

ວາລີ	ມີນາ	ຕາດີ	ມາປະຕູ
person's name	to have a field	good eyes	to come to the door
ອາດີ	ມີກະປູ	ມາລີ	ຕີຕະປູດີດີ
person's name	to have crab	person's name	to hit a nail correctly

Vocabulary:

nouns: ລົດ (car), ລີງ (monkey), ວີ (fan)
verb: ແລ່ນ (to run)
adverb: ໄວ (quickly)