Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 3

The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xົງ, ໂxງ, xັອງ, xອງ, and xຽງ to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


ເຮືອລ່ອງຕາມນ້ຳຂອງ
A boat adrift along the Mekong River

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xົງ
ຖົງ
bag
	ໂxງ
ໂມງ
clock/watch
	xຽງ
ຕະກຽງ
lamp

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.

xົງ	ຖົງ	ຊົງ	ປົງ	ກາງວົງ
xົງ	bag	style	to put/place	middle of circle
ໂxງ	ໂຮງ	ໂພງ	ໂຍງ	ຖືໂມງ
ໂxງ	NM	bloat	NM	carrying a watch
xັອງ	ຈັອງ	ກັອງ	ຕັອງ	ກະປັອງ
xັອງ	NM	NM	NM	a can
xອງ	ກອງ	ພອງ	ຊອງ	ກະບອງ
xອງ	drum	NM	envelop	stick
xຽງ	ຕຽງ	ຂຽງ	ສຽງ	ທົ່ງພຽງ
xຽງ	bed	cutting board	sound	flat field

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

ເວ ລາ ນ້ຳ ຂອງ

ນອງ ມາ ໃໝ່

ນ້ຳ ໄຫຼ ຊຸ ເອົາ ຂີ້ ເຫຍື້ອ

ລ່ອງ ລົງ ມາ ນຳ

ນ້ຳ ໄຫຼ ເເຮງ

ຈຶ່ງ ທັ່ງ ເອົາ ໄມ້ ຍູງ ໄມ້ ຍາງ

ເເລະ ສິ່ງ ຂອງ ຕ່າງ ຕ່າງ ລົງ ເເກ້ງ

Vocabulary:

ເຮືອ(boat), ລ່ອງ(float/drift), ຕາມ(along/follow), ນ້ຳ(water), ນ້ຳຂອງ(Mekong River), ຖົງ(bag), ໂມງ(clock/watch), ຕະກຽງ(lamp/lantern), ຊົງ(style), ປົງ(to put/place), ກາງວົງ(middle of circle), ໂພງ(bloat), ຖື(to carry), ກະປັອງ(a can), ກອງ(drum), ຊອງ(envelop), ກະບອງ(big stick), ຕຽງ(bed), ຂຽງ(cutting board), ສຽງ(sound), ທົ່ງ(field), ພຽງ(flat/smooth)