That for Baginners 15 Similar Sounds i. dil (#) - goo din - today 2 pai (iu) - leaf bpar (ey + logo 3 niu (4%) > mouse nguu fy) - snake 1 per fhm) - spicy bpct flay - duck 5 ting (a8 + bag wing (fs) - 10 6 kriang (faa) - machine — krang (9a) half ahs dao (kA) — - to guess dtao (499) - stove 8 non (fa) - mound, Rill ngon (4) - money 9, uur (9g) - came! aut (8A) - swollen 10 glua (nia) - to be afraid glue (Pe) ~ sult Practice the Following Sentences iR tao tam naa naa fon. (iwnsaa) ~ We plant rice in the rainy season. oe krai kaai kai gai. (lasmalabn) - Who sells chicken egys? 3 maai mai mai mai mai. (dibaale lade) - New wood doesn't burn, does it? 4. baan yiu glai glai. mai glai. (owadingey “ailsa, - The house is pretty near, not far. 5. saa yuu bon sda. A Aaariia Rey ~ The shirt is on the mat. sta yOu bon sta, (Beaguuiie) - the tiger ty on the mat. re Be The sdartis on the teer Sunny hon sta16 Guide to Pronunciation Irregular Tones The tone pronunciation of some common words has” evolved and they are now usually pronounced differently from the way they are written in Thai script For example fal (di-chan) is usually pronounced ®4 idi-chan). ww (kao) is 4 usually pronounced (kao). Vil (MA) (the question particle) 1s usually pronounced Ne (mai). In our transliteration system, we give the pronunciation most commonly used by modern Thai speakers. For example: Adu iv transcribed as di-cl 41) is transcribed ay kao, x : : v4N is transcribed ay mai. For poly-syllabic words, in normal speech, the tone of the initial syllable tends to become a mid tone. For example: ounds like aerai in normal speech. sa-waldii sounds like sa-witdii in normal speech.Lesson 1 Greetings: polite particles: yes-no questions; personal pronouns; cardinal and ordinal numbers; the Thai writing system; consonant classes; determining tones in written Thai: middle consonants; long vowels; tone marks