Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 6


The goal of this lesson is to learn three Lao consonants, ຈ /cOO, middle class/, ສ /sO4O, high class/ and ຊ /sO@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.


	ສັດປ່າ
	Wild animals

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	ຈ Syllables & Tones
ໜາຈອກ
fox
	ສ Syllables & Tones
ເສືອ
tiger
	ຊ Syllables & Tones
ຊ້າງ
elephant

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.


ຈ	ຈະ	ຈາ	ຈິ	ຈີ	ຈຶ
	will	NM	NM	NM	NM
	ຈື	ຈຸ	ຈູ	ໂຈະ	ໂຈ
	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
ສ	ສະ	ສາ	ສິ	ສີ	ສຶ
	NM	NM	NM	color	NM
	ສື	ສຸ	ສູ	ໂສະ	ໂສ
	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
ຊ	ຊະ	ຊາ	ຊິ	ຊີ	ຊຶ
	NM	tea	NM	NM	NM
	ຊື	ຊຸ	ຊູ	ໂຊະ	ໂຊ
	NM	NM	support	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading words

ສີດາ	ມາຫາ	ສາລີ	ອາຊູສຸ	ສະບູ
person's name	to pay a visit	corn	person's name	soap

Vocabulary:

nouns: ສັດ (animal), ປ່າ (wild, jungle), ໜາຈອກ (fox), ເສືອ (tiger), ຊ້າງ (elephant)
adjective: ປ່າ (wild)