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Thai Consonants, Vowels and Tones Flashcards

1
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What’s in the Mid Tone Consonant group?

Can you say it out loud?

A

Gor Gài (chicken) Jor Jaan (plate)

Dor Dè’k (child) Dor Chá-dàa (crown)

Dtor Dtào (turtle) Dtor Bpà-dtùk (goad)

Bor Bai-mái (leaf) Bpor Bplaa (fish)

Or Àang

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What’s in the Mid Tone Consonant Group?

Can you write them in Thai script?

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กจ
ด ฎ
ต ฏ
บปอ

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What’s in the Nasal Tone Consonant group?

Can you say it out loud?

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Mor Máa (horse) Ngor Nguu (snake)

Nor Nŭu (rat) Nor Naen (novice monk)

Wor Wăen (ring)

Yor Yúk (ogre) Yor Yĭng (woman)

Ror Ruea (boat)

Lor Ling (monkey) Lor Jù-laa (kite)

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What’s in the Nasal Tone Consonant group?

Can you write it in Thai script?

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ม
ง
ย ญ
น ณ
วร ล
ฬ

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What’s in the Twin Rising Tone Consonant group?

Can you say it out loud?

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Pŏr Pûeng(freind)

Fŏr Fǎa(lid)

Tŏr Tŏong (bag) Tŏr Tăan (base)

Kŏr Kài (eggs) Kŏr Kùad (bottle)

Sŏr Sŭea (tiger) Sŏr Săa-laa (pavillion)

Sŏr Rue-sĕe (hermit)

Chŏr Chìng (cymbals) Hŏr Hèeb (chest)

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What’s in the Twin Mid Tone Consonant group?

Can you say it out loud?

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Por Paan(tray) Por Sŭm-pao(junk boat)

For Fun (teeth)

Tor Tá-hăan(soldier) Tor To’ng (To’ng means flag)
Tor Mo’n-to(female character) Tor Pûu-Tâo(old person)

Kor Kwaay(water buffalo) Kor Ko’n (person) - obsolete

Kor Rá-kung (bell) Sor Sô (chain)

Chor Cháang (elephant) Chor Ga-cher (tree)

Hor Nó’k~hûuk (owl)

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What’s in the Twin Rising Tone Consonant group?

Can you write them in Thai script?

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ผ
ฝ
ถ ฐ
ข ฃ
ส ศ ษ
ห
ฉ

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What’s in the Twin Mid Tone Consonant group?

Can you write them in Thai script?

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พ
ฟ
ท ธ ฑ ฒ
ค ฅ ฆ
ซ
ฮ
ช ฌ

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9
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A dead syllable never has a ____ tone.

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A dead syllable never has a mid tone.

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10
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How many mid tone consonant letters are there?

How many mid tone consonant sounds are there?

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There are 9 mid tone consonant letters but there are only 7 mid tone consonant sounds.

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How many nasal mid tone consonant letters are there?

How many sounds?

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There are 10 nasal mid tone consonant letters but there are only 7 sounds.

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12
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How many twin risng tone consonant letters are there?

How many sounds?

A

7

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How many twin mid tone consonant letters are there?

How many sounds?

A

7

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What are hard vs soft sound consonant letters?

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Soft (Nasal) sound final consonant
letters are ง ย ญ น ณ ม ร ล ฬ ว.

The rest are hard sound letters.

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What 3 classes of consonants?

Which consonants are included in each class?

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Mid class : ก จ ด ฎ ต ฏ บ ป อ

High class : ข ฃ ฉ ถ ฐ ผ ฝ ส ศ ษ ห

Low class : ค ฅ ฆ ช ฌ ท ฑ ธ ฒ พ ภ ฟ ซ ฮ - ม ง ย ญ น ณ ว ร ล ฬ

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16
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What are 3 groups of consonants?

Which are included in each group?

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Mid tone consonants : ก จ ด ฎ ต ฏ บ ป อ
Nasal Mid tone consonants : ม ง ย ญ น ณ ว ร ล ฬ
Twin consonants (Rising and Mid tone) : ข ฃ ฉ ถ ฐ ผ ฝ ส ศ ษ ห - ค ฅ ฆ ช ฌ ท ฑ ธ ฒ พ ภ ฟ ซ ฮ

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17
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What are the 18 single vowels?

Can you write them in Thai script?

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  • ะ -า -ิ -ี -ึ -ือ
  • ุ - ู เ-ะ เ- แ-ะ แ-

โ-ะ โ- เ-าะ -อ เ-อะเ- อ

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18
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What are the 18 Single Vowels?

Can you say them out loud?

