Learn how to read the rising tone
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Intro |
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| Hi everybody! Jay here. Welcome to Ask a Teacher, where I’ll answer some of your most common Thai questions. |
| The Question |
| The question for this lesson is: How do I read rising tone (เสียงจัตวา sǐiang jàt-dtà-waa)? |
| Explanation |
| Rising tone is the fifth and the last of Thai tones. In Thai, we call this tone เสียงจัตวา sǐiang jàt-dtà-waa. Similar to falling tone, this tone contains both low and high pitch. Let’s begin learning about this tone and how we can say this tone perfectly. |
| Rising tone usually uses ๋ as a remark on Thai words. In transliteration, we use ̌ to suggest the tone. The opposite of falling tone, in rising tone the pitch goes down first and then goes up. Take, for example, the Thai name จ๋า jǎ (↘↗). You can hear that my pitch went down slightly and then up when pronouncing this word. |
| To clarify further, I’ll now put this tone in the same sentence as our previous lessons: ฉันกินไข่ต้มกับป๊า chǎn gin khài dtôm gàp bpáa. (“I eat boiled eggs with my dad.”) The truth is this sentence contains all 5 tones of Thai. Can you recognise which word is in rising tone? The answer is the word ฉัน. Let me say this sentence again slowly: ฉันกินไข่ต้มกับป๊า chǎn (↘↗) gin (-->) khài (↘) dtôm( ↗↘) gàp (↘) bpáa (↗). (“I eat boiled eggs with my dad.”) You can see that every word in this sentence has different sounds. The word chǎn is pronounced first at a lower pitch then ascends. |
Outro |
| To perfect this tone, think about when you ask a question in English. This tone is quite similar to that. |
| Pretty interesting, right? |
| If you have any more questions, please leave a comment below! |
| Bye! สวัสดีค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii khâ) |
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