This is my take for Western English speakers, using tones we use against each of these tone markers. Try it and see if it works for you (a little morbid sorry) 1. middle tone: Robot, no feelings, no tone 2. Quiet introduction to someone at a funeral, as if you are introducing your ma, pa or tua "this is my pa" 3. shaking your 'ma' in a hospital bed thinking she has just passed away 4. Realising ma may be, or has probably died in the hospital bed as you say through tears 'ma' 5. Looking down at (whilst saying their name) a 3 year old that you know is telling a fib. Sort of a "now come on" with a smile to a 3 year old
This is truly excellent ! By far in the way the way the best explanation. I speak Thai fairly well but have never understood how tones actually work. This could be pitched at intermediate learners who didn't get this right to start with
Best language teacher ever! Your English is perfect, so it helps so much. Also, so beautiful and pleasant which also helps. I spent 6 months in Thailand in my 20s and learned a lot and tried to retain it. I'm now looking to refresh as I work with a Thai woman and I love this language!
I wanted to reach out and let you know that your video explaining the five different tones has helped me for the first time to understand the differences in each of the sounds. This is something that I have struggled with for the last 20+ years. This will help with being able to read write and speak the Thai language keep up the great work and the awesome videos. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
really well explained. very clear english. usually learning a language i get lost in the accent or the lack of fluency of the teacher. i want to learn as much as possible before i go to thailand next year for a year on the ED visa to learn thai. kap kun krab 🙏🏻🇹🇭
I'm interested in the the word grandma (maa). Is it maternal or paternal grandmother? My Thai wife has never heard that word before. She only knows ยาย yai and ย่า yar.
ขอบคุณครับ My biggest problem is remembering the tone for each word. I can usually tell each tone apart except when someone is speaking rapidly, then they often aren't as well defined. That is mostly my fault though - I should have made sure to learn the correct tone as I was learning each word. It is a lot harder to go back and re-learn them properly.
Good lesson. But I find it difficult to believe that Thais can pronounce or hear the tones when speaking fast. In which case this means that context is actually more important than tone. Something that I don't see any thai language tutors talk about is the connection between tone and writing. Do Thais in general understand the connection between tone and writing with regard to consonant class and tone mark? Or do they just memorize the written word without knowing the implied tone? So how can tone and spelling best be learnt? Memorize the tone of a word, so based on that, the spelling will follow? Or the opposite way round?
As A native thai. I have to memorize easy 1-syllable words for each letter to recall which tone/mark to use in writing. It is much quicker than using consonant class charts. So, instead of just ก. ไก่, you have to memorize a set of ก words in different tones like ไกล (far) ไก่ (chicken) ใกล้ (near) / หาร (divide) ห่าน (goose) ห้าง (mall) / แพ (raft) พ่น (blow) พ้น (be free from sth) and so on. Most words follow the same tone rule...
I have been using google translate to see if it understands my different pitches.. I can consistently do ma (come) and ma (dog) but can't for the life of me make it understand when im saying horse :(
I am sorry this is linguistic abomination. I want to pronounce any word with any intonation to my taste to reflect my mood. Who is behind this tonal nonsense?
Good question - you have to ask founder of thai language some hundred years ago :-) You can find the roots in India, Indonesia(Bali) and in old time Kmer 🙂
There are more than 1 way to express your mood. But speaking tonal language, we strictly follow the tone rules and use anything else instead. It just come naturally just like non-tonal ones..
Nice presentation! But I think it’s a little bit oversimplified… 1. The low tone starts low, but goes even lower 2. The falling tone starts a little above mid tone, goes up higher and then falls all the way down (like jumping off a cliff) 3. I like your presentation of the heigh tone. Even though the pitch of the high tone, at its very end goes even down a bit. (This is due to the stop of airflow. Which is btw. true for every word in every tone range) 4. The rising tone starts a bit lower than mid, than goes down even lower, to then rise all the way up. (Like driving your car through a ditch)
Literally the best class about tones I've seen
In chinese, the dramatic tone is the Falling tone, but in thai is the rising tone, this is interesting.
This is my take for Western English speakers, using tones we use against each of these tone markers. Try it and see if it works for you (a little morbid sorry)
1. middle tone: Robot, no feelings, no tone
2. Quiet introduction to someone at a funeral, as if you are introducing your ma, pa or tua "this is my pa"
3. shaking your 'ma' in a hospital bed thinking she has just passed away
4. Realising ma may be, or has probably died in the hospital bed as you say through tears 'ma'
5. Looking down at (whilst saying their name) a 3 year old that you know is telling a fib. Sort of a "now come on" with a smile to a 3 year old
I am really so surprised of your teaching way your so an intelligent teacher and you make the tones be so easy
Amazing way to learn the 5 Thai tones, THANK YOU!!!
