4️⃣ Lesson 4 - The rest of the low class consonants + the last 4 vowels

4️⃣ Lesson 4 - The rest of the low class consonants + the last 4 vowels

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Practical Thai reading - Everything you need to know to read Thai (Beginner - Advanced)

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Materials to download / How to use this course

  • How to take this course
  • Thai vowels PDF
  • Cheatsheet: Tone rules and consonants PDF
  • Cheatsheet: how vowels can change their shape (PDF)
  • Clusters PDF

Module 1 - High, Middle, Low: The Thai Consonant Story

  • 1️⃣ Lesson 1 - Middle class consonants + 8 vowels9
  • ◼️ Reading Reference - 1
  • ❓Quiz: Middle class consonants
  • ❓Quiz: Long or Short Vowel (I)
  • ◼️ Reading Practice - 1
  • 2️⃣ Lesson 2 - Low class consonants + 8 vowels6
  • ◼️ Reading Reference - 2
  • ❓Quiz: Low class consonant
  • ❓Quiz: Long or Short Vowel (II)
  • ◼️ Reading practice - 2
  • 3️⃣ Lesson 3 - High class consonants + 8 vowels12
  • ◼️ Reading Reference - 3
  • ❓Quiz: High class consonants
  • ❓Quiz: Long or Short Vowel (III)
  • ◼️ Reading practice - 3
  • 4️⃣ Lesson 4 - The rest of the low class consonants + the last 4 vowels
  • ◼️ Reading reference - 4
  • ❓Quiz: Low class consonant (II)
  • ◼️ Reading practice - 4
  • 5️⃣ Lesson 5 - Final ending consonants sounds + stop and draggable sounds
  • ◼️ Reading Reference - 5
  • ◼️ Reading Practice - 5
  • 6️⃣ Lesson 6 - What happens if a word ends in "s,l,k..." sounds?
  • ◼️ Reading reference - 6
  • Module 1 Summary
  • Practice reading though stories

Module 2 - All About Tones!

  • Introduction - What you need to know to determine tones?
  • 1️⃣ Lesson 1 - Every Syllable in Thai can have it's own tone!3
  • 2️⃣ Lesson 2 - Learn to pronounce the 5 Thai Tones!3
  • ◼️ Practice - Imitate my tones!1
  • ◼️ Practice - Choose the correct tone2
  • ◼️ Practice - determine the tones (All 5 tones)7
  • 3️⃣ Lesson 3 - What are the Thai tone marks called?
  • 4️⃣ Lesson 4 - Learn to read words with tone marks10
  • ◼️ Practice - Reading words with tone marks
  • 5️⃣ Lesson 5 - Draggable vs stop sounds
  • ◼️ Practice: Stop sound or Draggable sound
  • ❓Quiz: stop/ or draggable sound?
  • Stop and Draggable Review sound + Quiz explained
  • 6️⃣ Lesson 6 - Learn to read words without tone marks!2
  • ◼️ Practice - Reading words without tone marks!
  • ◼️ Practice - More on reading words without tone marks2
  • Read real sentences + Practice everything you learned so far!9

Module 3 - Fill in all the gaps!

  • About module 3 ⭐
  • Vowels that change the way they look4
  • Cheat sheet: Vowels that change the way the look
  • Structure of Thai language (no spaces, vowel blocks)3
  • อ as a tone changer (อยาก, อย่า, อย่าง, อยู่)
  • ห as a tone changer (i.e., หรู)
  • True clusters (i.e., กล, คว, ขร)1
  • The "N" final consonant sound
  • The "G" final consonant sound
  • The "D" final consonant sound
  • The "B" final consonant sound
  • Summary of the possible final consonant sounds
  • False clusters (สร, ศร -> ส)
  • Non-clusterable consonants (i.e., สม-, ฉล-,...)3
  • Consonant + ร = อน sound (i.e., กร = กอน)
  • Linking syllables in Thai
  • รร become a vowel (กรร = กัน)2
  • Which one to use ไ or ใ2
  • Some Thai words can be read multiple ways!
  • Sometimes the vowel duration changes
  • The different symbols in Thai writing
  • Rare letters in Thai
  • Irregular words in Thai
  • Learn the Thai numbers
  • All the sentences in different fonts (compilation)

I finished the course, where to go from here?

  • What to do next / Resources11
  • Practice reading with Thai reader (Beginner - Advanced)