Practice with a, long aa, and strong aa:
✏️ Consonant + Vowel Combinations — Basic Sounds
| Arakanese | IPA | English |
|---|---|---|
| အ အာ အား | /ʔa̰ ʔà ʔáː/ | a, long a, strong a |
| က ကာ ကား | /ka̰ kà káː/ | ka, long ka, strong ka |
| ခ ခါ ခါး | /kʰa̰ kʰà kʰáː/ | kha, long kha, strong kha |
| ဆ ဆာ ဆား | /sʰa̰ sʰà sʰáː/ | sa, long sa, strong sa |
| ထ ထာ ထား | /tʰa̰ tʰà tʰáː/ | hta, long hta, strong hta |
| န နာ နား | /na̰ nà náː/ | na, long na, strong na |
| င ငါ ငါး | /ŋa̰ ŋà ŋáː/ | nga, I/me, fish |
| ဒ ဒါ ဒါး | /da̰ dà dáː/ | da, long da, knife |
| ပ ပါ ပါး | /pa̰ pà páː/ | pa, come, thin/light |
| လ လာ လား | /la̰ là láː/ | la, come, question form |
✍️ Handwriting Practice
ခ ဂ င ဒ ပ ဝ
(Trace each of the six letters carefully)
⭐ Vocabulary Practice
| Arakanese | IPA | English |
|---|---|---|
| ဓားမ၊ ဆရာမ၊ အစာ၊ ဆရာ၊ အဝါ | /dáːma̰ | sʰəjàma̰ | ʔəsà | sʰəjà | ʔəwà/ | knife, female teacher, food, teacher, yellow |
| အနာ၊ အသာသာ၊ ဗလာ၊ ဘာဘာ | /ʔənà | ʔəsàθà | bəlà | bàbà/ | wound, gently, empty, father |
| စပါး၊ ဖလား၊ ဖဝါး၊ ဝါး | /səpáː | pʰəláː | pʰəwáː | wáː/ | rice plant, bowl, sole of foot, bamboo |
📖 Reading Practice
| Arakanese | IPA | English |
|---|---|---|
| ကပါ ကပါ ထကပါ။ |
/kəpà kəpà | tʰəka̰pà/ | Come, come. Stand and come. |
| မမ ကခါ ငါ အားပါ။ |
/mama̰ kəkʰà | ŋà ʔáːpà/ | Sister is there. I am strong. |
| ဆရာ လာပါယာ။ ဆရာမ လာပါယာ။ |
/sʰəjà làpàjà | sʰəjàma̰ làpàjà/ | Teacher has arrived. Female teacher has arrived. |
| အစာ စားခါ အသားပါ။ |
/ʔəsà sàkʰà | ʔəðáːpà/ | Eating food, it is meat. |
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