Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 13


The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xັກ, xາກ, xິກ, xີກ, xຶກ, xືກ, xຸກ, xູກ, ເxັກ, ເxກ, ແxັກ, and ແxກ and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


ນັກຮຽນປູກຜັກ
The students are gardening

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xັກ
ຜັກ
vegetable
	xີກ
ປີກນົກ
bird's wing
	xຸກ
ປາດຸກ
catfish

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.

xັກ	ຜັກ	ຕັກ	ຈັກ	ຮັກເເພງ
xັກ	vegetable	to scoop	engine	friendship
xາກ	ປາກ	ຕາກ	ຍາກ	ຮາກໄມ້
xາກ	mouth	to dry	to want	root
xິກ	ຍິກ	ດິກ	ຈິກ	ໝາກພິກ
xິກ	NM	NM	NM	pepper
xີກ	ປີກ	ຈີກ	ຄີກ	ເອົາອີກ
xີກ	wing	to tear	odd	to want some more
xຶກ	ບຶກ	ນຶກ	ຍຶກ	ຕຶກປາ
xຶກ	NM	to think	NM	fishing
xືກ	ຖືກ	ວືກ	ລືກ	ປາກກືກ
xືກ	cheap/correct	NM	NM	mute
xຸກ	ສຸກ	ລຸກ	ຄຸກ	ປາດຸກ
xຸກ	cooked/ripe	to wakeup	jail	catfish
xູກ	ລູກ	ປູກ	ຜູກ	ຕ່ຳຫູກ
xູກ	child/children	to plant	to tie	cloth making
ເxັກ	ເຕັກ	ເລັກ	ເພັກ	ເດັກນ້ອຍ
ເxັກ	NM	metal	NM	small children
ເxກ	ເສກ	ເອກ	ເບກ	ຮຽນເລກ
ເxກ	NM	NM	brake	to learn math
ແxັກ	ແຊັກ	ແຕັກ	ແລັກ	ຕີແປັກ
ແxັກ	NM	NM	NM	a type of game
ແxກ	ແຕກ	ແປກ	ແຮກ	ປາແດກ
ແxກ	to break	different/unique	NM	pickled fish

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

ເຮົາ ຕ້ອງ ໝັ່ນ ປູກ ຜັກ

ເເລະ ຮັກ ສາ ຕົ້ນ ໄມ້

ເພື່ອ ໄວ້ ກິນ ໝາກ

ຖ້າ ຢາກ ໃຫ້ ມັນ ງາມ

ເຮົາ ຕ້ອງ ໝັ່ນ ພູນ ດິນ ເເລະ ໃສ່ ຝຸ່ນ

Vocabulary:

ນັກຮຽນ(student), ປູກ(to plant), ຜັກ(vegetable), ປີກ(wing), ນົກ(bird), ປາດຸກ(catfish), ຕັກ(to scoop), ຈັກ(engine), ຮັກເເພງ(friendship), ປາກ(mouth), ຕາກ(to dry), ຍາກ(to want), ຮາກໄມ້(plant root), ໝາກພິກ(pepper), ຈີກ(to tear), ຄີກ(odd), ເອົາອີກ(to want more), ນຶກ(to think), ຕຶກປາ(fishing), ຖືກ(cheap/correct), ປາກກືກ(can't speak/mute), ສຸກ(cooked/ripe), ລຸກ(to wakeup/standup), ຄຸກ(jail), ລູກ(child/children), ຜູກ(to tie), ຕ່ຳຫູກ(cloth making), ເລັກ(metal), ເດັກນ້ອຍ(small children), ເບກ(brake), ຮຽນເລກ(to learn math), ແຕກ(break (something)), ແປກ(different/unique), ປາແດກ(pickled fish)