Thai Consonants, Vowels and Tones Flashcards by Wendy Gong

What’s in the Mid Tone Consonant group?

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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?

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กจ
ด ฎ
ต ฏ
บปอ

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What’s in the Nasal Tone Consonant group?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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พ
ฟ
ท ธ ฑ ฒ
ค ฅ ฆ
ซ
ฮ
ช ฌ

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A dead syllable never has a ____ tone.

A dead syllable never has a mid tone.

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How many mid tone consonant letters are there?

How many mid tone consonant sounds are there?

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?

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

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How many twin risng tone consonant letters are there?

How many sounds?

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How many twin mid tone consonant letters are there?

How many sounds?

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What are hard vs soft sound consonant letters?

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?

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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What are 3 groups of consonants?

Which are included in each group?

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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What are the 18 single vowels?

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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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What are the 18 Single Vowels?

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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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What are the 6 combined vowels?

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เ-ียะ เ-ีย

เ-ือะ เ-ือ

-ัวะ -ัว

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What are the 6 combined vowels?

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ea’ ea

uea’ uea

ua’ ua

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What are the 4 extra vowels in Thai?

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ำ ไ- ใ- เ-า

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What are the 4 extra vowels in Thai?

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What are 4 important elements in Thai syllables?

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

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All extra vowel letters have a ______ sound.

(Long/Short)

All extra vowel letters have a short sound.

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All extra vowel letters are a \_\_\_\_\_\_sound. (live/dead0

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

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?

44 21 15 28

How many final consonant sounds are there?

There are 8 final consonant sounds.

What are the 8 final consonants? Can you say them out loud?

ก K ด D บ B ง NG ม M น N ย Y ว W

What are the final consonants? Can you write them in Thai script?

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

Soft final consonant sound letter = _______ syllable (Live/Dead) Hard final consonant sound letter = _______ syllable (Live/Dead)

Soft final consonant sound letter = Live syllable Hard final consonant sound letter = Dead syllable

How many final consonant sound is there in one word? And how many final consonant letters?

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.

What is 􄡦์ called?

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

Can you write the silent symbol in Thai script?

􄡦์

Word’s spelt with an extra vowel letter ______ have a final consonant letter. (can/cannot)

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

–ะ = \_\_􄡦 –ือ=\_\_􄡦 เ–ะ=\_\_􄡦 แ–ะ=\_\_􄡦 เ–าะ=\_\_อ􄡦 เ–อ=\_\_􄡦 –ัว=\_\_􄡦

–ะ = –ั􄡦 –ือ=–ื􄡦 เ–ะ=เ–็􄡦 แ–ะ=แ–็􄡦 เ–าะ=–็อ􄡦 เ–อ=เ–ิ􄡦 –ัว=–ว􄡦

Can you compelte the follwoing table:- ## Footnote HC MC LC Live ____ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ Dead Long Vowel ____ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ Short Vowel ____ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_

HC MC LC Live Rising Mid Mid Dead Long Vowel Low Low Falling Short Vowel Low Low High

Can you complete the following table:- ## Footnote -่ -้ -๊ -๋ HC ___ \_\_\_ ___ \_\_\_ MC ___ \_\_\_ ___ \_\_\_ LC ___ \_\_\_ ___ \_\_\_

-่ -้ -๊ -๋ ## Footnote HC Low Falling High Rising MC Low Falling High Rising LC Falling High High Rising

What is a live syllable? What is a dead syllable?

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

Which consonants are included in the Lower Class Consonants? Can you write them in Thai script?

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

Which consonants are included in the Mid Class Consonants? Can you write them in Thai script?

Mid class : ก จ ด ฎ ต ฏ บ ป อ

Which consonants are included in the High Class Consonants? Can you write them in Thai script?

High class : ข ฃ ฉ ถ ฐ ผ ฝ ส ศ ษ ห

Can you complete the following table: ## Footnote -่ -้ -๊ -๋ Live Dead Long V Short V LC __ \_\_ __ \_\_ __ \_\_ \_\_ MC __ \_\_ __ \_\_ __ \_\_ HC __ \_\_ __ \_\_ __ \_\_

-่ -้ -๊ -๋ Live Dead ## Footnote 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

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

1. Mid+Dead; 2. Mid+Live+อ่ 3. High+Dead; 4. High+Live+อ่ 5. อ+Nasal+Dead 6. อ+Nasal+Live+อ่ 7. ห+Nasal+Dead 8.ห+Nasal+Live+อ่

Can you list the 2 possible scenarioss for a mid tone?

1. Low+Live 2. Mid+Live

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

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

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

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

What are the 5 possible scenarios for a falling tone?

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

What are the 3 inherent vowels?

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

MC/HC (1st Syllable + inherent -ะ) + Nasal Consonant (2nd Syllable), what you need to do? (ห)

You must add the tone letter ห in that syllable.

Main Consonant (+inherent -อ)+ Nasal consonant, what do you need to do? (ห)

You must add the tone letter ห in that syllable.

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

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

What are ture consonant clusters?

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

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

ร: ข ค พ ผ ก ป ต

A cluster ล , only used after the following 6 main consonant letters\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

ข ค พ ผ ก ป

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

ก ข ค

What's the definition of fake consonant clusters?

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

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

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

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

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

What are Ligature characters?

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.

What's pronunciation for ligature character ฤ? what's the posiiton in a word for the ligature character ฤ?

Pronunciation = รึ (or) ริ Position in a word = ฤ–, –ฤ

What's pronunciation for ligature character ฤ+? what's the posiiton in a word for the ligature character?

Pronunciation = รือ Position in a word= ?-

What's pronunciation for ligature character ร? what's the posiiton in a word for the ligature character?

Pronunciation: ออน Position in a word: –ร

## Footnote What's pronunciation for ligature character รร? what's the posiiton in a word for the ligature character?

Pronunciation: -ะ + น; -ะ Position in a word:–รร; –รร􄡦

Are Thai ligature characters considered as vowels or consonants?

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

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

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

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