This was so helpful! I especially loved the explanation of high tones and how they're different from rising tones.
Being a native hindi speaker surely helps in learning the thai tones . Thanks for helping in practicing the tones 🤙
Thank you Kru Smuk. I wish to join your live classes. ❤❤❤
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!
Thank you, Banana!
You are the best! 😘🇮🇹
This is so easy to get along with. You're a good teacher. The teaching technique is very simple and effective. Thank you so much for this :)
This is truly excellent ! By far in the way the way the best explanation. I speak Thai fairly well but have never understood how tones actually work. This could be pitched at intermediate learners who didn't get this right to start with
That was an excellent explanation. Thank you :)
Fantastic video!! You are a wonderful teacher. This is hands down the best video on Thai tones I have come across. Thank you Kru Smuk🙏🏼
LOVE THIS, VERY HELPFUL
Definitely the best material I've been able to find. Thank you !
Best teacher ever! I’m binge watching your videos.
Same :)
The crew at Good Morning Thailand on the Thaiger sent me here. Your videos look like they will help me a lot!
Welcome to BananaThai Channel ka ☺️ Please check out our channel, I am sure you will find many videos that can be helpful for you.
This was the perfect lesson for Thai tones, it really helped me a lot, thank you
🥰🙏🏻
I am a musician and this helps me the absolute best. This is great!
Best language teacher ever! Your English is perfect, so it helps so much. Also, so beautiful and pleasant which also helps. I spent 6 months in Thailand in my 20s and learned a lot and tried to retain it. I'm now looking to refresh as I work with a Thai woman and I love this language!
I really needed this to understand and learn the Thai tones. Thank you! 💖
So great explanation !! Thanks so much !
I love the way her teaching, so simple and easy to understand please do more explanation series in different context
It was really helpful, thank you)
Best video ever to learn the tones!! thank you!! You are the best thai teacher in youtube!!
Oh wow! Thank you so much. I am glad to happy students ☺️
Very useful video, thank you!!
Best description I've ever heard. Been listing, Lai bee
ขอบคุณสำหรับการสอนออกเสียงค่ะ ตอนนี้ได้มีโอกาสสอนภาษาไทยเให้เพื่อนต่างชาติก็เคยลองหาดูคลิปเกี่ยวกับการออกเสียงวรรณยุกต์ไทย(Tones) ในคลิปนี้ได้ใช้พยัญชนะ "ม" เป็นตัวผันเสียง แต่พยัญชนะ "ม" อยู่ในอักษรเสียงต่ำ ซึ่งจะสามารถผันได้แค่ 3 เสียงเท่านั้นค่ะ ตัวอักษรที่ผันได้ 5 เสียง (5 tones) มีแต่ตัวอักษรเสียงกลาง มี 9 ตัวเท่านั้นค่ะ ก จ ด ต ฎ ฏ บ ป อ
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Best explanation I've seen. Well done.
Amazing!!! This was amazing way to learn tones...this really helped me
I am glad to know that. Please keep up ☺️
I wanted to reach out and let you know that your video explaining the five different tones has helped me for the first time to understand the differences in each of the sounds. This is something that I have struggled with for the last 20+ years. This will help with being able to read write and speak the Thai language keep up the great work and the awesome videos. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you so much🥰🙏🏻
Love your teaching methods !!!
Super helpful, thank you Ajahn! :)
This abd your Improve Thai pronunciation has helped me a great deal to learn this difficult subject thanks🙏
Thank you.
Great video, it helped me a lot! Would have liked a bit more quizes though.
Thank you so much. Your video was very useful.
This is so useful, thank you Teacher
I really mean it
Omg! Your explanation is so perfect and understandable! Thank you so much!
Falling pitch just one octave so middle is halfway👍. Very important these tones👍🇫🇮. I have thai friends❤ here so I can check my pronunciation.
Waiting for watching
if I've learnt like this a year ago... Thank you Kruu!
really well explained. very clear english. usually learning a language i get lost in the accent or the lack of fluency of the teacher.
i want to learn as much as possible before i go to thailand next year for a year on the ED visa to learn thai.
kap kun krab 🙏🏻🇹🇭
wonderfull great teaching with enthusiasum
Thank. you much for such a educational video :)
Nice one, Miss. It really helped me in learning the different tones coz sometimes it's too confusing
Thank you teacher
Great lesson, thanks 🙏
Here fron the Thaiger! Glad I found you
Welcome to BananaThai! ☺️
May I know which video or episode you found me on Thaiger? Thank you.
