Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 7

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


ຝູງແກະກິນຫຍ້າ
A herd of sheep are eating grasses

Listening and Reading these Vowels.


ແກະ
sheep

ແກ
horn

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.

ແຕະ	ແປະ	ແລະ	ແວະ
NM	NM	and	to stop by
ແທະ	ແຈະ	ແບະ	ແມະ
NM	NM	NM	NM
ແປ	ແພ	ແບ	ແຜ
flat	cloth	NM	bruise
ແກ	ແຖ	ແລ	ແຫ
horn	to shave	NM	net

Practice 2: Reading Words

ກະແຕະ	ແປະຝາ
a thatch	to be close to the wall
ປາແປະ	ໂຕແກະ
NM	a body of a sheep
ແວະມາ	ຢາແຜ
to stop by	medication for the wound
ແລຫາ	ຕາແຫ
to look for	net's hold size

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: ຝູງ(herd/group), ແກະ(sheep), ຫຍ້າ(grass), ແກ(horn), ແພ(cloth), ແຜ(bruise/wound), ແກ(horn),
ແຫ(net), ກະແຕະ(braded bamboo board), ຝາ(wall), ໂຕແກະ(sheep), ຢາ(medicine), ຕາ(eye), ແຫ(net)

verbs: ກິນ(to eat), ແວະ(to stop by), ແຖ(to shave), ແປະ(to be close), ແວະ(to stop by), ມາ(to come),
ແລຫາ(to look for)

preposition: ແລະ(and)

adjective: ແປ(flat)