Comments on: Consonant Card Description http://howtolearnthai.com/consonant-card-description/ Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sylvester Hearthttp://howtolearnthai.com/consonant-card-description/#comment-26 Sylvester Heart Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:32:31 +0000 http://howtolearnthai.com/?p=250#comment-26 <p>สวัสดีครับ I've bought the 44 consonants card set, even though I've learned already the Thai alphabet, I think they're quite handy and สนุก! Answering the already long asked question from Mike above... That's the first time I saw this symbol for the different Thai consonant class (as depicted number 8), there are basically 3 classes of consonants int Thai: * Low class = (e.g. ค) middle tone with live syllable AND high tone (in some case possibly falling tone) with dead syllable * Middle class = (e.g. ก) middle tone with live syllable AND low tone with dead syllable * High class = (e.g. ข) rising tone with live syllable AND low tone with dead syllable To know whether the syllable is live or dead one needs to know the vowel used and possibly the final consonant if present...</p> สวัสดีครับ I’ve bought the 44 consonants card set, even though I’ve learned already the Thai alphabet, I think they’re quite handy and สนุก! Answering the already long asked question from Mike above… That’s the first time I saw this symbol for the different Thai consonant class (as depicted number 8), there are basically 3 classes of consonants int Thai: * Low class = (e.g. ค) middle tone with live syllable AND high tone (in some case possibly falling tone) with dead syllable * Middle class = (e.g. ก) middle tone with live syllable AND low tone with dead syllable * High class = (e.g. ข) rising tone with live syllable AND low tone with dead syllable To know whether the syllable is live or dead one needs to know the vowel used and possibly the final consonant if present…

]]> By: mike griffithshttp://howtolearnthai.com/consonant-card-description/#comment-25 mike griffiths Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:51:15 +0000 http://howtolearnthai.com/?p=250#comment-25 <p>I bought the flash cards , consonant and vowel 2 days ago, From the Mall Khorat.</p> <p>I cannot work out the tone system Item 8 / Symbol for tone rules. 1st line indicates tone for long vowels 2nd line for short vowels , presumably same for consonants. I can see what appears to be a clock face with 2 hands of equal length. How do they show a tone rule ? + which is the 1st line ?</p> I bought the flash cards , consonant and vowel 2 days ago, From the Mall Khorat.

I cannot work out the tone system Item 8 / Symbol for tone rules. 1st line indicates tone for long vowels 2nd line for short vowels , presumably same for consonants. I can see what appears to be a clock face with 2 hands of equal length. How do they show a tone rule ? + which is the 1st line ?

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