Reading Lao: consonant

Lesson 9

The goal of this lesson is to learn Lao consonants, ຂ /khO4O, high class/, ຄ /khO@O, low class/, ຫ /hO4O, high class/ and ຮ /hO@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.


	ໄຂ່ ຫ່ານ ໃນ ຮັງ
	Goose eggs in the nest.

Listen to and read these consonants.1

	ຂ Syllables & Tones
ໄຂ່
egg
	ຄ Syllables & Tones
ຄວາຍ
buffalo
	ຫ Syllables & Tones
ຫ່ານ
goose/geese
	ຮ Syllables & Tones
ເຮືອ
boat

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.


ຂ	ຂະ	ຂິ	ຂຸ	ຂຶ	ໂຂະ
ຂ	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
ຄ	ຄາ	ຄີ	ຄູ	ຄື	ໂຄ
ຄ	NM	NM	teacher	NM	NM
ຫ	ຫະ	ຫິ	ຫຶ	ຫຸ	ໂຫະ
ຫ	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM
ຮ	ຮາ	ຮີ	ຮື	ຮູ	ໂຮ
ຮ	NM	NM	NM	hole	NM

Practice 2: Reading words

ຮູຫູ	ຄູຫາ	ຮູຮາ	ຂາກະປູ
ear hole	A teacher is searching	NM	crab leg
ງູປາ	ມາຫາ	ຮູກະປູ	ຮູມີ
snake fish	to come visit	crab hole	there's a hole
ກະປູ	ຂາຂຸ
crab	leg fell off

Vocabulary:

nouns: ໄຂ່(egg), ຫ່ານ (goose/geese), ຮັງ (nest), ຄວາຍ (buffalo), ເຮືອ (boat)
preposition: ໃນ (in)