Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 12

The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xາວ, xິວ, xີວ, ເxວ, ເເxວ, and xຽວ and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


ເເມວຂາວຂອງຂ້ອຍ
my white cat

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xາວ
ດາວ
stars
	xີວ
ນີ້ວມື
finger
	ເເxວ
ເເມວ
cat

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.

xາວ	ຂາວ	ລາວ	ອາວ	ເດືອນດາວ
xາວ	white	he/she	uncle (father side)	moon and stars
xິວ	ສິວ	ຫິວ	ຕິວ	ຜິວຂາວ
xິວ	pimple	hungry	NM	white skin
xີວ	ຂີວ	ປີວ	ອີ້ວ	ນີ້ວມື
xີວ	NM	NM	to flatten	finger
ເxວ	ເລວ	ເຮວ	ເບ່ວ	ລົງເຫວ
ເxວ	bad (behavior)	NM	NM	down hill
ເເxວ	ເເຊວ	ເເຖວ	ເເອວ	ເເມວຂາວ
ເເxວ	noisy	line	waist	white cat
xຽວ	ຂຽວ	ທຽວ	ຫຼຽວ	ກ່ຽວເຂົ້າ
xຽວ	green	to commute	to look at	rice harvest

Practice 2: Reading and Listening
The goal is to listen and identify syllables that you hear.
Each syllable is separated by spaces.

ຂ້ອຍ ມີ ເເມວ ຂາວ ໂຕ ໜື່ງ

ຫາງ ຂອງ ມັນ ຍາວ ເປັນ ຕາ ເເພງ

ຍາມ ມັນ ຫິວ ມັນ ຈະ ທ່ຽວ ຫາ ກິນ ໜູ ຢູ່ ຕາມ ເຮືອນ

ເມື່ອ ມັນ ເຫັນ ຂ້ອຍ ມັນ ຈະ ເເລ່ນ ມາ ໄວ

ທັງ ຮ້ອງ ເເມ່ວ ເເມ່ວ

Vocabulary:

ເເມວ(cat), ຂາວ(white), ຂອງ(of), ຂ້ອຍ(I/me/mine), ດາວ(star), ນີ້ວມື(finger), ລາວ(he/she), ອາວ(uncle(father side)), ເດືອນ(moon), ສິວ(pimple), ຫິວ(to thirst for/longing for), ຜິວ(skin), ອີ້ວ(to flatten), ເລວ(bad(behavior)), ລົງເຫວ(down hill), ເເຊວ(noisy), ເເຖວ(line/row), ເເອວ(waist), ຂຽວ(green), ທຽວ(to commute), ຫຼຽວ(to look at), ກ່ຽວ(to harvest)