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1
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How many consonants?

A

44

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2
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How many classes of initial consonants and what are they?

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3 classes: high, mid, low

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3
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What is a live syllable?

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Pronunciation that is held longer

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4
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What are dead syllables?

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Pronunciation that ends abruptly (not held)

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5
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For the tone marks that do not correspond with a specific initial consonant, what would “mai tho” (-้) be for a LOW TONE initial consonant?

A

High

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6
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What is a tone mark that sounds like “mai ehk”

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-่

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7
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What are the five different tones?

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Low, Mid, High, Rising, Falling

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8
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How many tone marks are there?

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Four

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9
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Which tone marks correspond exactly with a specific tone?

A

-๊ (mai tri) - High - ไม้ตรี
-๋ (mai chatawa) - Rising - ไม้จัตวา

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10
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Which tone marks do not correspond with a specific tone?

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-่ ไม้เอก mai ehk
-้ ไม้โท mai tho

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11
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For the tone marks that do not correspond with a specific initial consonant, what would “mai ehk” (-่) be for a LOW TONE initial consonant?

A

Falling

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12
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For the tone marks that do not correspond with a specific initial consonant, what would “mai tho” (-้) be for a MID TONE initial consonant?

A

Falling

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13
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For the tone marks that do not correspond with a specific initial consonant, what would “mai tho” (-้) be for a HIGH TONE initial consonant?

A

Falling

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14
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For the tone marks that do not correspond with a specific initial consonant, what would “mai ehk” (-่) be for a MID TONE initial consonant?

A

Low

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15
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For the tone marks that do not correspond with a specific initial consonant, what would “mai ehk” (-่) be for a HIGH TONE initial consonant?

A

Low

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16
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Are tone marks always present?

A

No

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17
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Aspirate-Fricatives are a class grouping of what?

A

Consonant classes

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18
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Sonorants are a class grouping of what?

A

Consonant classes

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19
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Unaspirates are a class grouping of what?

A

Consonant classes

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20
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If a syllable does not end in a consonant, then you will need to move onto…

A

Whether or not it is live and dead, next.

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21
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How do you figure out if there is a MID TONE using the live/dead syllables rule for a low initial consonant??

A

Check if the initial syllable has a “live and low” => creates a MID TONE

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22
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How do you figure out if there is a RISING TONE using the live/dead syllables rule?

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Check if the initial syllable (consonant) has a “live and high” => creates a RISING TONE

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23
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How do you figure out if there is a LOW TONE using the live/dead syllables rule?

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Check if the initial syllable (consonant) has a “dead and mid” => creates a LOW TONE

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24
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How do you figure out if there is a HIGH TONE using the live/dead syllables rule?

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Check if the initial syllable (consonant) has a “dead and low” => creates a HIGH TONE

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25
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How do you figure out if there is a FALLING TONE using the live/dead syllables rule?

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Check if the initial syllable (consonant) is SHORT, dead, and has a long vowel => creates a FALLING TONE

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26
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How do you figure out if there is a MID TONE using the live/dead syllables rule for a mid initial consonant?

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Check if the initial syllable has a “live and mid” => creates a MID TONE

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27
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What are the three main rules of Thai tone marks?

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  1. Tone Marks
  2. Consonant classes
  3. Live and Dead syllables
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28
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For syllable type/tone marks, having a LIVE SYLLABLE, LOW OR MID CLASS =

A

MID TONE (for both Low and Mid classes with live syllables)

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29
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For syllable type/tone marks, having a LIVE SYLLABLE, HIGH CLASS =

A

RISING TONE

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30
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For syllable type/tone marks, having a DEAD SYLLABLE, SHORT VOWEL, LOW CLASS =

A

HIGH TONE

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31
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For syllable type/tone marks, having a DEAD SYLLABLE, SHORT VOWEL, MID CLASS =

A

LOW TONE

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32
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For syllable type/tone marks, having a DEAD SYLLABLE, SHORT VOWEL, HIGH CLASS =

A

LOW TONE

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33
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What are the three tone classes?

A

Low (default)
Med
High

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34
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Sound of “k” low class =

35
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Sound of “k” high class =

36
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Sound of “g” mid class =

37
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Sound of “d” mid class =

38
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Sound of “dt” mid class =

39
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Sound of “j” mid class =

40
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Sound of “ch” low class =

41
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Sound of “ch” high class =

42
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Sound of “s” low class =

43
Q

Sound of “s” high class =

A

ส, ษ, ศ

44
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Sound of “y” low class =

45
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Sound of “t” low class =

A

ท, ฑ, ฒ, ธ

46
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Sound of “t” high class =

47
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Sound of “p” low class =

48
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Sound of “p” high class =

49
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Sound of “f” low class =

50
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Sound of “f” high class =

51
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Sound of “b” mid class =

52
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Sound of “bp” mid class =

53
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Sound of “m” low class =

54
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Sound of “n” low class =

55
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Sound of “ng” low class =

56
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Sound of “r” low class =

57
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Sound of “L” low class =

58
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Sound of “w” low class =

59
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Sound of “h” low class =

60
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Sound of “h” high class =

61
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No sound, mid class =

62
Q

Dead syllables end in a … vowel

A

SHORT vowel OR -k, -t, -p.

63
Q

If a dead syllable ends in a consonant, the middle vowel may be either ____ or ____

A

Middle vowel may be either SHORT or LONG

64
Q

For syllable type/tone marks, having a DEAD SYLLABLE, LONG VOWEL, LOW CLASS =

A

FALLING TONE

65
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For syllable type/tone marks, having a DEAD SYLLABLE, LONG VOWEL, MID CLASS =

66
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For syllable type/tone marks, having a DEAD SYLLABLE, LONG VOWEL, HIGH CLASS =

67
Q

TONE MARK
-‘
IN LOW CLASS EQUALS…

A

FALLING TONE

68
Q

TONE MARK
-‘
IN MID CLASS EQUALS…

69
Q

TONE MARK
-‘
IN HIGH CLASS EQUALS…

70
Q

TONE MARK
-้
IN LOW CLASS EQUALS…

71
Q

TONE MARK
-้
IN MID CLASS EQUALS…

A

FALLING TONE

72
Q

TONE MARK
-้
IN HIGH CLASS EQUALS…

A

FALLING TONE

73
Q

TONE MARK
-๊
IN HIGH CLASS EQUALS…

74
Q

TONE MARK
-๊
IN MID CLASS EQUALS…

75
Q

TONE MARK
-๋
IN LOW CLASS EQUALS…

A

RISING TONE

76
Q

TONE MARK
-๋
IN MID CLASS EQUALS…

A

RISING TONE

77
Q

TONE MARK
-๋
IN HIGH CLASS EQUALS…

A

RISING TONE

78
Q

TONE MARK
-๊
IN LOW CLASS EQUALS…

79
Q

If a LIVE syllable ends in a consonant, the middle vowel may be either ____ or ____

A

SHORT or LONG for the middle vowel

80
Q

Live syllables end in a ___ vowel

81
Q

Dead syllables end in a ___ vowel

82
Q

What are the 5 sounds that a live syllable can end in?

A

-m , -n , -ng , -y , -w (or a long vowel)

83
Q

What are the 3 sounds that a dead syllable can end in?

A

-k , -t , -p (or a short vowel)

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