Now, you understand short and long vowels in Thai.Īnother thing you need to know is that unlike English, not all vowel forms follow consonants. The first word ติ with the shorter sound means "to criticize." If you say it a bit longer, ตี, it means "to hit."Īnother example is บุตร (bùt) or "offsprings," and บูด (bùut) or "to be rotten." The same word with different short and long vowels create different meanings.įor example, ติ (dtì) and ตี (dtii). However, this does not apply to Thai language. Let's say you are saying the word "love" in short and long duration the meaning of the word does not change. The length of the vowel sound is much more important in Thai than it is in English. In Thai, there are 32 vowels in total, with 16 different vowel symbols that combine into different patterns.Īnd out of these 32 vowels, 18 are basic vowels, which each exist in long and short pairs. These three classifications are very important when you mix consonants with accent marks in order to make a correct intonation. In Thai language, there are 44 consonant letters.īut since many of the consonants produce the same sound, the 44 consonants produce only 21 distinct initial consonant sounds when used at the beginning of a syllable and 6 final consonant sounds when used at the end of a syllable.Īnother important thing you need to know about Thai consonants is that Thai consonants are divided into three classes - middle, high, and low. Now, you may feel it's difficult, but let me assure you that Thai and English are more similar than you think.įirst, Thai language is read and written horizontally from left to right.Īnd just like the ABCs in English, you mix consonants with vowels to make syllables and words. So, you can see, we use space to indicate the end of a sentence. I have to go to school every day." In Thai, you will write these two sentences as ฉันเป็นนักเรียน ฉันต้องไปโรงเรียนทุกวัน (chăn bpen nák-riian chăn dtâwng bpai roong-riian thúk wan).
Instead, spaces in a Thai text indicate the end of a clause or sentence. The Thai language has 44 consonants, 32 vowels, 4 tone marks, and various other symbols for pronunciation.Īlso, in the Thai writing system, there are no spaces between words. In this lesson you'll learn the basics of Thai writing.
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