Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 8


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


ມາລີ ຮຽນສີຊໍ
Maalii is learning to pplay a fiddle.

Listening and Reading these Vowels. consult


ເບາະ
cushion

ຊໍ
fiddle

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.

ເບາະ	ເປາະ	ເຄາະ	ເຈາະ
cushion	NM	NM	to drill
ເກາະ	ເດາະ	ເອາະ	ເຫາະ
to hang on	NM	NM	to fly
ຊໍ	ພໍ	ຍໍ	ຮໍ
fiddle	enough	to lift	NM
ສໍ	ມໍ	ນໍ	ລໍ
pencil	NM	NM	to wait
ຂໍ	ທໍ	ງໍ	ຊໍ
to ask for	NM	NM	fiddle

Practice 2: Reading Words

ຂໍເກາະ	ສີຊໍ
hook	fiddling
ກະທໍ	ພໍດີ
a basket	just right
ອາສໍ	ຍໍມື
NM	to raise a hand
ຂໍລາ	ເລາະຫາ
asking for permission to leave	to look for
ປາເຜາະ	ສີຊໍ
a type of fish	fiddling

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: ມາລີ(a girl's name), ຊໍ(fiddle), ເບາະ(cushion), ສໍ(pencil), ຂໍເກາະ(hook), ມື(hand)

verbs: ຮຽນ(to study/to learn), ສີ(to rub), ເຈາະ(to drill), ເກາະ(to hang/to link), ເຫາະ(to fly),
ຍໍ(to lift/to raise), ລໍ(to wait), ຂໍ(to ask for), ສີຊໍ(to fiddle), ເລາະ(to wander), ຫາ(to find)

adjective: ພໍ(enough)

adverb: ພໍດີ(just right)