Letters

Question 1

ค

Answer 1

‘kk’ sound - low class

Question 2

ช

Answer 2

‘ch’ sound - low class

Question 3

ซ

Answer 3

‘ss’ sound - low class

Question 4

ท

Answer 4

‘tt’ sound - low class

Question 5

Low Class Tone Rules?

Answer 5

• 1st tone mark with a low class letter is ‘falling’ (start high, go low)
• 2nd tone mark with a low class is ‘high’ (start low, rise up)

Question 6

พ

Answer 6

‘pp’ sound - low class

Question 7

ฟ

Answer 7

‘ff’ sound - low class

Question 8

ณ

Answer 8

‘nn’ sound - low class - (last letter of ‘khun’)

Question 9

ธ

Answer 9

‘tt’ sound - low class - not super common

Question 10

ภ

Answer 10

‘pp’ sound - low class

Question 11

ญ

Answer 11

‘yy’ sound at the beginning; ‘nn’ sound at the end - low class

Question 12

ฮ

Answer 12

‘hh’ sound - low class - mostly used with foreign words that begin with an h

Question 13

ว์

Answer 13

cancels out the letter so that you don’t have to pronounce it. Often used for Thai words that have foreign origins (e.g. corn, pound, warm sound basically the same as English)

Question 14

When you are ending with a ล or a ร?…

Answer 14

• it will sound like an ‘n’

Question 15

When you are ending with a จ?…

Answer 15

• it will sound like a ‘t’

Question 16

(What does the letter ห do here?) หมา, หมี, หวี

Answer 16

• the ห becomes silent and forces high class rules on a low class letter (rising tone)

Question 17

what do these character combinations do? เxน or เxอ (X would be a Thai consonant)

Answer 17

• they create the ‘errr’ sound

Question 18

อิ

Answer 18

‘ee’ (short vowel)

Question 19

อี

Answer 19

‘eeee’ (long vowel)

Question 20

อะ, อัน

Answer 20

‘ah’ (short vowel) - when this vowel has an ending consonant, it changes shape from อะ to อั + final consonant.

Question 21

อา

Answer 21

‘aaah’ (long vowel)

Question 22

อุ

Answer 22

‘oo’ (short vowel)

Question 23

อู

Answer 23

‘oooo’ (long vowel)

Question 24

ทร in ทราย?

Answer 24

The ทร combination turns into a ‘ss’ sound. ทราย -> saìe

Question 25

ร in สร้าง

Answer 25

With ‘sr’ combinations the ร tends to be silent. สร้าง = saang

Question 26

What does รร sound like?

Answer 26

• ‘ah’ sound

Question 27

ติ or ตุ in ชาติ and เหตุ

Answer 27

• the ending vowels are ignored if the word ends with ติ or ตุ. ชาติ would sound like ‘chad’ and เหตุ would sound like ‘hed’

Question 28

อ๊า

Answer 28

• 3rd tone mark. Only used with middle-class consonants. Gives a high tone (start high, go higher)

Question 29

อ๋า

Answer 29

• 4th tone mark. Only used with middle-class consonants… Gives a rising tone (go low, rise back up)