Category Archives: Consonants

Writing the Thai Alphabet High Consonants

The final set of consonants learned as a group are the High Consonants. These include: #02 – ขอ ไข่ – kau kai #03 – ขอ ขวด – kau kuad #09 – ฉอ ฉิ่ง – shau shing #16 – ฐอ ฐาน – tau taan #22 – ถอ ถุง – tau tung #28 – ผอ ผึ้ง – [...]

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Writing the Thai Alphabet Low Consonants – 2 of 2

Here we review the writing for the final 10 of 24 Low Consonants in the Thai Alphabet, namely พ, ฟ, ภ, ม, ย, ร, ล, ว, ฬ, ฮ Write the Thai Low Consonants – พ ฟ ภ ม #30 – พอ พาน – pau paan #31 – ฟอ ฟัน – fau fun #32 – ภอ [...]

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Writing the Thai Alphabet Low Consonants – 1 of 2

Here we review the writing for the first 14 of 24 Low Consonants in the Thai Alphabet, namely ค ฅ ฆ ง ช ซ ฌ ญ ฑ ฒ ณ ท ธ น Write the Thai Low Consonants – ค ฅ ฆ ง #4 – คอ ควาย – kau kwaai #5 – ฅอ ฅน – kau [...]

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Consonant Card Description

Here we can show what is on each card specifically. Purpose of the Thai Alphabet Cards Most of the elements can be learned individually using the cards. For example, covering up a part of one side of the card and prompting for covered elements (e.g., show the picture and prompt for the written form, show [...]

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Writing Lessons – 7 Thai Mid-consonants

The Thai Alphabet Flash Cards can be used to help learn how to write the Thai Alphabet. In the videos below we have an expert teacher provide instruction in correcting simple errors that a beginner Thai language speaker encounters in first starting to write. Tweet

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Pronunciation – Thai Low Consonants – Set 3

There are Twenty-four Low consonants in Thai. Some are less common than others but all are used in some words. In a few cases the letters are common in place names and Thai names and nicknames. It is common to learn Low consonants in sets (we choose to do 3 sets of 8 consonants, in [...]

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Pronunciation – Thai Low Consonants – Set 2

There are Twenty-four Low consonants in Thai. Some are less common than others but all are used in some words. In a few cases the letters are common in place names and Thai names and nicknames. It is common to learn Low consonants in sets (we choose to do 3 sets of 8 consonants, in [...]

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Pronunciation Practice – Thai Low Consonants – Set 1

There are Twenty-four Low consonants in Thai. Some are less common than others but all are used in some words. In a few cases the letters are common in place names and Thai names and nicknames. It is common to learn Low consonants in sets (we choose to do 3 sets of 8 consonants, in [...]

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Pronunciation Practice – First Set of Mid-Consonants

The First Set of Consonants to Learn It is common to begin learning the Thai consonants in groups rather than in a linear fashion. The first set of consonants learned is generally the common mid-consonants. Seven of the nine Mid-Consonants are common, while two are uncommon and rarely used. Those are left for later. The [...]

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Thai Consonant Tone and Pronunciation Practice

The first set of Thai Alphabet Cards is the 44 Thai Consonants. Below we have simple pronunciation drills for each of the cards, divided into four videos of around 3 minutes each. Tweet

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