Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 5

The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xາມ, xິມ, xີມ, xຶມ, xືມ,xຸມ, and xູມ and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


ຄູພາໄປຢາມໂຮງພິມ
A teacher took us to visit the printing company

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xີມ
ຄີມ
wrench
	xຶມ
ປຶ້ມ
book
	xູມ
ເເມງມູມ
spider

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.

xາມ	ຂາມ	ຖາມ	ຕາມ	ໃບຂາມ
xາມ	tamarin	to ask	to follow	tamarin's leaf
xິມ	ສິມ	ພິມ	ຮິມ	ໂຮງພິມ
xິມ	statue housing	to print	NM	printing company
xີມ	ຈີມ	ຊີມ	ອີ່ມ	ຄີມເຄົ້າ
xີມ	NM	to taste	full (food)	NM
xຶມ	ຂຶມ	ຊຶມ	ພຶມ	ເຄັ່ງຂຶມ
xຶມ	NM	to dase	NM	NM
xືມ	ຢືມ	ລືມ	ຕື່ມ	ດື່ມນ້ຳ
xືມ	to borrow	to forget	to add	to drink
xຸມ	ຂຸມ	ຊຸມ	ຄຸມ	ພຸ່ມໄມ້
xຸມ	hole	gathering	to push (work)	wood stack
xູມ	ຈູມ	ຕູມ	ພູມ	ດູມເສື້ອ
xູມ	NM	NM	NM	button

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

ເມື່ອ ໄປ ຢາມ ໂຮງ ພິມ

ຄູ ໄດ້ ຖາມ ວ່າ

ມີ ຫຍັງ ເເດ່ ທີ່ ສະ ເເດງ ໃຫ້ ເບິ່ງ ໄດ້

ຫົວ ໜ້າ ໂຮງ ພິມ ພູມ ໃຈ

ເເລະ ເເຈ້ງ ວ່າ

ຈະ ເບິ່ງ ເຄື່ອງ ພິມ ຫຼື ປຶ້ມ ກໍ ໄດ້

Vocabulary:

ຄູ(teacher), ພາ(to take), ໄປ(to go), ຢາມ(to visit), ໂຮງ(company/place), ພິມ(to print), ຄີມ(wrench), ປຶ້ມ(book), ເເມງມູມ(spider), ເເມງ(insect), ຂາມ(tamarin), ຖາມ(to ask), ຕາມ(to follow), ໃບ(leaf), ສິມ(statue housing), ຊີມ(to taste), ອີ່ມ(full (after eating)), ຊຶມ(to daze), ຢືມ(to borrow), ລືມ(to forget), ຕື່ມ(to add some more), ດື່ມ(to drink), ນ້ຳ(water), ຂຸມ(hole/pothole/ditch), ຄຸມ(pushy), ໄມ້(wood), ດູມ(button), ເສື້ອ(shirt)