| The goal of this eleventh lesson is to read two Lao vowels, ເxຶອ and ເxືອ and to pronounce them with Lao
consonants. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the
button or the underlined words below. |
Listening and Reading
these Vowels.
Practice 1:
Reading with Consonants
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.
Practice 2:
Reading Words
Exercises
1. Dictation
Exercise: On a sheet of paper, write in Lao the words that you hear by clicking on
the speech icons.
After
finishing the above dictation exercise, click
here for the answers.
2. What tones do you
hear? Rising, Low, Mid, High, High Falling, Low Falling
3. Which vowel is
long, and which is short?
Vocabulary:
nouns: ບຸນ(fiesta), ຊ່ວງເຮືອ(boat race), ເຮືອ(boat), ເສືອ(tiger), ເຄືອ(vine), ນາເກືອ(salt field),
ນາ(ricefield), ເກືອ(salt), ຕາ(eyes), ຫົວ(head) |
| verbs: ໄປ(to go), ທ່ຽວ(to wander), ທາ(to paint), ເກືອ(to feed), ເມືອ(to return), ເຖືອ(to rub), ຫາ(to find) |
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