Learn about familiar Thai consonants
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| Hi everyone. |
| Welcome to The Ultimate Thai Pronunciation Guide. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn 9 Thai consonant sounds. |
| These consonant sounds are identical to the ones in English, so they'll likely be familiar to you. |
| Are you ready? |
| Then let's get started! |
| The first consonant is... |
| "เธ/เธ |
| เธเนเธฒ Sky |
| เธเธ Rain |
| เธเธฑเธ Listening" |
| It's like the F in the word 'fox'. |
| เธ/เธ, เธ/เธ (slowly) |
| เธ/เธ, เธ/เธ (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| "เธซ/เธฎ |
| เธซเธน Ear |
| เธซเนเธญเธ Room |
| เธฎเธงเธ Drastically" |
| It's like the H in the word 'house'. |
| เธซ/เธฎ, เธซ/เธฎ (slowly) |
| เธซ/เธฎ, เธซ/เธฎ (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| "เธ/เธข |
| เธขเธฒ Medicine |
| เนเธซเธเน Big |
| เนเธขเนเธ Cold" |
| Like the Y in the word 'yacht'. |
| เธ/เธข, เธ/เธข (slowly) |
| เธ/เธข, เธ/เธข (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| "เธฅ/เธฌ |
| เนเธฅเธ Mathematics |
| เธฅเธดเธ Monkey |
| เธฅเธฒ Donkey or Farewell" |
| Like the L in the word 'laugh'. |
| เธฅ/เธฌ, เธฅ/เธฌ (slowly) |
| เธฅ/เธฌ, เธฅ/เธฌ (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| "เธก |
| เนเธกเน Mother |
| เธกเนเธฒ Horse |
| เธกเธฒเธ Very" |
| Like the M in the word 'mouse'. |
| เธก, เธก (slowly) |
| เธก, เธก (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| "เธ/เธ |
| เธเธฒ Rice Field |
| เธเธ Bird |
| เธซเธเธน Rat or Mouse" |
| Like the N in the word 'nice'. |
| เธ/เธ, เธ/เธ (slowly) |
| เธ/เธ, เธ/เธ (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| "เธ |
| เธเธน Snake |
| เธเธฒเธ Work |
| เธเนเธฒเธข Easy" |
| Like the NG in the word 'sing'. |
| เธ, เธ (slowly) |
| เธ, เธ (slowly) |
| The next consonant is... |
| "เธ/เธจ/เธฉ/เธช |
| เนเธชเธทเธญ Tiger |
| เนเธเน Chain |
| เธชเธงเธข Pretty" |
| Like the S in the word 'sand'. |
| เธ/เธจ/เธฉ/เธช, เธ/เธจ/เธฉ/เธช (slowly) |
| เธ/เธจ/เธฉ/เธช, เธ/เธจ/เธฉ/เธช (slowly) |
| The final consonant for this lesson is... |
| "เธง |
| เธงเธฑเธ Day |
| เนเธซเธงเธ Ring |
| เธงเนเธฒเธง Kite" |
| Like the W in the word 'way'. |
| เธง, เธง (slowly) |
| เธง, เธง (slowly) |
| Well done! You just learned your first 9 Thai consonants. |
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| In the next lesson, you'll learn 9 more consonant sounds that are familiar to English speakers. |
| See you in the next Ultimate Thai Pronunciation Guide lesson! |
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