ກ່ຽວກັບ
[giao-gup]
about Preposition
Example —
ລາວ ເວົ້າ ກ່ຽວ ກັບ ໂຮງ ຮຽນ*
[lao wow giao gup hohng hian]
He talked about school.
* Note — Lao sentences and phrases are not typically spaced out by syllables. But, this is helpful for recognizing where syllables start and end.
Tone Breakdown
ກ່ຽວ [giao] — this syllable has a middle-class consonant, a long vowel, and a sonorant final consonant. This normally produces a low, but this syllable has a ໄມ້ເອກ /mai ehk/ tone mark. Therefore, the tone of the syllable is a middle tone.
ກັບ [gup] — this syllable has a middle-class consonant, a short vowel, and unreleased-stop final consonant. As a result, this produces a high tone.