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a/u, aa i/ee ue/uee

u/oo, uu e’, ay/e ae’, ae

o’, o or’, or er’, er

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19
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What are the 6 combined vowels?

Can you write them in Thai script?

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เ-ียะ เ-ีย

เ-ือะ เ-ือ

-ัวะ -ัว

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20
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What are the 6 combined vowels?

Can you say them out loud?

A

ea’ ea

uea’ uea

ua’ ua

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21
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What are the 4 extra vowels in Thai?

Can you write them in Thai script?

A

ำ ไ- ใ- เ-า

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22
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What are the 4 extra vowels in Thai?

Can you say them out loud?

A

um

ai

ao

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23
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What are 4 important elements in Thai syllables?

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They are main consonants, vowels, final consonants and tones.

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24
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All extra vowel letters have a ______ sound.

(Long/Short)

A

All extra vowel letters have a short sound.

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25
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All extra vowel letters are a ______sound.

(live/dead0

A

All extra vowel letters are a live sound even though the vowel sound is a short vowel sound

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26
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How many consonant letters are there in Thai script?

How many consonant sounds?

How many Vowel symbols are there in Thai script?

How many Vowel forms?

A

44

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15

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27
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How many final consonant sounds are there?

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There are 8 final consonant sounds.

28
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What are the 8 final consonants?

Can you say them out loud?

A

ก K ด D

บ B ง NG

ม M น N

ย Y ว W

29
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What are the final consonants?

Can you write them in Thai script?

A

k - ก ข ค ฆ

d - จ ด ต ถ ฐ ท ธ ฎ ฏ
ฑ ฒ ช ซ ศ ษ ส

b- บ ป พ ภ ฟ

n- น ณ ญ ร ล ฬ

m-ม, ng-ง, y-ย; w-ว

30
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Soft final consonant sound letter = _______ syllable

(Live/Dead)

Hard final consonant sound letter = _______ syllable

(Live/Dead)

A

Soft final consonant sound letter = Live syllable

Hard final consonant sound letter = Dead syllable

31
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How many final consonant sound is there in one word?

And how many final consonant letters?

A

There is only one final sound in each syllable or word.
However, there can be more than
one final consonant letter when written, usually in loan words.

32
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What is 􄡦์ called?

A

It’ called a silent symbol, located above a
final consonant letter to indicate that you must not pronounce that letter.

33
Q

Can you write the silent symbol in Thai script?

A

􄡦์

34
Q

Word’s spelt with an extra vowel letter ______ have a final consonant letter.

(can/cannot)

A

Word’s spelt with an extra vowel letter can’t have a final consonant letter.

35
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–ะ = __􄡦 –ือ=__􄡦

เ–ะ=__􄡦 แ–ะ=__􄡦

เ–าะ=__อ􄡦 เ–อ=__􄡦

–ัว=__􄡦

A

–ะ = –ั􄡦 –ือ=–ื􄡦

เ–ะ=เ–็􄡦 แ–ะ=แ–็􄡦

เ–าะ=–็อ􄡦 เ–อ=เ–ิ􄡦

–ัว=–ว􄡦

36
Q

Can you compelte the follwoing table:-

HC MC LC

Live ____ _____ _____

Dead Long Vowel ____ _____ _____

Short Vowel ____ _____ _____

A

HC MC LC

Live Rising Mid Mid

Dead Long Vowel Low Low Falling

Short Vowel Low Low High

37
Q

Can you complete the following table:-

-่ -้ -๊ -๋

HC ___ ___ ___ ___

MC ___ ___ ___ ___

LC ___ ___ ___ ___

A

-่ -้ -๊ -๋

HC Low Falling High Rising

MC Low Falling High Rising

LC Falling High High Rising

38
Q

What is a live syllable?

What is a dead syllable?

A

Live - A syllable ends with long vowels or any Nasal group consonants.

Dead - A syllable ends with anything else.

39
Q

Which consonants are included in the Lower Class Consonants?

Can you write them in Thai script?

A

Low class : ค ฅ ฆ ช ฌ ท ฑ ธ ฒ พ ภ ฟ ซ ฮ

  • ม ง ย ญ น ณ ว ร ล ฬ
40
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Which consonants are included in the Mid Class Consonants?

Can you write them in Thai script?

A

Mid class :

ก จ ด ฎ ต ฏ บ ป อ

41
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Which consonants are included in the High Class Consonants?

Can you write them in Thai script?

