Thal for Beginners iW Practice the Following Words A. Words with mid tones: fi dit @) - good Be kon (#4) - person 3, jai Aa) - heart 4. aai (me) - 10 he shy 5. kruu (FY) - teacher B. Words with low tones: ee nung (vite) - one 2. sti (&) ~ four 3. jet (aa) - seven 4. ja (az) - will i. set (atta) - to finish C. Words with falling tones: Ty haa) - five Be gaao (Lm) - nine 3 mi (4) = this 4. chai Ct) - correct 5 mai (Lai) - not, no 1D, Words with high tones: I faa (fh) - blue 2. naam hy - water 38 chai (4) - ta use 4. rau (G) - to know 5. rak (in) - to love E. Words with rising tones: 1 maa (vain) - dog = stung (94) - tall & angst (a8) ~ book A. miu (wy) » pig as, kadao (9°) - whiteag Guide to Pronunciation More About Tones, Short-Long Vowels, Similar Consonants and Vowel Sounds When you are not understood, often you are saying the tone wrong. However, the length of the vowel ts also very important. Try to get the vowel length correct. This will help you to be understood better while you are still Icarning to master the tones. Practice saying the following words. Different Tone, Different Meaning 1. maa (N11) + fo come maa (#4) - horse maa (Wan) - dog 2 mai Clea - mule mai (laa) - new mai (ial, batiy - 20, to burn mdi (Hn) = a, right? mai (lway - silk Me kao (010) - knee kao (ix) - to enter kao (LA) - hehe kao G2) - animal horn 4. kaao (112) - fishy kaao (1) - Hews dao (179) - rice (899) - white § sii 4) - Va particle” sit (8) four sli) ~ the classifier jor “roath” si) > colar