Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 2


The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xຸງ, xູງ, ເxັງ, ເxງ, ເເxັງand ເເxງ and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


ປ້າຕຶກປາ
Aunty is fishing

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xຸງ
ກະດຸ້ງ
fishing net
	ເxັງ
ປາເຂັງ
a type of fish
	ເເxງ
ເເມງເເຄງ
a type of insect

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.

xຸງ	ບຸງ	ທຸງ	ຍຸງ	ເຂົ້າຫຸງ
xຸງ	NM	flag	mosquitos	cooked rice
xູງ	ຍູງ	ສູງ	ຈູງ	ຝູງແຫ
xູງ	NM	tall	hold hand and lead	NM
ເxັງ	ເຂັງ	ເຕັງ	ເບັງ	ປາເຂັງ
ເxັງ	NM	NM	NM	a type of fish
ເxງ	ເພງ	ເອງ	ເລງ	ຟັງເພງ
ເxງ	music	NM	NM	listening to music
ເເxັງ	ແອັງ	ແຕັງ	ແປັງ	ຕີແປັ່ງ
ເເxັງ	NM	NM	NM	NM
ເເxງ	ເເຄງ	ເເພງ	ເເຮງ	ໜ້າເເດງ
ເເxງ	NM	expensive	forceful/hard	red face

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

ເຈົ້າ ຢ່າ ຟັງ ເເຕ່ ເພງ

ເພາະ ຈະ ພາ ໃຫ້ ບໍ່ ຮູ້ ໜັງ ສື

ເເລະ ເເຂ່ງ ເຂົາ ບໍ່ ໄດ້

Vocabulary:

ປ້າ(aunt), ຕຶກ(to fish/scoop), ປາ(fish), ກະດຸ້ງ(fishing net), ທຸງ(flag), ເເມງ(insect), ຍຸງ(mosquitos), ເຂົ້າຫຸງ(cooked rice), ສູງ(tall), ຈູງ(to hold hand and lead), ເພງ(music), ຟັງ(to listen), ເເພງ(expensive), ເເຮງ(forceful/hard), ໜ້າ(face), ເເດງ(red)