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• Ordering food: You will learn how to order different types of Thai foods and learn more sentence patterns to be in the restaurant.
• Getting together with other: You will learn how to ask someone to have a meal together..You will also practice giving your address and telephone number.
• Telephone calls: You will learn how to ask for someone on the telephone and other basic telephone sentence patterns.
• Shopping: Learn how to bargain for better prices and lower prices.
• Conversing with the taxi driver: You will start to learn how to give directions to your driver about where you want to go and how you want to get there.
• Destination and fares: Here you will learn to ask how much it cost to travel to different locations in the city and in Thailand.
• Getting together with other: You will learn how to ask someone to have a meal together..You will also practice giving your address and telephone number.
• Telephone calls: You will learn how to ask for someone on the telephone and other basic telephone sentence patterns.
• Shopping: Learn how to bargain for better prices and lower prices.
• Conversing with the taxi driver: You will start to learn how to give directions to your driver about where you want to go and how you want to get there.
• Destination and fares: Here you will learn to ask how much it cost to travel to different locations in the city and in Thailand.
Tonal mark Thai figure {Thai & Phonetic}
In the Thai language disinction is made between short and long vowels.
There are 18 monophthongs of which nine are short and nine long.
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à aa |
ì ii |
ùe ūe |
ù uu |
è ee | ε εε |
| ò oo | ø øø | э ээ |
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This chart for cardinal vowels show the
positioning of the tongue is close to the position of the tongue in Thai vowels.
positioning of the tongue is close to the position of the tongue in Thai vowels.
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Regarding the point of articulation in relation to the tongue, a distinction is draw between front, middle and back vowels. Front vowels of Thai are {i, ii, e, ee, ε, εε}, Back vowels are {u, uu, ò,oo, ø, øø}, and middle vowels are {ùe, ūe, э, ээ, à, aa}
With regard to the degree of openness of the oral of the resonance chamber, a distinction is drawn between closed, middle and open vowels. This distinction corresponds to the relative position of the tongue as being positioned high,
middle or low. In Thai the{i, ii, ùe, ūe, u, uu} are vowels with high tongue position, {e, ee, э, ээ, ò,oo} are vowels with middle tongue position and {ε, εε, à, aa, ø, øø} are vowels with low tongue position.
With regard to the degree of openness of the oral of the resonance chamber, a distinction is drawn between closed, middle and open vowels. This distinction corresponds to the relative position of the tongue as being positioned high,
middle or low. In Thai the{i, ii, ùe, ūe, u, uu} are vowels with high tongue position, {e, ee, э, ээ, ò,oo} are vowels with middle tongue position and {ε, εε, à, aa, ø, øø} are vowels with low tongue position.
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The chart below display the nine long monophthongs
FRONT |
CENTRAL |
BACK |
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HIGH |
ii |
ūe |
uu |
MID |
ee |
ээ |
oo |
LOW |
εε |
aa |
øø |
The long monophthongs sounds referenced to English sounds
{ii} sounds like the "ee" in "need", longer than {i}
{ee} sounds like the "a" in "way" but flat
{εε} sounds like the "a" in "had"
{ūe} sounds like the "i" in "sir" but longer
{ээ} sounds like the "er" in "her" but longer and more closed
{aa} sounds like the "a" in "father" but longer than "a"
{uu} sounds like the "oo" in "moon" but longer than {u}
{oo} sounds like the "o" in "go" but longer than {o}
{øø} sounds like the "aw" in "law"
{ii} sounds like the "ee" in "need", longer than {i}
{ee} sounds like the "a" in "way" but flat
{εε} sounds like the "a" in "had"
{ūe} sounds like the "i" in "sir" but longer
{ээ} sounds like the "er" in "her" but longer and more closed
{aa} sounds like the "a" in "father" but longer than "a"
{uu} sounds like the "oo" in "moon" but longer than {u}
{oo} sounds like the "o" in "go" but longer than {o}
{øø} sounds like the "aw" in "law"
The chart below display the nine short monophthongs
FRONT |
CENTRAL |
BACK |
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HIGH |
i |
ue |
u |
MID |
e |
э |
o |
LOW |
ε |
a |
ø |
The short monophthong sounds referenced to English sounds
{i} sounds like the "i" in "hit"
{e} sounds like the "e" in "pen"
{ε} sounds like the "a" in "hat"
{ue} sounds like the "i" in "sir"
{э} sounds like the "ur" in "hurt" but more closed
{a} sounds like the "u" in "but"
{u} sounds like the "u" in "put" but shorter
{o} sounds like the "oa" in "boat" but shorter
{ø} sounds like the "aw" in "law" but shorter
{i} sounds like the "i" in "hit"
{e} sounds like the "e" in "pen"
{ε} sounds like the "a" in "hat"
{ue} sounds like the "i" in "sir"
{э} sounds like the "ur" in "hurt" but more closed
{a} sounds like the "u" in "but"
{u} sounds like the "u" in "put" but shorter
{o} sounds like the "oa" in "boat" but shorter
{ø} sounds like the "aw" in "law" but shorter
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