Great video 🙏 , thank you !
This helps me alot , khop khun maak krap !
that really help to understand it very well
Love your presentations so much. Tqvm cute miss Samook👍♥️🙏🇹🇭
You’re welcome ka 🤗
Very good technique
Great video 👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks that was awesome ✨✨✨✨😊
ヤホ、鈴木だ。中国語と日本語を習ってる。そしてタイ語勉強している。動画が面白くてヘルプフルです。❤❤
ねぇ、韓国語や日本語やタイ語は本当に難しい！がんばってくださいね
はい！
一緒頑張ろう！！
love it. thank you very much
thank you
Nice teaching kru! It just makes me wonder why most of your videos you use the roman alphabet instead of the thai letters ?
Nice presentation!
Thank you very much for this 💗 🇮🇳💞
this is really good!
คุฌเป็นเทพ ❤ขอบคุณค่ะ
ขอบคุณนะคะครู❤️✨
Very helpfull ขอบคุณมากครับ
that really helped!
Thanks
Thanks tr
very useful
Great
I'm interested in the the word grandma (maa). Is it maternal or paternal grandmother?
My Thai wife has never heard that word before. She only knows ยาย yai and ย่า yar.
Super
I keep messing up my mid tone 😅 anyway thank you for this well put explanation! 💛
ขอบคุณครับ My biggest problem is remembering the tone for each word. I can usually tell each tone apart except when someone is speaking rapidly, then they often aren't as well defined. That is mostly my fault though - I should have made sure to learn the correct tone as I was learning each word. It is a lot harder to go back and re-learn them properly.
Thai tone4 can simply be a high flat tone (or Mandarin first tone).
You are beautiful as tu tontawen.And your English is very clear to me.
Thank you so much🥰
cool
Super 😂
Good lesson.
But I find it difficult to believe that Thais can pronounce or hear the tones when speaking fast.
In which case this means that context is actually more important than tone.
Something that I don't see any thai language tutors talk about is the connection between tone and writing.
Do Thais in general understand the connection between tone and writing with regard to consonant class and tone mark?
Or do they just memorize the written word without knowing the implied tone?
So how can tone and spelling best be learnt?
Memorize the tone of a word, so based on that, the spelling will follow? Or the opposite way round?
As A native thai. I have to memorize easy 1-syllable words for each letter to recall which tone/mark to use in writing. It is much quicker than using consonant class charts. So, instead of just ก. ไก่, you have to memorize a set of ก words in different tones like ไกล (far) ไก่ (chicken) ใกล้ (near) / หาร (divide) ห่าน (goose) ห้าง (mall) / แพ (raft) พ่น (blow) พ้น (be free from sth) and so on. Most words follow the same tone rule...
What does 'màa' mean?
What about the up and down tone? I'm confused, I thought there was a tone that goes up and down, this is easier though.
I have been using google translate to see if it understands my different pitches.. I can consistently do ma (come) and ma (dog) but can't for the life of me make it understand when im saying horse :(
i want a private course in bangkok @ dec 2024
Could you please give me your email?
I am tone deaf and can you imagine how difficult sign language must be in Thai?
Thai sign language is much more easier than speaking.
It's so hard to differentiate a horse and a dog.
You are so cute!
I guess i need offline teacher. I seem like frustratingly stupid human being. I still can't grasp the concept of tones (((
I am sorry this is linguistic abomination. I want to pronounce any word with any intonation to my taste to reflect my mood. Who is behind this tonal nonsense?
Good question - you have to ask founder of thai language some hundred years ago :-) You can find the roots in India, Indonesia(Bali) and in old time Kmer 🙂
There are more than 1 way to express your mood. But speaking tonal language, we strictly follow the tone rules and use anything else instead. It just come naturally just like non-tonal ones..
Tonal nonsense!? it’s kind of funny and sad at the same time…
You must be from the states I reckon!? it’s either my way or the highway, right?
Nice presentation! But I think it’s a little bit oversimplified…
1. The low tone starts low, but goes even lower
2. The falling tone starts a little above mid tone, goes up higher and then falls all the way down (like jumping off a cliff)
3. I like your presentation of the heigh tone. Even though the pitch of the high tone, at its very end goes even down a bit. (This is due to the stop of airflow. Which is btw. true for every word in every tone range)
4. The rising tone starts a bit lower than mid, than goes down even lower, to then rise all the way up. (Like driving your car through a ditch)