A

High class :

ข ฃ ฉ ถ ฐ ผ ฝ ส ศ ษ ห

42
Q

Can you complete the following table:

-่ -้ -๊ -๋ Live Dead

Long V Short V

LC __ __ __ __ __ __ __

MC __ __ __ __ __ __

HC __ __ __ __ __ __

A

-่ -้ -๊ -๋ Live Dead

Long V Short V

LC F H H R M F H

MC L F H R M L

HC L F H R H L

43
Q

Can you list the 8 possible scenarioss for a low tone?

A
  1. Mid+Dead; 2. Mid+Live+อ่
  2. High+Dead; 4. High+Live+อ่
  3. อ+Nasal+Dead 6. อ+Nasal+Live+อ่
  4. ห+Nasal+Dead 8.ห+Nasal+Live+อ่
44
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Can you list the 2 possible scenarioss for a mid tone?

A
  1. Low+Live
  2. Mid+Live
45
Q

Can you list the 4 possible scenarioss for a high tone?

A
  1. Low+Open, Short
  2. Low+Closed Dead, Short
  3. Low+Any+อ้
  4. Mid+Any++อ๊
46
Q

Can you list the 3 possible scenarioss for a rising tone?

A
  1. High+Live
  2. Mid+Any+อ๋
  3. ห+Nasal+Live
47
Q

What are the 5 possible scenarios for a falling tone?

A
  1. Low+Closed dead, long vowel
  2. Low+Any+อ่
  3. ห+Nasal+Live+อ้
  4. Mid+any+อ้
  5. High+any+อ้
48
Q

What are the 3 inherent vowels?

A

The inherent vowel -ะ : À in open syllables
The inherent vowel -อ : Or in open syllables
The inherent vowel โ-ะ : O’ in closed syllables

49
Q

MC/HC (1st Syllable + inherent -ะ) +

Nasal Consonant (2nd Syllable),

what you need to do? (ห)

A

You must add the tone letter ห in that syllable.

50
Q

Main Consonant (+inherent -อ)+

Nasal consonant,

what do you need to do? (ห)

A

You must add the tone letter ห in that syllable.

51
Q

Consonant clusters occur when a main consonant of a syllable is followed by a
consonant cluster __ , __ or __.

A

Consonant clusters occur when a main consonant of a syllable is followed by a
consonant cluster ร , ล or ว.

52
Q

What are ture consonant clusters?

A

True Consonant Clusters is when the consonant clusters ร , ล and ว are used
in a written syllable and it is pronounced.

53
Q

A cluster ร , only used after the following 7 main consonant letters: ____________________

A

ร: ข ค พ ผ ก ป ต

54
Q

A cluster ล , only used after the following 6 main consonant letters______________________

A

ข ค พ ผ ก ป

55
Q

A cluster ว , only used after the following 3 main consonant letters ____________.

A

ก ข ค

56
Q

What’s the definition of fake consonant clusters?

A

The definition of Fake Consonant Clusters is when the consonant cluster ร is used in a written
syllable but it is not pronounced.

57
Q

A cluster ร is not pronounced when used after the following 4 main consonant letters:-_____________.

A

A cluster ร is not pronounced when used after a main consonant letter จ ซ ศ ส

58
Q

A cluster ร used after a main consonant letter ท becomes ทร in spelling but it is pronounced _____.

A

A cluster ร used after a main consonant letter ท becomes ทร in spelling but it is pronounced ซ

59
Q

What are Ligature characters?

A

Ligature is ;
• a character consisting of two or more joined letters, e.g., æ, fl . or a stroke that joins adjacent
letters in writing or printing.

60
Q

What’s pronunciation for ligature character ฤ?

what’s the posiiton in a word for the ligature character ฤ?

A

Pronunciation = รึ (or) ริ

Position in a word = ฤ–, –ฤ

61
Q

What’s pronunciation for ligature character ฤ+?

what’s the posiiton in a word for the ligature character?

A

Pronunciation = รือ

Position in a word= ?-

62
Q

What’s pronunciation for ligature character ร?

what’s the posiiton in a word for the ligature character?

A

Pronunciation: ออน

Position in a word: –ร

63
Q

What’s pronunciation for ligature character รร?

what’s the posiiton in a word for the ligature character?

A

Pronunciation: -ะ + น; -ะ

Position in a word:–รร; –รร􄡦

64
Q

Are Thai ligature characters considered as vowels or consonants?

A

Thai ligature characters ฤ  (plus ฦ , which are obsolete) are usually considered vowels, the
first being a short vowel sound, and the latter, long.

65
Q

___ can act as ริ as an integral part in many words mostly borrowed from Sanskrit

A

ฤ can act as ริ as an integral part in many words mostly borrowed from Sanskrit

66
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A

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