Tones

Question 1

How many consonants?

Answer 1

44

Question 2

How many classes of initial consonants and what are they?

Answer 2

3 classes: high, mid, low

Question 3

What is a live syllable?

Answer 3

Pronunciation that is held longer

Question 4

What are dead syllables?

Answer 4

Pronunciation that ends abruptly (not held)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

High

Question 6

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

Answer 6

-่

Question 7

What are the five different tones?

Answer 7

Low, Mid, High, Rising, Falling

Question 8

How many tone marks are there?

Answer 8

Four

Question 9

Which tone marks correspond exactly with a specific tone?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Which tone marks do not correspond with a specific tone?

Answer 10

-่ ไม้เอก mai ehk
-้ ไม้โท mai tho

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Falling

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Falling

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Falling

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Low

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Low

Question 16

Are tone marks always present?

Answer 16

No

Question 17

Aspirate-Fricatives are a class grouping of what?

Answer 17

Consonant classes

Question 18

Sonorants are a class grouping of what?

Answer 18

Consonant classes

Question 19

Unaspirates are a class grouping of what?

Answer 19

Consonant classes

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Whether or not it is live and dead, next.

Question 21

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

Answer 21

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

Question 22

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

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

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

Question 26

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

Answer 26

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

Question 27

What are the three main rules of Thai tone marks?

Answer 27

1. Tone Marks 2. Consonant classes 3. Live and Dead syllables

Question 28

For syllable type/tone marks, having a LIVE SYLLABLE, LOW OR MID CLASS =

Answer 28

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

Question 29

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

Answer 29

RISING TONE

Question 30

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

Answer 30

HIGH TONE

Question 31

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

Answer 31

LOW TONE

Question 32

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

Answer 32

LOW TONE

Question 33

What are the three tone classes?

Answer 33

Low (default) Med High

Question 34

Sound of "k" low class =

Answer 34

ค, ฆ

Question 35

Sound of "k" high class =

Answer 35

ข

Question 36

Sound of "g" mid class =

Answer 36

ก

Question 37

Sound of "d" mid class =

Answer 37

ด, ฎ

Question 38

Sound of "dt" mid class =

Answer 38

ต, ฏ

Question 39

Sound of "j" mid class =

Answer 39

จ

Question 40

Sound of "ch" low class =

Answer 40

ช, ฌ

Question 41

Sound of "ch" high class =

Answer 41

ฉ

Question 42

Sound of "s" low class =

Answer 42

ซ

Question 43

Sound of "s" high class =

Answer 43

ส, ษ, ศ

Question 44

Sound of "y" low class =

Answer 44

ย, ญ

Question 45

Sound of "t" low class =

Answer 45

ท, ฑ, ฒ, ธ

Question 46

Sound of "t" high class =

Answer 46

ถ, ฐ

Question 47

Sound of "p" low class =

Answer 47

พ, ภ

Question 48

Sound of "p" high class =

Answer 48

ผ

Question 49

Sound of "f" low class =

Answer 49

ฟ, ภ

Question 50

Sound of "f" high class =

Answer 50

ฝ

Question 51

Sound of "b" mid class =

Answer 51

บ

Question 52

Sound of "bp" mid class =

Answer 52

ป

Question 53

Sound of "m" low class =

Answer 53

ม

Question 54

Sound of "n" low class =

Answer 54

น

Question 55

Sound of "ng" low class =

Answer 55

ง

Question 56

Sound of "r" low class =

Answer 56

ร

Question 57

Sound of "L" low class =

Answer 57

ล, ฬ

Question 58

Sound of "w" low class =

Answer 58

ว

Question 59

Sound of "h" low class =

Answer 59

ฮ

Question 60

Sound of "h" high class =

Answer 60

ห

Question 61

No sound, mid class =

Answer 61

อ

Question 62

Dead syllables end in a ... vowel

Answer 62

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

Question 63

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

Answer 63

Middle vowel may be either SHORT or LONG

Question 64

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

Answer 64

FALLING TONE

Question 65

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

Answer 65

LOW TONE

Question 66

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

Answer 66

LOW TONE

Question 67

TONE MARK -' IN LOW CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 67

FALLING TONE

Question 68

TONE MARK -' IN MID CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 68

LOW TONE

Question 69

TONE MARK -' IN HIGH CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 69

LOW TONE

Question 70

TONE MARK -้ IN LOW CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 70

HIGH TONE

Question 71

TONE MARK -้ IN MID CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 71

FALLING TONE

Question 72

TONE MARK -้ IN HIGH CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 72

FALLING TONE

Question 73

TONE MARK -๊ IN HIGH CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 73

HIGH TONE

Question 74

TONE MARK -๊ IN MID CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 74

HIGH TONE

Question 75

TONE MARK -๋ IN LOW CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 75

RISING TONE

Question 76

TONE MARK -๋ IN MID CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 76

RISING TONE

Question 77

TONE MARK -๋ IN HIGH CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 77

RISING TONE

Question 78

TONE MARK -๊ IN LOW CLASS EQUALS...

Answer 78

HIGH TONE

Question 79

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

Answer 79

SHORT or LONG for the middle vowel

Question 80

Live syllables end in a ___ vowel

Answer 80

LONG

Question 81

Dead syllables end in a ___ vowel

Answer 81

SHORT

Question 82

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

Answer 82

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

Question 83

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

Answer 83

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