Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 8

The goal of this lesson is to learn three Lao consonants, ງ /NO@O, low class/, ຍ /±O@O, low class/ and ຢ /yOO, middle class/ and to pronounce them with Lao vowels. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


	ຢາ ແກ້ ໄຂ້ ຍຸງ
	Medicine to cure malaria.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	ງ Syllables & Tones
ງົວ
cow
	ຍ Syllables & Tones
ຍຸງ
mosquitos
	ຢ Syllables & Tones
ຢາ
medicine

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.


ງ	ງະ	ງາ	ງິ	ງີ	ງຶ
	NM	sesame	NM	NM	NM
	ງື	ງຸ	ງູ	ໂງະ	ໂງ
	NM	NM	snake	NM	turn
ຍ	ຍະ	ຍາ	ຍິ	ຍີ	ຍຶ
	split	NM	NM	NM	NM
	ຍື	ຍຸ	ຍູ	ໂຍະ	ໂຍ
	NM	NM	NM	NM	lift
ຢ	ຢະ	ຢາ	ຢິ	ຢີ	ຢຶ
	NM	drug	NM	NM	NM
	ຢື	ຢຸ	ຢູ	ໂຢະ	ໂຢ
	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: reading words

ທາຢາ	ງາດີ	ມີຍູ	ງູປາ
to rub on medication	good sesame	NM	snake fish
ໂງມາ	ກະໂປະ	ອາມີ	ຢາດີ
to turn around	coconut shell	person's name	good medicine

Vocabulary:

nouns: ຢາ (medicine), ໄຂ້ (fever), ງົວ (cow), ຍຸງ (mosquitos), ໄຂ້ ຍຸງ (malaria)
verb: ແກ້(to cure)