Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 7

The goal of this lesson is to learn two Lao consonants, ຖ /thO4O, high class/ and ທ /thO@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.


	ຊາວນາ ຖື ໄຖ
	A farmer carries a wooden plow.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	ຖ Syllables & Tones
ໂຖ
spittoon
	ທ Syllables & Tones
ທຸງ
flag

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.


ຖ	ຖະ	ຖາ	ຖິ	ຖີ	ຖຶ
	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
	ຖື	ຖຸ	ຖູ	ໂຖະ	ໂຖ
	hold	NM	rub	NM	spittoon
ທ	ທະ	ທາ	ທິ	ທີ	ທຶ
	NM	paint	NM	NM	NM
	ທື	ທຸ	ທູ	ໂທະ	ໂທ
	NM	pray	NM	NM	call

Practice 2 : Reading Words

ມີໂຖ	ຈະຖື	ທະນູ	ທາຖູ
to have a spittoon	will hold	arrow	to paint/rub
ຄາຖາ	ກະທິ	ນາທີ	ສາໂທ
religious object	curry	minute	NM

Vocabulary:

nouns: ຊາວນາ (farmer), ໄຖ (wooden plow), ໂຖ (spittoon), ທຸງ (flag)
verb: ຖື (to carry)