Saturday, November 21, 2009

The five tones of thai pronunciation

Tones

Middle tone-m /dtaa (eyes) /dee (good)

Low tone-l / yuu (to stay,to live) /gawn (before)

High tone-h /nok (bird) /rawn (hot)

Rising tone-r / suay (beautiful) /naaw (cold)

Falling tone-f / chawp (like) /kaaw (rice)

ex; rao chawp gin kaaw=We like to eat rice.

sounds of thai vowels

Short, Long sound

a, aa

i, ii

eu, eu

u, uu

e, ee

ae, ae

o, oo

aw, aw

er, er

ua
ia
eua
am
ai
ao