Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 13

The goal of this thirteeth lesson is to read two Lao vowels, ໃx and ໄx and to pronounce them with Lao consonants. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


ກໍໄຜ່
bamboo grove

Listening and Reading these Vowels.

	ໃx
ໃບໄມ້
leaf
	ໄx
ໄຂ
open

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.

ໃx	ໃບ	ໃຍ	ໃຜ	ໃຄ
	leaf	NM	who	NM
	ໃຈ	ໃສ	ໃຕ	ໃດ
	heart	where	kidney	which
ໄx	ໄຊ	ໄລ	ໄຂ	ໄອ
	NM	NM	open	cough
	ໄຫ	ໄຖ	ໄປ	ໄວ
	stone barrel	to plow	to go	quick
	ໄຮ	ໄກ	ໄຂ	ໄຟ
	NM	far	to open	fire

Practice 2: Reading Words

ຜົວເມຍ	ມີຫົວໃຈ
husband and wife	to have a heart
ໄມຕີ	ບົວພາຖືໄຖ
relationship (friend)	BouaPaa is holding a plow
ໄປຫາປາ	ໃນນາມີໄຫໄພ
to search for fishes	there is a bamboo stone barrel in the field
ໃບບົວ	ແລະຫົວສີໃຄ
lotus's leaf	and lemon grass

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: ກໍໄຜ່(bamboo grove), ໃບໄມ້(leaf), ໃບ(leaf), ໄມ້(wood), ໃຜ(who), ໃຈ(heart), ໃສ(where),
ໃຕ(kidney), ໃດ(which), ໄຫ(stone barrel), ໄຟ(fire/light), ຜົວ(husband), ເມຍ(wife), ຫົວ(head),
ບົວພາ(a girl's name), ໄຖ(plow), ປາ(fish), ນາ(ricefield), ຫົວສີໃຄ(lemon grass)

verbs: ໄຂ(to open), ໄອ(to cough), ໄຖ(to plow), ໄປ(to go), ມີ(to have), ຖື(to hold), ຫາ(to find)

adverb: ໄວ(quick), ໄກ(far)

preposition: ໃນ(in), ແລະ(and)